About recycling unified log files
Deleting the oldest log files is referred to as recycling. You can recycle unified logging files in the following ways.
See Log retention and log size.
Limit the number of log files | Specify the maximum number of log files that NetBackup retains. When the number of log files exceeds the maximum, the oldest log files become eligible for deletion during log cleanup. The NumberOfLogFiles option for the vxlogcfg command defines that number. In the following example, the maximum number of log files that are allowed for each of the unified logging originators in the NetBackup (product ID 51216) is 8000. When the number of log files exceeds 8000 for a particular originator, the oldest log files become eligible for deletion during log cleanup. # vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o ALL -s
NumberOfLogFiles=8000 |
Specify the number of days the log files are kept | Use the Retention period property to specify the maximum number of days logs are kept. When the maximum number of days is reached, the unified logs and legacy logs are automatically deleted. See Logging properties. |
Explicitly delete the log files | To initiate recycling and delete the log files, run the following command: # vxlogmgr -a -d If you cannot manually delete or move files with vxlogmgr, the Retention period property removes the old logs for both unified logging and legacy logging. |
If the vxlogcfg LogRecycle option is ON (true), the Retention period setting is disabled for unified logs. In this case, unified logging files are deleted when their number (for a particular originator) exceeds the number that the NumberOfLogFiles option specifies on the vxlogcfg command.