RHEL 8 sar archive filename is different from RHEL 7 if sar configured to keep more than 28 day

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • With HISTORY=365 setting, sar in RHEL 8 records data to /var/log/sa/saYYYYMMDD, which is different from /var/log/sa/YYYYMM/saDD in RHEL 7.
  • Does sysstat in RHEL 8 have settings to use RHEL 7 file naming scheme?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • sysstat

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