sadf(1)



SADF(1)                       Linux User's Manual                      SADF(1)

NAME
       sadf - Display data collected by sar in multiple formats.

SYNOPSIS
       sadf  [  -C ] [ -c | -d | -g | -j | -l | -p | -r | -x ] [ -H ] [ -h ] [
       -T | -t | -U ] [ -V ] [ -O opts [,...] ] [ -P { cpu_list | ALL } ] [ -s
       [  hh:mm[:ss]  ]  ]  [  -e [ hh:mm[:ss] ] ] [ --dev= dev_list ] [ --fs=
       fs_list ] [ --iface= iface_list ] [ -- sar_options ] [ interval [ count
       ] ] [ datafile | -[0-9]+ ]

DESCRIPTION
       The sadf command is used for displaying the contents of data files cre-
       ated by the sar(1) command. But unlike sar, sadf can write its data  in
       many different formats (CSV, XML, etc.)  The default format is one that
       can easily be handled by pattern processing commands like awk (see  op-
       tion  -p).   The  sadf  command can also be used to draw graphs for the
       various activities collected by sar and display them as  SVG  (Scalable
       Vector Graphics) graphics in your web browser (see option -g).

       The  sadf  command extracts and writes to standard output records saved
       in the datafile file. This file must have been created by a version  of
       sar  which  is  compatible  with that of sadf.  If datafile is omitted,
       sadf uses the standard system activity daily data  file.   It  is  also
       possible to enter -1, -2 etc. as an argument to sadf to display data of
       that days ago.  For example, -1 will point at the standard  system  ac-
       tivity file of yesterday.

       The  standard system activity daily data file is named saDD or saYYYYM-
       MDD, where YYYY stands for the current year, MM for the  current  month
       and DD for the current day.  sadf will look for the most recent of saDD
       and  saYYYYMMDD,  and  use  it.  By  default  it  is  located  in   the
       /var/log/sysstat  directory. Yet it is possible to specify an alternate
       location for it: If datafile is a directory (instead of a  plain  file)
       then  it  will be considered as the directory where the standard system
       activity daily data file is located.

       The interval and count parameters are used to tell sadf to select count
       records  at  interval seconds apart. If the count parameter is not set,
       then all the records saved in the data file will be displayed.

       All the activity flags of sar may be entered on the command line to in-
       dicate which activities are to be reported. Before specifying them, put
       a pair of dashes (--) on the command line in order not to  confuse  the
       flags  with  those  of sadf.  Not specifying any flags selects only CPU
       activity.

OPTIONS
       -C     Tell sadf to display comments present in file.

       -c     Convert an old system activity binary  datafile  (version  9.1.6
              and  later) to current up-to-date format. Use the following syn-
              tax:

              sadf -c old_datafile > new_datafile

              Conversion can be controlled using option -O (see below).

       -d     Print the contents of the data file in a format that can  easily
              be ingested by a relational database system. The output consists
              of fields separated by a semicolon.  Each  record  contains  the
              hostname  of  the  host where the file was created, the interval
              value (or -1 if not applicable), the timestamp in a form  easily
              acceptable by most databases, and additional semicolon separated
              data fields as specified by sar_options  command  line  options.
              Note  that  timestamp output can be controlled by options -T, -t
              and -U.

       --dev=dev_list
              Specify the block devices for which statistics are  to  be  dis-
              played  by  sadf.   dev_list is a list of comma-separated device
              names. Useful with option -d from sar.

       -e [ hh:mm[:ss] ]
              Set the ending time of the report. The default  ending  time  is
              18:00:00. Hours must be given in 24-hour format.

       --fs=fs_list
              Specify the filesystems for which statistics are to be displayed
              by sadf.  fs_list is a list of comma-separated filesystem  names
              or mountpoints. Useful with option -F from sar.

       -g     Print  the  contents  of  the  data file in SVG (Scalable Vector
              Graphics) format.  This option enables you to display some fancy
              graphs in your web browser.  Use the following syntax:

              sadf -g your_datafile [ -- sar_options ] > output.svg

              and  open  the  resulting SVG file in your favorite web browser.
              Output can be controlled using option -O (see below).

       -H     Display only the header of the report (when applicable).  If  no
              format  has  been  specified, then the header data (metadata) of
              the data file are displayed.

       -h     When used in conjunction with option -d, all activities will  be
              displayed horizontally on a single line.

       --iface=iface_list
              Specify  the  network  interfaces for which statistics are to be
              displayed by sadf.  iface_list is a list of comma-separated  in-
              terface names. Useful with options -n DEV and -n EDEV from sar.

       -j     Print  the  contents of the data file in JSON (JavaScript Object
              Notation) format. Timestamps can be controlled by options -T and
              -t.

       -l     Export  the  contents  of  the  data  file to a PCP (Performance
              Co-Pilot) archive.  The name of the archive can be specified us-
              ing the keyword pcparchive= with option -O.

       -O opts [,...]
              Use  the  specified  options to control the output of sadf.  The
              following options are used to control SVG  output  displayed  by
              sadf -g:

              autoscale
                     Draw  all the graphs of a given view as large as possible
                     based on current view's scale. To do this, a factor  (10,
                     100, 1000...) is used to enlarge the graph drawing.  This
                     option may be interesting when several graphs  are  drawn
                     on  the  same view, some with only very small values, and
                     others with high  ones,  the  latter  making  the  former
                     hardly visible.

              bwcol
                     Use a black and white palette to draw the graphs.

              customcol
                     Use  a  customizable color palette instead of the default
                     one to draw the graphs. See environment  variable  S_COL-
                     ORS_PALETTE below to know how to customize that palette.

              height=value
                     Set SVG canvas height to value.

              oneday
                     Display  graphs data over a period of 24 hours. Note that
                     hours are still printed in UTC by default: You should use
                     option -T to print them in local time and get a time win-
                     dow starting from midnight.

              packed
                     Group all views from the same activity (and for the  same
                     device) on the same row.

              showidle
                     Also display %idle state in graphs for CPU statistics.

              showinfo
                     Display  additional information (such as the date and the
                     host name) on each view.

              showtoc
                     Add a table of contents at the beginning of the SVG  out-
                     put,  consisting  of links pointing at the first graph of
                     each activity.

              skipempty
                     Do not display views where all graphs have only zero val-
                     ues.

              The  following  option may be used when converting an old system
              activity binary datafile to current up-to-date format:

              hz=value
                     Specify the number of ticks per second  for  the  machine
                     where the old datafile has been created.

              The following option may be used when data are exported to a PCP
              archive:

              pcparchive=name
                     Specify the name of the PCP archive to create.

              The following option is used to control raw output displayed  by
              sadf -r:

              debug
                     Display  additional information, mainly useful for debug-
                     ging purpose.

       -P { cpu_list | ALL }
              Tell sadf that processor dependent statistics are to be reported
              only  for  the specified processor or processors.  cpu_list is a
              list  of  comma-separated  values  or  range  of  values  (e.g.,
              0,2,4-7,12-).  Note that processor 0 is the first processor, and
              processor all is the global average among all processors.  Spec-
              ifying  the  ALL  keyword reports statistics for each individual
              processor, and globally for all processors.

       -p     Print the contents of the data file in a format that can  easily
              be  handled by pattern processing commands like awk.  The output
              consists of fields separated by a tab. Each record contains  the
              hostname  of  the  host where the file was created, the interval
              value (or -1 if not applicable), the timestamp, the device  name
              (or  -  if  not applicable), the field name and its value.  Note
              that timestamp output can be controlled by options  -T,  -t  and
              -U.

       -r     Print  the  raw contents of the data file. With this format, the
              values for all the counters are displayed as read from the  ker-
              nel,  which  means  e.g.,  that no average values are calculated
              over the elapsed time interval.  Output can be controlled  using
              option -O (see above).

       -s [ hh:mm[:ss] ]
              Set  the  starting time of the data, causing the sadf command to
              extract records time-tagged at, or following,  the  time  speci-
              fied.  The  default  starting  time  is 08:00:00.  Hours must be
              given in 24-hour format.

       -T     Display timestamp in local time instead of UTC (Coordinated Uni-
              versal Time).

       -t     Display  timestamp  in  the original local time of the data file
              creator instead of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

       -U     Display timestamp (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time) in  seconds
              from the epoch.

       -V     Print version number then exit.

       -x     Print  the  contents of the data file in XML format.  Timestamps
              can be controlled by options -T and -t.  The  corresponding  DTD
              (Document  Type  Definition)  and XML Schema are included in the
              sysstat source package. They are also available at http://pages-
              perso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/download.html

ENVIRONMENT
       The  sadf  command  takes  into account the following environment vari-
       ables:

       S_COLORS_PALETTE
              Specify the colors used by sadf -g to  render  the  SVG  output.
              This  environment  variable  is taken into account only when the
              custom color palette has been selected with the option customcol
              (see option -O). Its value is a colon-separated list of capabil-
              ities associated with six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal  numbers
              (hex triplets) representing colors that defaults to

              0=000000:1=1a1aff:2=1affb2:3=b21aff:4=1ab2ff:5=ff1a1a:6=ffb31a:7=b2ff1a:
              8=efe-
              fef:9=000000:A=1a1aff:B=1affb2:C=b21aff:D=1ab2ff:E=ff1a1a:F=ffb31a:
              G=be-
              bebe:H=000000:I=000000:K=ffffff:L=000000:T=000000:W=000000:X=000000

              Capabilities consisting of an hexadecimal digit  (0  through  F)
              are  used  to  specify  the  first sixteen colors in the palette
              (these colors are used to draw the graphs), e.g., 3=ffffff would
              indicate   that   the  third  color  in  the  palette  is  white
              (0xffffff).  Other capabilities are:

              G=     Specify the color used to draw the grid lines.

              H=     Specify the color used to display the report header.

              I=     Specify the color used to display additional  information
                     (e.g., date, hostname...)

              K=     Specify the color used for the graphs background.

              L=     Specify  the  default color (which is for example used to
                     display the table of contents).

              T=     Specify the color used to display the graphs title.

              W=     Specify the color used to display warning and error  mes-
                     sages.

              X=     Specify  the  color used to draw the axes and display the
                     graduations.

       S_TIME_DEF_TIME
              If this variable exists and its value is UTC then sadf will  use
              UTC  time  instead  of local time to determine the current daily
              data file located in the /var/log/sysstat directory.

EXAMPLES
       sadf -d /var/log/sysstat/sa21 -- -r -n DEV
              Extract memory and network statistics from system activity  file
              'sa21',  and  display them in a format that can be ingested by a
              database.

       sadf -p -P 1
              Extract CPU statistics for processor 1  (the  second  processor)
              from  current daily data file, and display them in a format that
              can easily be handled by a pattern processing command.

BUGS
       SVG output (as created by option -g) is fully compliant  with  SVG  1.1
       standard.   Graphics  have  been  successfully displayed in various web
       browsers, including Firefox, Chrome and Opera.  Yet  SVG  rendering  is
       broken  on  Microsoft browsers (tested on Internet Explorer 11 and Edge
       13.1): So please don't use them.

FILES
       /var/log/sysstat/saDD
       /var/log/sysstat/saYYYYMMDD
              The standard system activity daily data files and their  default
              location.   YYYY stands for the current year, MM for the current
              month and DD for the current day.

AUTHOR
       Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)

SEE ALSO
       sar(1), sadc(8), sa1(8), sa2(8), sysstat(5)

       https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat

       http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/

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