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Matrix of activities


The following table lists all the possible activities for sar:
Activity Report name Option to display with sar Option to collect with sadc Available as SVG graphics Notes
Paging activity A_PAGE -B (default) Yes
I/O and transfer rate A_IO -b (default) Yes
Disks activity A_DISK -d -S DISK Yes sadc: -S XDISK also collects activity
Partitions activity A_DISK -d -S XDISK Yes sar: Activity displayed only when data read from a file
Filesystems activity A_FS -F -S XDISK Yes sar: -F MOUNT displays mountpoint names instead of filesystem names
Hugepages activity A_HUGE -H (default) Yes
Interrupts activity A_IRQ -I -S INT No
Instantaneous CPU clock frequency A_PWR_CPU -m CPU -S POWER Yes
Fans speed A_PWR_FAN -m FAN -S POWER Yes Need the sensors library (lm_sensors)
Weighted CPU clock frequency A_PWR_FREQ -m FREQ -S POWER No
Voltage inputs A_PWR_IN -m IN -S POWER Yes Need the sensors library (lm_sensors)
Devices temperature A_PWR_TEMP -m TEMP -S POWER Yes Need the sensors library (lm_sensors)
Plugged USB devices A_PWR_USB -m USB -S POWER No
Battery power A_PWR_BAT -m BAT -S POWER Yes
Network devices activity A_NET_DEV -n DEV (default) Yes
Network devices errors A_NET_EDEV -n EDEV (default) Yes
NFS client activity A_NET_NFS -n NFS (default) Yes
NFS server activity A_NET_NFSD -n NFSD (default) Yes
Sockets in use A_NET_SOCK -n SOCK (default) Yes
IPv4 network activity A_NET_IP -n IP -S SNMP Yes
IPv4 network errors A_NET_EIP -n EIP -S SNMP Yes
ICMPv4 network activity A_NET_ICMP -n ICMP -S SNMP Yes
ICMPv4 network errors A_NET_EICMP -n EICMP -S SNMP Yes
TCPv4 network activity A_NET_TCP -n TCP -S SNMP Yes
TCPv4 network errors A_NET_ETCP -n ETCP -S SNMP Yes
UDPv4 network activity A_NET_UDP -n UDP -S SNMP Yes
IPv6 sockets in use A_NET_SOCK6 -n SOCK6 -S IPV6 Yes
IPv6 network activity A_NET_IP6 -n IP6 -S IPV6 Yes
IPv6 network errors A_NET_EIP6 -n EIP6 -S IPV6 Yes
ICMPv6 network activity A_NET_ICMP6 -n ICMP6 -S IPV6 Yes
ICMPv6 network errors A_NET_EICMP6 -n EICMP6 -S IPV6 Yes
UDPv6 network activity A_NET_UDP6 -n UDP6 -S IPV6 Yes
Fibre Channel traffic A_NET_FC -n FC -S DISK Yes
Software-based network processing activity A_NET_SOFT -n SOFT (default) Yes
Queue length and load averages A_QUEUE -q LOAD (default) Yes
Pressure-stall CPU activity A_PSI_CPU -q CPU (default) Yes
Pressure-stall I/O activity A_PSI_IO -q IO (default) Yes
Pressure-stall memory activity A_PSI_MEM -q MEM (default) Yes
Memory utilization A_MEMORY -r (default) Yes sar: -r ALL displays all memory fields
Swap space utilization A_MEMORY -S (default) Yes
CPU utilization A_CPU -u (default) Yes sar: -u ALL displays all CPU fields
Inodes and other kernel tables activity A_KTABLES -v (default) Yes
Swapping activity A_SWAP -W (default) Yes
Task creation and switching activity A_PCSW -w (default) Yes
TTY devices activity A_SERIAL -y (default) No