command: sar purpose: Collects, reports, or saves system activity information. 1. To report system unit activity, enter: #sar 2. To report current tty activity for each 2 seconds for the next 40 seconds, #sar -y -r 2 20 3. To watch system unit for 10 minutes and sort data, enter: #sar -o temp 60 10 4. To report processor activity for the first two processors, enter: #sar -u -P 0,1 5. To report message, semaphore, and processor activity for all processors and system-wide #sar -mu -P ALL 6. To report all activities with multiple sets of headers for every 2 seconds for the next 40 seconds #sar -MA 2 20 7. To report system call, kernel process, and paging activities with separate headers for each of the three lines of data at each iteration for every 2 seconds for the next 40 seconds, #sar -Mckr 2 20 file: /usr/sbin/sar/ contains the sar command /bin/sar/ Indicates the symbolic link to the sar command for more info: #man sar regards, dhanasekar