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Specify Circular Logging Settings

Circular Logging lets you customize the characteristics of log files generated by the Tape Engine.

To specify Circular Logging settings:

  1. From the Arcserve Backup Home Page, click the Quick Start menu and select Server Admin.

    The Arcserve Backup Server Admin dialog opens.

  2. From the Admin menu, select Configuration.

    The Configuration dialog opens.

  3. Click the Tape Engine tab.
  4. To enable Circular logging, click the Limit Log Size By option in the Limit Log Size section of this dialog, and then specify the maximum size in MB. This amount represents the maximum size of all log files.
  5. In the Log File Count field, select the number of log files that you want Arcserve Backup to retain. This amount represents the maximum number of TAPE.LOG files that Arcserve Backup will retain.
  6. Click OK to apply the settings.

    Note: After the log file count exceeds the number specified using the Log File Count option, Arcserve Backup deletes the oldest log files.

More information:

Tape Engine Configuration

Circular Logging

Tape Engine Log File

How Arcserve Backup Labels Log Files

Prune Log Files