The main server has a webreportlog.txt file that has grown to a massive size of almost 10GB. We’ve deleted it before but obviously the WebReports needs to be stopped in order to do that. I have searched around and can’t find anything regarding flags to tamp down that file to roll to a new file. Why is that?
EDIT: WebReports does NOT need to be stopped in order to delete it but the question is the same. Why can I not limit the size of this file? If I can, how do I do it?
In the registry, set a string value HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\BigFix\Enterprise Server\BESReports\LogFileSizeLimit to the number of bytes you want to keep the log at, and it should be rotated automatically. Note that the 10 most recent logs will be saved.
We currently have that value set at “1024000”. We set this value a couple months back hoping it would solve the problem. It didn’t. Any other suggestions?
Hurm. I’ll look into this.
I had the same problem years ago and ended up creating a batch file to handle the rotation/purging and set it to run as a scheduled task (if I had time I’d rewrite it in powershell, but “if it ain’t broke…”).
I tried setting a value for LogFileSizeLimit but also didn’t see any difference. If there is a built-in log rotation setting for Web Reports, the DeveloperWorks wiki hasn’t been updated to reflect that information – https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Log%20Files