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Under Ubuntu the sar command is part of the '''sysstat''' package. Do not confuse this with '''atsar''', which is obsolete and unmaintained.
 
Under Ubuntu the sar command is part of the '''sysstat''' package. Do not confuse this with '''atsar''', which is obsolete and unmaintained.
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After '''sysstat''' in installed be sure to enable data collection by editing '''/etc/default/sysstat''' and setting '''ENABLED="true"'''.
  
 
== Requested activities not available in file ==
 
== Requested activities not available in file ==
  
 
This happens most often when sysstat was not configured to record the given data. For example, `sar -b` or `sar -d`. You must edit /etc/cron.d/sysstat and add the option to store the given dataset.
 
This happens most often when sysstat was not configured to record the given data. For example, `sar -b` or `sar -d`. You must edit /etc/cron.d/sysstat and add the option to store the given dataset.

Revision as of 16:10, 13 November 2013


sar package

Under Ubuntu the sar command is part of the sysstat package. Do not confuse this with atsar, which is obsolete and unmaintained.

After sysstat in installed be sure to enable data collection by editing /etc/default/sysstat and setting ENABLED="true".

Requested activities not available in file

This happens most often when sysstat was not configured to record the given data. For example, `sar -b` or `sar -d`. You must edit /etc/cron.d/sysstat and add the option to store the given dataset.