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.Dd Jul 25 2003 \" DATE .Dt sa2 8 \" Program name and manual section number .Os "Mac OS X" .Sh NAME \" Section Header - required - don't modify .Nm sa2 .Nd Generate a system activity daily report file. .Sh SYNOPSIS \" Section Header - required - don't modify .Nm /usr/lib/sa/sa2 .Op Fl dgpu \" [-dgpu] .Op Fl n Ar mode \" [-n mode ] .Op Fl e Ar time \" [-e time] .Op Fl f Ar filename \" [-f filename] .Op Fl i Ar seconds \" [-i seconds] .Op Fl s Ar time \" [-s time] .Sh DESCRIPTION \" Section Header - required - don't modify The .Nm sa2 command is a shell script used to invoke the system activity reporter .Nm sar for purposes of generating the standard default daily report file. The report file generated is, .Ar /var/log/sa/sardd where the .Ar dd represents the current day of the month. The .Nm sa2 options are the same as those documented in .Nm sar(1) .

p \" Inserts a space When .Nm sa2 runs, it will also remove data and report files, found in /var/log/sa, that are more than one week old.

p The .Nm sa2 command is intended to be started by cron.

p .Sh EXAMPLE CRON ENTRY

p d -literal # Starting at 8am collect system activity records # every 20 minutes for 12 hours # 20 minutes = 1200 seconds # 12 hours with 3 samples each hour = 36 loops 0 8 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1200 36 # After the 12 hour period, # collect a system activity report 30 20 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A .Ed

p .Sh FILES \" File used or created by the topic of the man page l -tag -width "/var/log/sa/sardd" -compact t Pa /var/log/sa/sardd Default daily report file. t Pa /var/log/sa/sadd Default daily data file.

p .Ar dd are digits that represent the day of the month. .El .Sh SEE ALSO List links in ascending order by section, alphabetically within a section.
.Xr crontab 1 , .Xr fs_usage 1 , .Xr netstat 1 , .Xr sar 1 , .Xr sc_usage 1 , .Xr top 1 , .Xr vm_stat 1 , .Xr crontab 5 , .Xr iostat 8 , .Xr sa1 8 , .Xr sadc 8