I run a cron job every midnight that dumps the previous day's actlog,
status, and a few other interesting figures to a text file. I keep two
year's worth. As David said, they are useful in tracking down problems.

- Kai.


"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing." -- George Bernard Shaw

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Longo [mailto:David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG]
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 7:52 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Activity Log
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> Poster:       David Longo <David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG>
> Subject:      Re: Activity Log
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> The "actlog" is another table in the TSM DB.  Do a "q status" and
> "Activity Log Retention Period" will show how many days you are
> keeping.  I would keep a minimum of 7 days, I keep 30 days.  It can
> be very useful in tracking down problems.
>
> To change use "set actlogretention".
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> David B. Longo
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> >>> TSMUser AT AOL DOT COM 11/20/02 09:44AM >>>
> Good Morning TSM'ers,
> Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side.
> I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how
> much
> is being utilized currently before I do that.
> Thanks in advance....
> -kane
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