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Bug ID 6634715
Synopsis sar -o saves a corrupt data in the file after fixing CR#6521106
State 10-Fix Delivered (Fix available in build)
Category:Subcategory utility:performance
Keywords rtiq_regression
Responsible Engineer Rameshkumar Ramasamy
Reported Against s10u5_02 , s10u5_fcs , solaris_8 , solaris_9
Duplicate Of
Introduced In solaris_nevada
Commit to Fix snv_86
Fixed In snv_86
Release Fixed solaris_nevada(snv_86) , solaris_10u6(s10u6_05) (Bug ID:2162925) solaris_9(s9patch) (Bug ID:2162926,) solaris_8(Bug ID:2162927,)
Related Bugs 6521106
Submit Date 28-November-2007
Last Update Date 28-March-2008
Description 
sar -o saves a corrupt data in the file after fixing CR#6521106.

bash-2.05# /usr/ccs/bin/what /usr/sbin/sar
/usr/sbin/sar:
        SunOS 5.9 Generic 113716-04 Jul 2007
bash-2.05# /usr/sbin/sar -o /var/tmp/sar_113716-04.data 1 5

SunOS s1lab162 5.9 Generic_118558-39 sun4u    11/28/2007

18:41:46    %usr    %sys    %wio   %idle
18:41:47       0       0       0     100
18:41:48       0       0       0     100
18:41:49       0       0       0     100
18:41:50       0       0       0     100
18:41:51       0       0       0     100

Average        0       0       0     100
bash-2.05# /usr/sbin/sar -f /var/tmp/sar_113716-04.data
sar: data file corrupt; specified sizeexceeds actual
bash-2.05# 

If sadc command on the same patch is used, it works fine.

bash-2.05# /usr/ccs/bin/what /usr/lib/sa/sadc
/usr/lib/sa/sadc:
        SunOS 5.9 Generic 113716-04 Jul 2007
bash-2.05# /usr/lib/sa/sadc 1 5 /var/tmp/sadc_113716-04.data
bash-2.05# /usr/sbin/sar -f /var/tmp/sadc_113716-04.data

SunOS s1lab162 5.9 Generic_118558-39 sun4u    11/28/2007

18:44:03    %usr    %sys    %wio   %idle
18:44:04       0       0       0     100
18:44:05       0       0       0     100
18:44:06       0       0       0     100
18:44:07       0       1       0      99

Average        0       0       0     100
bash-2.05#
Work Around 
N/A
Comments 
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