sysstat(5) [debian man page]

SYSSTAT(5)							Linux User's Manual							SYSSTAT(5)

NAME

       sysstat - sysstat configuration file.

DESCRIPTION

       This  file is read by sa1(8) and sa2(8) shell scripts from the sysstat's set of tools.  It consists of a sequence of shell variable assign-
       ments used to configure sysstat logging.  The variables and their meanings are:

       HISTORY
	      The number of days during which a daily data file or a report should be kept. Data files or reports older than this number  of  days
	      will be removed by the sa2(8) shell script.

       COMPRESSAFTER
	      Number of days after which daily data files are to be compressed, either by gzip or bzip2.

       SADC_OPTIONS
	      Options  that  should be passed to sadc(8).  With these options (see sadc(8) manual page), you can select some additional data which
	      are going to be saved in daily data files.  These options are used only when a new data file is created. They will be  ignored  with
	      an already existing one.

FILES

       /etc/sysstat/sysstat

AUTHOR

       Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)

SEE ALSO

       sadc(8), sa1(8), sa2(8)

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

Linux								  SEPTEMBER 2010							SYSSTAT(5)

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

NAME

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

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 com-
       mand collects and stores binary data in the /var/log/sysstat/sadd file, where the dd parameter indicates the current day. 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 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/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/sys-
       stat/README.Debian file for details.

FILES

       /var/log/sysstat/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)