SAR Analyzer

Parse `sar -A` text exports into an SRE-ready workspace with memory headroom, swap visibility, disk and network drill-downs, pressure metrics, and downloadable reports.

Upload report

Load the text output of sar -A -f ... > report.txt.

Select SAR text fileAccepts plain-text `sar -A` captures.

Paste stdout

Paste captured shell output when you do not want to upload a file.

SAR command builder

Generate the collection command before you log in to the target host. Pick the distro family, version, and how many daily SAR archives you want to merge.

Resolved archive path: /var/log/sysstat

OS FamilyOS VersionDaysDay Token

Single day archive

DAY="$(date +%d)"
OUT="/tmp/sa$(date +%d)_$(uname -n).txt"
sar -A -f /var/log/sysstat/sa${DAY} > "$OUT"

Multiple days via available files

DAYS=1
OUT="/tmp/sar_1d_$(uname -n).txt"
ls /var/log/sysstat/sa?? | sort | tail -n "$DAYS" | xargs -I{} sar -A -f "{}" > "$OUT"

Multiple days via date offsets

DAYS=1
OUT="/tmp/sar_1d_$(uname -n).txt"
for offset in $(seq $((DAYS - 1)) -1 0); do
  DAY=$(date -d "-${offset} day" +%d)
  sar -A -f /var/log/sysstat/sa${DAY}
done > "$OUT"

Profile notes

Most Debian-family systems store sysstat files under /var/log/sysstat.
The daily SAR filename pattern is saDD where DD is the day of month.