Log files provide useful information about the functioning of the various Mobility system components.
The Mobility Service components generate a set of log files that are created in subdirectories under the following directory:
/var/log/datasync
The log file subdirectories under /var/log/datasync and the log file names are as follows:
|
Internal Mobility Service Component |
Log File Subdirectory under /var/log/datasync |
Log File Name |
|---|---|---|
|
Sync Engine |
syncengine |
engine.log |
|
Config Engine |
configengine |
configengine.log |
|
Web Admin |
webadmin |
server.log |
|
Connector Manager |
syncengine |
connectorManager.log |
|
Sync Agents |
connectors |
|
Use the following command to check the most recent additions to a log file:
tail -f log_file_name.log
All Mobility log files use the same log level, which you set on the General page in the Mobility Admin console.
In the Mobility Admin console , click Config.
In the Log Level field, select from the following log levels:
Info: Logs informational messages about normal synchronization processing. This log level is suitable for a Mobility administrator who wants to observe the functioning of the Mobility system.
Info is the default log level and is strongly recommended because it balances the amount of data logged, the amount of disk space required for log files, and the load on the Mobility system.
Debug: Logs large quantities of developer-level data. This log level is appropriate for troubleshooting purposes. It puts a heavy load on the Mobility system and should be used only until the troubleshooting activities are completed.
Warning: Logs problems that should not adversely affect synchronization processing but should be investigated and resolved for optimum performance. This log level can be appropriate for a smoothly running Mobility system where you only want to be notified of warnings and errors.
Error: Logs error messages that indicate critical problems in synchronization processing. This log level puts the least load on the Mobility system because it logs only critical errors, but it does not log sufficient data to help resolve any errors that occur.
Click Save to save the new setting(s).
Restart the Mobility Service:
gms restart
NOTE:The user interface instructs you to restart the Mobility Service, because this is required for all other settings on this page.
The Mobility log files are automatically compressed and rotated by a logrotate cron job. The schedule is set by the DAILY_TIME="00:30" line in the /etc/sysconfig/cron file, which means that the log files are checked at 12:30 a.m. each night. Any Mobility log files that have exceeded 4 MB in size are compressed and rotated at that time. After 30 days or 99 instances of each log file have accumulated, the oldest log file is deleted when a new log file is created.
Log rotation is controlled by the following files:
/etc/logrotate.d/datasync-syncengine /etc/logrotate.d/datasync-configengine /etc/logrotate.d/datasync-webadmin /etc/logrotate.d/datasync-monitorengine
By default, gzip is used to compress old log files. You can change the compression method by changing the following line in the files listed above:
compresscmd /usr/bin/gzip
For example, to change from gzip compression to bz2 compression, use the following line:
compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
Using bz2 compression produces smaller log files but uses more system resources during compression.
For more information, see the Linux logrotate command.