OCI: How To Check Next Runtime For SAR Log Generation In Oracle Linux 8

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Linux x86_64

Goal

This article is intended to provide an overview of systemd timers to check the next date:time of the sar log generation in /var/log/sa/sar001

SOLUTION

The systemd timers provide a flexible mechanism for scheduling and managing jobs and services. This specifies a timer that triggers the service 24 hours after the service has been activated (that is, the timer triggers the service once a day).

To list all active timers:

$ sudo systemctl list-timers

To list all timers including inactive ones:

$ sudo systemctl list-timers --all

Running the command “systemctl list-timers