From: Sebastien GODARD Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 06:31:53 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update FAQ X-Git-Tag: 11.1.5~11 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=854d7c7f708fa800e30901bea04ca0021b05555e;p=sysstat Update FAQ Update FAQ to take into account the new message displayed by sar when sar and sadc are not consistent. Signed-off-by: Sebastien GODARD --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 429229d..7c483d0 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ If you don't find the solution to your problem here then send me an email 2.2. The sar command complains with the following message: "Cannot append data to that file (...)". 2.3. The sar command complains with the following message: - "Invalid data format". + "Inconsistent input data". 2.4. I get the following error message when I try to run sar: "Cannot open /var/log/sa/sa30: No such file or directory". 2.5. Are sar daily data files fully compatible with Sun Solaris format @@ -202,14 +202,15 @@ can then append data to the data file as usual. ~~~ 2.3. The sar command complains with the following message: -Invalid data format +Inconsistent input data This error message means that sadc (the system activity data collector that sar is using) is not consistent with the sar command. In most cases this is because the sar and sadc commands do not belong to the same release of the sysstat package. Remember that sar may search for sadc in predefined directories (/usr/local/lib/sa, /usr/lib/sa, ...) before looking in the -current directory! +current directory! With sysstat version 11.1.5 and later, enter "sar --sadc" +to determine which data collector is called by sar. ~~~