Rolling Log file limit in DevTest 10.8.1

[Jay Meadows]

Most of the log files which are stored in <DevTest-Home>\lisatmp_10.8.1 roll over to backups when they reach 10Mb.  What I am trying to find is where the number and size of backups are controlled.   Ie can I change from 10Mb to 20Mb, can I change from 10 iterations to 20 iterations.

registry.log.1 - registry.log.20

coordinator.log.1 - coordinator.log.20

simulator.log.1 - simulator.log.20

vse.log.1 - vse.log.20

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[Marcy Nunns]

yes you can.

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[Jay Meadows]

I think my original wording may have been a little confusing.

Most of the log files which are stored in <DevTest-Home>\lisatmp_10.8.1 roll over to backups when they reach 10Mb.  What I am trying to find is where the number and size of backups are controlled.   
I need to know the file location(s) and statement syntax to change from 10Mb to 20Mb, and change from 10 iterations to 20 iterations for the following files.

registry.log.1 - registry.log.20

coordinator.log.1 - coordinator.log.20

simulator.log.1 - simulator.log.20

vse.log.1 - vse.log.20

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[Marcy Nunns]

I think it is these fields in bold: one for the size and the other for the number of logs.

appender.A1.type = RollingFile
appender.A1.name = A1
appender.A1.fileName = ${sys:lisa.tmpdir}/${sys:LISA_LOG}
appender.A1.filePattern = ${sys:lisa.tmpdir}/${sys:LISA_LOG}.%i
appender.A1.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.A1.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601}{UTC}Z (%d{HH:mm}) [%t] %-5p %-30c - %m%n
appender.A1.policies.type = Policies
appender.A1.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
appender.A1.policies.size.size = 10MB
appender.A1.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
appender.A1.strategy.max = 5
appender.A1.strategy.fileIndex = min

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[Jay Meadows]

Marcy

That much I already knew, what I am struggling with is where are the entries for the files I care about instead of the files shown here. If the files in question do not yet have entries what would I need to add to this file or some unknown file to do what I need to do.


Jay Meadows
Assistant Vice President | Quality Engineering Enablement | Software Engineer
c. 336.262.3203 | [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
U.S. Bank
www.usbank.com<http: www.usbank.com>

[Marcy Nunns]

I understand.  You are wanting to add new APPENDERS.  What kind of appenders do you want to add?  What  log files are you interested in?

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[Jay Meadows]

From my post on forum

I need to know the file location(s) and statement syntax to change from 10Mb to 20Mb, and change from 10 iterations to 20 iterations for the following files.

Please note that the appenders shown in logging.properties does not use the same format these 4 files use in lisatmp_10.8.1 (ex “registry.log.1” ). They also do not specify the file names for these 4 files or any of the other standard files.

registry.log.1 - registry.log.20
coordinator.log.1 - coordinator.log.20
simulator.log.1 - simulator.log.20
vse.log.1 - vse.log.20


Jay Meadows
Assistant Vice President | Quality Engineering Enablement | Software Engineer
c. 336.262.3203 | [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
U.S. Bank
www.usbank.com<http: www.usbank.com>

[Marcy Nunns]

I will find out.

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[Marcy Nunns]

Try this in the logging.properties:

appender.A1.type = RollingFile
appender.A1.name = A1
appender.A1.fileName = ${sys:lisa.tmpdir}/${sys:LISA_LOG}
appender.A1.filePattern = ${sys:lisa.tmpdir}/${sys:LISA_LOG}.%i
appender.A1.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.A1.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601}{UTC}Z (%d{HH:mm}) [%t] %-5p %-30c - %m%n
appender.A1.policies.type = Policies
appender.A1.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
appender.A1.policies.size.size = 20MB
appender.A1.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
appender.A1.strategy.max = 20
appender.A1.strategy.fileIndex = min

Modify the size and max field to what you want. 

If you want to redirect where the log write to, in each vmoptions file add property 

-Dlisa.tmpdir=<location of where you want the log files to write out>

You will have to restart the components.

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[Jay Meadows]

So all I have to do is change two lines in the already existing A1 entry in the logging.properties file and that will update the number of size of entries for all of the standard log files.
One note the DevTest 10.8.1 documentation says services do not have to be restarted for logging.properties changes to take effect. If that is not true they need to fix the documentation.

appender.A1.type = RollingFile
appender.A1.name = A1
appender.A1.fileName = ${sys:lisa.tmpdir}/${sys:LISA_LOG}
appender.A1.filePattern = ${sys:lisa.tmpdir}/${sys:LISA_LOG}.%i
appender.A1.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.A1.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601}{UTC}Z (%d{HH:mm}) [%t] %-5p %-30c - %m%n
appender.A1.policies.type = Policies
appender.A1.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
appender.A1.policies.size.size = 20MB
appender.A1.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
appender.A1.strategy.max = 20
appender.A1.strategy.fileIndex = min


Jay Meadows
Assistant Vice President | Quality Engineering Enablement | Software Engineer
c. 336.262.3203 | [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
U.S. Bank
www.usbank.com<http: www.usbank.com>

[Marcy Nunns]

Yes, you only need to make changes to those two properties.

True, changes to the logging.properties file are immediate, no restart of the components. 

But if you make any changes to the vmoptions files, that will require a restart.

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