sa1

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 current standard system ac-
       tivity 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  di-
       rectory.

       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.De-
       bian 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.

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

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

       https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat

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

Linux                              JULY 2018                            SA1(8)