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Old 03-03-2008
Question some doubt related to SAR

hi
i am trying to monitor server activity through SAR command when i run
$ sar -u 1 20

i get output as time , %usr , %sys , %io , %idle i want to know what is %usr like its all user processes for on that server or just process of current user i think this indicates all server processes not enough info is provided in man page .

as well as if i want to monitor single user activity how can i do that ?
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Old 03-03-2008
It will give you the activity of %usr , %sys , %io , %idle for the whole system (average)...
To see compare in another session with top running and in your first session by typing sar -u 5 10...
 
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