sar: Can't open /var/adm/sa/sa29

[Ceesjan van Hattum]

sar -u or -y and others learn me that /var/adm/sa does not exist..
'sar 1 5' works normal.
No sar in crontab for collecting data...
What do i have to do to make it work complete?

[Rusty Sapper · Accepted solution]

You still need to use time interval and number of times.

try sar -u 5 5


HTH

-Rusty

[Ceesjan van Hattum]

Auggghhh.. i'm stupid.. or just tired... thanks; i'm glad it's almost weekend..
Greetings,
Ceesjan

[Darrell Allen]

Look at this thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x43791cc6003bd6118fff0090279cd0f9,00.html

sar with a time interval goes against current, realtime system. sar without a time interval goes against the collection files in /var/adm/sa. To create those files run:
/usr/lbin/sa/sa1

man sa1 for more info. It will provide example crontab entries for collecting sar data.

Darrell

[Steve Steel]

Hi


mkdir /var/adm/sa
chmod 777 /var/adm/sa


Then it should work


Steve Steel

[Ceesjan van Hattum]

Thanks: the solution was really a combination of all:

sar commandline usage:
sar -u 5 5 (not using collection files)

for using sar -u, i did:

mkdir /var/adm/sa
chmod 777 /var/adm/sa
/usr/lbin/sa/sa1

Darrel, you completed the input of Steve, but by accident i only gave you 1 point... sorry, if you give one more reply i will add some extra points.

Case closed.

[Ceesjan van Hattum]

I really need a weekend:
Steve completed Darrel, giving lousy 2 points. Sorry again.