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Title
Is it possible to disable or move Archive Manager Log Files? -
Description
If log files are located in the same directory as the service executables, the log files may be read only, or they may take up too much space on the drive where the executables are located.
This could lead to a situation when Archive Manager services server runs out of free disk space and crashes.
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Resolution
The Archive Manager's log files can be disabled by editing the aftermail.logging.config.xml files.There are four aftermail.logging.config.xml configuration files that need to be edited. They can be found in:- C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager
- C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager\WebSite
- C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager\WebService
- C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager\RetentionWebService
To disable the logging for all programs, find the following line in each of the configuration files:<appender-ref ref="RollingFileOnSize"/>Change it to:
<!-- <appender-ref ref="RollingFileOnSize" /> -->To move the log files to a different directory, find the following line in each of the configuration files:<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%appdomain.log" />Change it to:<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="E:\logs\%appdomain.log" />Where E:\logs\ is where the new log files will be created.NOTE: In version 4.1.1 of Archive Manager there is the addition of two extra log files that get created from the DataLoaderWorker.exe and the FTIAttachmentWorker.exe processes. To change the location of where these new log files will be created, edit the "DataloaderWorker.exe.config" and the "FTIAttachmentWorker.exe.config" files respectively to point to a non default location of X:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager where X = the drive where Archive Manager was installed.In the DataLoaderWorker.exe.config file look for the following entry:<file value="DataLoaderWorker.exe.log" />Change it to the following:<file value="E:\logs\DataLoaderWorker.exe.log" />This will create the DataLoaderworker.exe.log files in the E:\logs folderIn the FTIAttachmentWorker.exe.config file look for the following entry:<file value="FTIAttachmentWorker.exe.log" />Change it to the following:<file value="E:\logs\FTIAttachmentWorker.exe.log" />This will create the FTIAttachmentworker.exe.log files in the E:\logs folderTo prevent logs continually being created, change from
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />To
<rollingStyle value="Size" /> -
Defect ID
ST58407 -
Additional Information
There may be a large number of files in the Archive Manager installation directory (C:\Program Files\ArchiveManager by default) that have the following filenames, these can be deleted or moved to free up disk space:
Archive [Service Name].exe.log.[YYYY-MM-DD]
For example:
Archive Full Text Search Service.exe.log.2008-10-24
Note: Disabling logging in the 'C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager\aftermail.logging.config.xml' configuration file will disable logging for the Exchange Utility.
To preserve the logging for this tool, moving the log files to a new directory such as 'C:\Program Files\Quest Software\ArchiveManager\Logs' would be recommended, using the method detailed above.
To clear out older logs from this directory automatically, it is possible to use the ForFiles DOS command: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753551(WS.10).aspx
For example, the following usage of the command will delete all files in the logs folder that are over five days old: FORFILES /P "C:\Program Files\ArchiveManager\Logs" /D -5 /c "cmd /c del @file"The command can be scheduled to run daily or weekly via Windows Scheduled Tasks.