root@virt01:~# sar 1 1
Linux 3.19.0-42-generic (virt01.ubuntu.com)     13/02/16        _x86_64_        (1 CPU)

12:19:55        CPU     %user     %nice   %system   %iowait    %steal     %idle
12:19:56        all      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00    100.00
Average:        all      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00    100.00
root@virt01:~#

sudo apt-get install sysstat
 sed -i 's/ENABLED="false"/ENABLED="true"/' /etc/default/sysstat
 /etc/init.d/sysstat start