Solaris: Set Up Automatic Data Collection

1. Become the root role.
2. Run the svcadm enable system/sar:default command.This version of the sadc command writes a special record that marks the time when the counters are reset to zero (boot time).
3. Edit the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/sys crontab file.

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   Note - Do not edit a crontab file directly. Instead, use the crontab -e command to make changes to an existing crontab file.
   

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   # crontab -e sys

4. Uncomment the following lines:

   0 * * * 0-6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1
   20,40 8-17 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1
   5 18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -s 8:00 -e 18:01 -i 1200 -A