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baba20009
Level 4
12 years ago

how to stop netbackup log creation

I open a case with Symantec netbackup on 10/18/12 to troubleshoot renaming medias.  The tech enabled logging not sure where.  Now there is a daily 4 files of 51,200KB under \Veritas\netbackup\logs ...
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  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    12 years ago

    The files will start with 51216-xxx-

    Make a note of the number xxx

    this command will turn the logs down.

    vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o <xxx> -s DebugLevel=1 -s DiagnosticLevel=1

    You could try 0 and 0, guess that would turn the logs totally off, but I always run logs at Debug 1/ Diag 6.

    Just substitute the number xxx in the command

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/quick-guide-setting-logs-netbackup

    Martin

mph999's avatar
mph999
Level 6
12 years ago

Depends if the files are open ..  If they are then deleting them will not release the disk space - safer to stop NBU, delete them and restart.

You should not be so low on disk space that these files are an issue - thesystem should be designed to have a 'generous' amount of space for logs.  If log levels need to be turned up and cannot, due to disk space, it can be impossible to fix issues.

Martin