Reduce logging whilst backup is running

[MOHAMED_PATEL]

Hi

Is there a way to reduce logging (legacy)(bpbkar) on a client whilst a backup is running?

A backup was started with log level 5 and the bpbkar file has now grown to 2GB in 3 hours.
I have reduced the log level on the client to 0(zero) refreshed all, bprdreq -rereadconfig, logging is still at verbose 5.
I understand that on initial backup start of the policy, it reads the configuration and continues, now I have to stop/reduce the logging or the server will run out of disk space.

Unix Master server - NB 6.5.6
Client - Windows 2008R2 -

[Will_Restore]

copy nul <logfile>

[MOHAMED_PATEL]

Thanks
Unfortunately the command does not complete successfully as the bpbkar log file is in use -

The log file that is growing is on the client server(Windows)
now at 2.5GB

 

[MOHAMED_PATEL · Accepted solution]

No exactly an ideal solution but the following seemed to have worked.....

Suspended the backup, waited for bpbkar process to terminate, and then deleted log file
Resumed backup - log level now at 0.

The log level was changed a while prior to suspension of the job, hence did not have to wait for reread of config which by default is 10 minutes.

[MOHAMED_PATEL]

I would like to know if this is still possible without suspending the backups.

[CRZ]

I believe that the verbosity level is only checked when the bpbkar process starts, so as soon as that bpbkar starts, you're stuck with the verbosity level as read until that process ends - whether on its own or because you have to kill it.

(The bpbkar logs should show this, too - "Log Level" notification only occurs at the very beginning of the logs of each bpbkar)