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Setting error log paths

Enabling and disabling error logging

Logging to the Adaptive Server error log is always enabled. However, when you create or modify a specific user-defined message, you can set it to be omitted from the log. See “Logging user-defined messages” on page 107.

Setting error log paths

The installation program sets the error log location in the Sybase installation directory when you configure a new Adaptive Server. Backup Server and Monitor Server each have their own error logs.

The default location for each server’s error log is:

•Adaptive Server: $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/servername.log

•Backup Server: $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/servername_back.log

•Monitor Server: $SYBASE/$SYBASE-ASE/install/servername_ms.log

At start-up, you can reset the name and location of the Adaptive Server error log file from the command line. Use the -estart-up parameter and value in the dataserver command to start Adaptive Server.

Note Multiple Adaptive Servers cannot share the same error log. If you install multiple Adaptive Servers, specify a unique error log file name for each server.

Setting the Adaptive Server error log path

You can change the error log path by editing the

$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/RUN_server_name file.

For example, to change the error log path from

$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/bin/dataserver -d/Devices/ASE_2K.dat -sASE_2K - i/ASE_150 -e$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/ASE_2K.log -M/ASE_150 to the $SYBASE directory, type:

$SYBASE/ASE-15_0/bin/dataserver -d/Devices/ASE_2K.dat -sASE_2K -i/ASE_150 -e$SYBASE/ASE_2K.log -M/ASE_150

For information about using the RUN_server_name file, see “Starting and

Stopping Servers” on page 17.

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