How can I change the default logging interval for the "sar" monitoring utility?
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The sar utility is called by cron every 10 minutes to put a snapshot of system activity in the /var/log/saDD file (where "DD" is the two-digit day of the month). To change this value, edit the /etc/cron.d/sysstat file. The file is in standard cron format. The default file is below:
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