SA1(8)                                                                       Linux User's Manual                                                                      SA1(8)



NAME
       sa1 - Collect and store binary data in the system activity daily data file.

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib64/sa/sa1 [ --boot | interval count ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  sa1  command  is  a shell procedure variant of the sadc command and handles all of the flags and parameters of that command. The sa1 command collects and stores
       binary data in the /var/log/sa/sadd file, where the dd parameter indicates the current day. The interval and count parameters specify that the record should be writ‐
       ten count times at interval seconds. If no arguments are given to sa1 then a single record is written.

       The sa1 command is designed to be started automatically by the cron command.


OPTIONS
       --boot This  option  tells sa1 that the sadc command should be called without specifying the interval and count parameters in order to insert a dummy record, marking
              the time when the counters restarts from 0.


EXAMPLE
       To collect data (including those from disks) every 10 minutes, place the following entry in your root crontab file:

       0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1 -S DISK


FILES
       /var/log/sa/sadd
              Indicate the daily data file, where the dd parameter is a number representing the day of the month.

AUTHOR
       Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)

SEE ALSO
       sar(1), sadc(8), sa2(8), sadf(1), sysstat(5)

       http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/



Linux                                                                           FEBRUARY 2012                                                                         SA1(8)