SA2(8) Linux User's Manual SA2(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sa2 - Create a report from the current standard system activity daily data file.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**/usr/lib64/sa/sa2**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **sa2** command is a shell procedure variant of the **sar** command which writes a daily report in the *sarDD* or the *sarYYYYMMDD* file, where *YYYY* stands for the current year, *MM* for the current month and *DD* for the current day. By default the report is saved in the */var/log/sa* directory. The **sa2** command will also remove reports more than one week old by default. You can however keep reports for a longer (or a shorter) period by setting the **HISTORY** environment variable. Read the [**sysstat**(5)](/man/os/sysstat/sysstat.5) manual page for details.

The **sa2** command accepts most of the flags and parameters of the **sar** command.

The **sa2** command is designed to be started automatically by the **cron** command.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To run the **sa2** command daily, place the following entry in your root crontab file:

**5 19 * * 1-5 /usr/lib64/sa/sa2 -A**

This will generate by default a daily report called *sarDD* in the */var/log/sa* directory, where the *DD* parameter is a number representing the day of the month.

# [FILES](#FILES)

*/var/log/sa/sarDD*  
*/var/log/sa/sarYYYYMMDD*

The standard system activity daily report files and their default location. *YYYY* stands for the current year, *MM* for the current month and *DD* for the current day.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**sar**(1)](/man/os/sysstat/sar.1), [**sadc**(8)](/man/os/sysstat/sadc.8), [**sa1**(8)](/man/os/sysstat/sa1.8), [**sadf**(1)](/man/os/sysstat/sadf.1), [**sysstat**(5)](/man/os/sysstat/sysstat.5)

*https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat*  
*https://sysstat.github.io/*

AUGUST 2023 Linux

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Document: sa2(8) from sysstat 12.8.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat