Conversion of a sysstat sa binary to a sar file fails with "Current sysstat version cannot read the format of this file (0x2173)"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Conversion of sa file to a sar file fails with the below errors:
Invalid system activity file: sa20
File created by sar/sadc from sysstat version 11.3.2
Current sysstat version cannot read the format of this file (0x2173)

Environment

  • sysstat version 9.1.6 and later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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