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sa2(8)                    BSD System Manager's Manual                   sa2(8)

NAME
     sa2 -- Generate a system activity daily report file.

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lib/sa/sa2 [-dgpu] [-n mode] [-e time] [-f filename] [-i seconds] [-s time]

DESCRIPTION
     The sa2 command is a shell script used to invoke the system activity reporter sar for purposes of gen-erating generating
     erating the standard default daily report file.  The report file generated is, /var/log/sa/sardd where
     the dd represents the current day of the month.  The sa2 options are the same as those documented in
     sar(1).

     When sa2 runs, it will also remove data and report files, found in /var/log/sa, that are more than one
     week old.

     The sa2 command is intended to be started by cron.

EXAMPLE CRON ENTRY
     # 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


FILES
     /var/log/sa/sardd  Default daily report file.
     /var/log/sa/sadd   Default daily data file.

                        dd are digits that represent the day of the month.

SEE ALSO
     crontab(1), fs_usage(1), netstat(1), sar(1), sc_usage(1), top(1), vm_stat(1), crontab(5), iostat(8),
     sa1(8), sadc(8)

Mac OS X                          Jul 25 2003                         Mac OS X