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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide
  3. Using logs
  4. About legacy logging
  5. Configuring the legacy log rotation
Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

Configuring the legacy log rotation

With legacy logging, NetBackup uses the configuration file (the Windows registry or the bp.conf file on UNIX) to set the maximum size of a log file. Use the bpsetconfig command to configure the following bp.conf parameters:

  • The MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE parameter indicates the maximum size of a log file. When the log file size in NetBackup matches the MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE setting, the next logs are stored in a new log file. The default is 500 MB.

  • The MAX_NUM_LOGFILES parameter indicates the maximum number of log files that can be created in NetBackup. When the number of log files matches theMAX_NUM_LOGFILES setting, the older log files are purged. The default is 0 (infinite).

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