sadc(8) [redhat man page]
SADC(8) Linux User's Manual SADC(8) NAME
sadc - System activity data collector. SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/sa/sadc [ -I ] [ -V ] [ -x pid ] [ -X pid ] [ interval [ count ] ] [ outfile ] DESCRIPTION
The sadc command samples system data a specified number of times ( count ) at a specified interval measured in seconds ( interval ). It writes in binary format to the specified outfile or to the standard output. If outfile is set to -, then sadc uses the standard system activity daily data file, the /var/log/sa/sadd file, where the dd parameter indicates the current day. When the count parameter is not specified, sadc writes its data endlessly. When both interval and count are not specified, a dummy record, which is used at system startup to mark the time when the counter restarts from 0, will be written. For example, one of the system startup script may write the restart mark to the daily data file by the command entry: /usr/lib/sa/sadc - The sadc command is intended to be used as a backend to the sar command. Note: The sadc command reports only local activity. OPTIONS
-I Tell sadc to report statistics for all system interrupts. By default, sadc only reports statistics for the total number of inter- rupts. -V Print version number and usage then exit. -x pid Tell sadc to report statistics for the process whose PID is pid. -X pid Tell sadc to report statistics for the child processes of the process whose PID is pid. The SELF keyword indicates that statistics are to be reported for the child processes of the sadc process itself. EXAMPLES
/usr/lib/sa/sadc 1 10 /tmp/datafile Write 10 records of one second intervals to the /tmp/datafile binary file. BUGS
/proc filesystem must be mounted for the sadc command to work. All the statistics are not necessarily available, depending on the kernel version used. FILES
/var/log/sa/sadd Indicate the daily data file, where the dd parameter is a number representing the day of the month. /proc contains various files with system statistics. AUTHOR
Sebastien Godard <sebastien.godard@wanadoo.fr> SEE ALSO
sar(1), sa1(8), sa2(8), mpstat(1), iostat(1), vmstat(8) http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/ Linux DECEMBER 1999 SADC(8)
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sar(1M) System Administration Commands sar(1M) NAME
sar, sa1, sa2, sadc - system activity report package SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/sa/sadc [t n] [ofile] /usr/lib/sa/sa1 [t n] /usr/lib/sa/sa2 [-aAbcdgkmpqruvwy] [-e time] [-f filename] [-i sec] [-s time] DESCRIPTION
System activity data can be accessed at the special request of a user (see sar(1)) and automatically, on a routine basis, as described here. The operating system contains several counters that are incremented as various system actions occur. These include counters for CPU utilization, buffer usage, disk and tape I/O activity, TTY device activity, switching and system-call activity, file-access, queue activ- ity, inter-process communications, and paging. For more general system statistics, use iostat(1M), sar(1), or vmstat(1M). sadc and two shell procedures, sa1 and sa2, are used to sample, save, and process this data. sadc, the data collector, samples system data n times, with an interval of t seconds between samples, and writes in binary format to ofile or to standard output. The sampling interval t should be greater than 5 seconds; otherwise, the activity of sadc itself may affect the sam- ple. If t and n are omitted, a special record is written. This facility can be used at system boot time, when booting to a multi-user state, to mark the time at which the counters restart from zero. For example, when accounting is enabled, the svc:/system/sar:default ser- vice writes the restart mark to the daily data file using the command entry: su sys -c "/usr/lib/sa/sadc /var/adm/sa/sa'date +%d'" The shell script sa1, a variant of sadc, is used to collect and store data in the binary file /var/adm/sa/sadd, where dd is the current day. The arguments t and n cause records to be written n times at an interval of t seconds, or once if omitted. The following entries in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/sys will produce records every 20 minutes during working hours and hourly otherwise: 0 * * * 0-6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 20,40 8-17 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 See crontab(1) for details. The shell script sa2, a variant of sar, writes a daily report in the file /var/adm/sa/sardd. See the OPTIONS section in sar(1) for an explanation of the various options. The following entry in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/sys will report important activities hourly during the working day: 5 18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -s 8:00 -e 18:01 -i 1200 -A FILES
/tmp/sa.adrfl address file /var/adm/sa/sadd Daily data file /var/adm/sa/sardd Daily report file /var/spool/cron/crontabs/sys ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWaccu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
crontab(1), sag(1), sar(1), svcs(1), timex(1), iostat(1M), svcadm(1M), vmstat(1M), attributes(5), smf(5) NOTES
The sar service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier: svc:/system/sar Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The ser- vice's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command. SunOS 5.11 20 Aug 2004 sar(1M)