Symantec 7 manual NetBackup Deduplication Manager logs

84Managing deduplication Monitoring deduplication activity

■A log file for each connection to the engine is stored in a directory structure. The following describes the pathname to a log file for a connection:

IP address/application/TaskName/FirstDigitofSessionID/sessionID-current_time_in_seconds.log For example, the following is an example of a crcontrol connection log pathname on a UNIX system:

/storage_path/log/spoold/127.0.0.1/crcontrol/Control/2/2916742631-1257956402.log

Usually, the only reason to examine these connection log files is if a Symantec support representative asks you to.

NetBackup Deduplication Manager logs

The log files are in the /storage_path/log/spad directory.

■spad.log

■sched_GarbageCollection.log

■sched_QueueProcess.log

■SchedClass.log

You can set the log level and retention period in the ChangeStorageServer dialog box Properties tab.

See “Changing deduplication storage server properties” on page 66.

Deduplication database log

The deduplication database log file (postgresql.log) is in the storage_path/databases/pddb directory.

You can configure log parameters. For more information, see the following:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-logging.html

The default configuration for the PostgreSQL database does not add timestamps to log entries on Windows systems. Therefore, Symantec recommends that you edit the configuration file on Windows hosts so timestamps are added to the log file.

To configure log file timestamps on Windows

1Use a text edit to open the following file:

dbpath\databases\pddb\data\postgresql.conf

The database path may be the same as the configured storage path.

2In the line that begins with log_line_prefix, change the value from %%t to %t. (That is, remove one of the percent signs (%).)