SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/sysstat/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 current standard system activity daily data file.The standard system activity daily data file is named saDD unless sadc's option -D is used, in which case its name is saYYYYMMDD, where YYYY stands for the current year, MM for the current month and DD for the current day. By default it is located in the /var/log/sysstat directory.
The interval and count parameters specify that the record should be written 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
restart 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/lib/sysstat/sa1 1 1 -S DISK
Debian note
The Debian sysstat package has already placed such an entry in your system crontab. Please refer to the /usr/share/doc/sysstat/README.Debian file for details.FILES
/var/log/sysstat/saDD/var/log/sysstat/saYYYYMMDD
- The standard system activity daily data files and their default location. YYYY stands for the current year, MM for the current month and DD for the current day.