sar does not log when two instances(sa1 and sa2) are executed
Issue
- When /usr/lib64/sa/sa1 and sa2 are executed by using crond service on our customer's system, /var/log/sa/sarXX is not created.
- /etc/cron.d/sysstat is as follows:
0-59/1 * * * * root /usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1 <== Execute sa1 in one minute interval.
53 23 * * * root /usr/lib64/sa/sa2 -A
[/var/log/sa in sosreport]
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Sep 13 11:04 .
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Sep 13 11:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 11:04 201308
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 11:04 201309
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa01 -> 201309/sa01
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa02 -> 201309/sa02
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa03 -> 201309/sa03
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa04 -> 201309/sa04
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa05 -> 201309/sa05
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa06 -> 201309/sa06
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa07 -> 201309/sa07
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa08 -> 201309/sa08
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa09 -> 201309/sa09
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa10 -> 201309/sa10
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa11 -> 201309/sa11 <=== sa11 exists.
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa12 -> 201309/sa12
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Sep 20 13:12 sa13 -> 201309/sa13
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar01 -> 201309/sar01
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar02 -> 201309/sar02
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar03 -> 201309/sar03
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar04 -> 201309/sar04
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar05 -> 201309/sar05
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar07 -> 201309/sar07
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar08 -> 201309/sar08
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar09 -> 201309/sar09
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar10 -> 201309/sar10
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Sep 20 13:12 sar12 -> 201309/sar12 <=== sar11 doesn't exist.
[/var/log/sa/201309 in sosreport]
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 11:04 .
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Sep 13 11:04 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa01
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa02
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa03
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa04
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa05
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa06
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa07
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa08
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa09
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa10
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa11 <=== sa11 exists.
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4896468 Sep 13 11:04 sa12
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2261468 Sep 13 11:04 sa13
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar01
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar02
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar03
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar04
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar05
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar07
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar08
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar09
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar10
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4973514 Sep 13 11:04 sar12 <=== sar11 doesn't exist.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 3 GA
- Package Version: sysstat-9.0.4-20.el6.x86_64
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