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Re: asadmin command to rotate the logs?

From: Jane Young <Jane.Young_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:18:01 -0800

Feel free to open a bug in asadmin.

Thanks,
Jane


Ludovic Champenois wrote:
> Jane Young wrote:
>> That's a really cool feature in Admin Console I didn't know about.
>> Thanks for the details.
>> There is no equivalent feature in asadmin. You'll have to manually
>> rename the server.log file or you can write a script to do this.
> I guess a bug in asadmin CLI.
> All commands at the UI level should have a CLI alternative imo...
> Ludo
>>
>> The Admin Console team will be able to answer the question about why
>> the log file does not get rotated if the instance is not running.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jane
>>
>>
>> Jon Faldmo wrote:
>>> In the Admin Console you can select an instance from the navigation
>>> tree. The General Information is shown and a row of buttons is
>>> displayed. One of those buttons is a "Rotate Log" button. When you
>>> press it the instance logs get rotated, i.e. the server.log file is
>>> renamed to server.log.<timestamp> and an empty server.log is created
>>> and logging continues in a "fresh" log.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to rotate the instance logs without going through the
>>> Admin Console?
>>>
>>> A second question is I've noticed the log only get rotate if the
>>> instance is running. If it is stopped and I hit that button the log
>>> does not get rotated. I have to manaully rename (mv) the log before
>>> starting the instance. Is this how it is supposed to work?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Jane Young <Jane.Young_at_sun.com
>>> <mailto:Jane.Young_at_sun.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> What do you mean by rotate the logs?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jon Faldmo wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there an asadmin command to rotate the logs? I couldn't
>>> find one in the reference guide for version Sun Java System
>>> Application Server 9.1_02.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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