Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide
- Using logs
- About logs
- About UNIX system logs
- About log retention in NetBackup
- About limiting the size of unified and legacy logs
- About unified logging
- Gathering unified logs for NetBackup
- Types of unified logging messages
- File name format for unified logging
- Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging
- About changing the location of unified log files
- About rolling over unified log files
- About recycling unified log files
- About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
- About query strings used with the vxlogview command
- Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
- Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs
- Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs
- About legacy logging
- UNIX client processes that use legacy logging
- PC client processes that use legacy logging
- File name format for legacy logging
- Directory names for legacy debug logs for servers
- Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device management
- How to control the amount of information written to legacy logging files
- About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs
- Configuring the legacy log rotation
- About global logging levels
- Setting retention limits for logs on clients
- Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer
- Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup Administration Console
- Backup process and logging
- Media and device processes and logging
- Restore process and logging
- Advanced Backup and Restore Features
- Storage logging
- NetBackup Deduplication logging
- OpenStorage Technology (OST) logging
- Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) and Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.) logging
- Snapshot technologies
- Locating logs
- acsssi logging
- bpbackup logging
- bpbkar logging
- bpbrm logging
- bpcd logging
- bpcompatd logging
- bpdbm logging
- bpjobd logging
- bprd logging
- bprestore logging
- bptm logging
- daemon logging
- ltid logging
- nbemm logging
- nbjm logging
- nbpem logging
- nbproxy logging
- nbrb logging
- NetBackup web services logging
- NetBackup web server certificate logging
- PBX logging
- reqlib logging
- robots logging
- tar logging
- txxd and txxcd logging
- vnetd logging
- Java-based administration console logging
- About the Java-based administration console logging
- Java-based administration console logging process flow
- Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console and bpjava-*
- Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console and either nbsl or nbvault
- Java-based administration console logging configuration on NetBackup servers and clients
- Java-based remote administration console logging on a Windows computer where NetBackup is not installed
- Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting Java GUI issues
- Undo logging
About log retention in NetBackup
This section talks about various log retention options in NetBackup that help you recycle or delete logs as per your logging requirements.
Note:
You can verify the log pruning behavior in NetBackup by using the logs at the following location:
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbutils
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbutils
Table: Log retention options in NetBackup
Log retention option | Use this option... | Reference link |
|---|---|---|
Keep logs up to GB | To limit the size of unified and legacy logs. When the log size across NetBackup processes grows up to this configuration value, the older logs are deleted. This option is available on the dialog box. | |
NumberOfLogFiles | To limit the number of unified log files that you want to retain for a NetBackup process. When the number of log files exceeds this configuration value, the oldest log files become eligible for deletion during log cleanup. This option can be set using a command-line interface. | |
MaxLogFileSizeKB and other vxlogcfg options | To prevent unified log files from becoming too large. When a file size or time setting is reached, the current log file is closed. New log messages for the logging process are written or "rolled over" to a new log file. These options can be set using a command-line interface. | |
Keep logs for days | To limit the days for which NetBackup retains legacy logs. Logs are deleted after this configuration value is reached. dialog box. | See About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs. |
MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE and MAX_NUM_LOGFILES | To limit the legacy log size and the number of legacy log files to be retained. These options can be set using a command-line interface. |
Note:
Before you enable logging for critical NetBackup processes, review the log retention options and select them appropriately.