SAR Tool Not Collecting Data As Expected
(Doc ID 2866685.1)
Last updated on OCTOBER 21, 2022
Applies to:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 to Oracle Linux 7.9 [Release OL6 to OL7U9]
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [2.6.32] to Oracle Linux 7.9 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [5.4.17] [Release OL6 to OL7U9]
Generic Linux
Symptoms
SAR data is not available for the entire day (in Oracle Linux 7) or is corrupt in (Oracle Linux 6).
In Oracle Linux 6, full data corruption is observed:
# sar -u Invalid system activity file: /var/log/sa/sa13
In Oracle Linux 7, partial data is provided (data prior to the Scale-Up activity is not available):
# sar -u Linux 4.14.35-1902.306.2.10.el7uek.x86_64 (hostname) 02/13/19 _x86_64_ (6 CPU)
17:00:01 CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 17:10:01 all 0.20 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.00 99.66 (...)
Changes
Memory and CPU resources were hot-added to the system.
# journalctl -k | grep -i hot Feb 13 16:54:26 hostname kernel: CPU4 has been hot-added Feb 13 16:54:26 hostname kernel: Will online and init hotplugged CPU: 4 Feb 13 16:54:26 hostname kernel: CPU5 has been hot-added Feb 13 16:54:26 hostname kernel: Will online and init hotplugged CPU: 5
Cause
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