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/usr/lib64/sa/sa2 -A error

mvandemar
I just got an error message email from my server, subject "Cron /usr/lib64/sa/sa2 -A", message "End of system activity file unexpected". I found 2 other threads on here with the same message, but neither seems to apply to me since a) I am not out of disk space, and b) I haven't deleted any binaries. I do get the same message when I run the command manually, and here is the output of ls -la /var/log/sa: [root@vps3 ~]# /usr/lib64/sa/sa2 -A End of system activity file unexpected [root@vps3 ~]# ls -lsa /var/log/sa total 1868 0 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 93 Aug 3 00:00 . 4 drwxr-xr-x. 12 root root 4096 Aug 2 23:46 .. 408 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 415328 Aug 1 23:50 sa01 404 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 410368 Aug 2 23:50 sa02 4 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3488 Aug 3 00:00 sa03 368 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 375104 Jul 31 23:50 sa31 312 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 315545 Aug 1 23:53 sar01 84 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 83846 Aug 2 23:55 sar02 284 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 287793 Jul 31 23:53 sar31
Any suggestions would be welcome, thanks. -Michael

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  • cPanelLauren
    Hello @mvandemar That error is typically associated with the latest sysstat log file being corrupted. What happens when you run the following: sar -q |tail
    sar -q -f /var/log/sa/sa02 1>/dev/null
    sar -q -f /var/log/sa/sa03 1>/dev/null
    Thanks!
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  • mvandemar
    @cPanelLauren Thanks, this is the results: [root@vps3 ~]# sar -q | tail 01:10:01 PM 1 220 0.07 0.07 0.05 0 01:20:01 PM 2 228 0.14 0.11 0.06 0 01:30:01 PM 2 225 0.07 0.08 0.06 0 01:40:01 PM 2 224 0.07 0.08 0.07 0 01:50:01 PM 2 228 0.23 0.16 0.11 0 02:00:01 PM 4 226 0.08 0.08 0.10 0 02:10:01 PM 2 225 0.12 0.11 0.10 0 02:20:01 PM 2 227 0.04 0.08 0.10 0 02:30:01 PM 5 227 0.02 0.06 0.09 0 Average: 2 223 0.11 0.11 0.12 0 [root@vps3 ~]# sar -q -f /var/log/sa/sa02 1>/dev/null End of system activity file unexpected [root@vps3 ~]# sar -q -f /var/log/sa/sa03 1>/dev/null [root@vps3 ~]#
    -Michael
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  • cPanelLauren
    Hi @mvandemar So it was indeed yesterday's sysstat logs that were corrupt based on this: [root@vps3 ~]# sar -q -f /var/log/sa/sa02 1>/dev/null End of system activity file unexpected
    But today's logs look to be fine. I can't say specifically why it happened yesterday though. Did anything unusual happen on the server yesterday?
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  • mvandemar
    About 20 hours prior to getting that email my server ran out of space, but I fixed it right away. Do you think that could have impacted it? -Michael
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  • cPanelLauren
    Hi @mvandemar That would be exactly it. Nearly every time I've seen this issue the server had run out of space at the time, whether or not the issue had been resolved or not. Thanks!
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  • mvandemar
    Awesome, thanks! -Michael
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  • cPanelLauren
    Hi @mvandemar You're most welcome! I'm glad its working as expected now and I'm glad I could help. Thank you.
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