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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 7:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Activity Log > > > ---------------------- Information from the mail header > ----------------------- > Sender: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Poster: David Longo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Activity Log > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > > 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". > > > David B. Longo > System Administrator > Health First, Inc. > 3300 Fiske Blvd. > Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 > PH 321.434.5536 > Pager 321.634.8230 > Fax: 321.434.5509 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > > "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following > annotations on 11/20/2002 09:53:23 AM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > This message is for the named person's use only. It may > contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged > information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or > lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in > error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from > your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the > sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, > distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you > are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the > right to monitor all e-mail communications through its > networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message > are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where > the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a > particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the > entity to give such views or opinions. > > ============================================================== > ================ >
