topic Re: QDS log - Root_&lt;Date&gt;.log in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411656#M1334205 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks. In fact, the problem is solved already.</P><P></P><P>I have turned on the trace log per QlikTech Support which will create such a large log.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:08:20 GMT 2012-10-04T02:08:20Z QDS log - Root_<Date>.log https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411654#M1334200 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Anyone know what is the usage of Root_&lt;Date&gt;.log in the QDS log folder?</P><P></P><P>I have a problem that the Root_&lt;Date&gt;.log is very large in size (6 - 10GB). HDD is going to use up all the storage just a few days.</P><P></P><P>In normal case, it should be around 1-2MB. Last week, it suddenly become 6-10GB large. It is horrible.</P><P></P><P>When I open it, I found that the following log are generated repeatedly.</P><P></P><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Exited CheckAndStartNewThread Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Exited QueueJob Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Waiting for QueueJob Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Entered QueueJob Lock. Delay:0</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Waiting for CheckAndStartNewThread Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Entered CheckAndStartNewThread Lock. Delay:0</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Exited CheckAndStartNewThread Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Exited QueueJob Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Waiting for QueueJob Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Entered QueueJob Lock. Delay:0</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Waiting for CheckAndStartNewThread Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Entered CheckAndStartNewThread Lock. Delay:0</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Exited CheckAndStartNewThread Lock</TD></TR><TR><TD>9/4/2012 00:00:00.2022336</TD><TD>Information</TD><TD>TRACE:Exited QueueJob Lock</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411654#M1334200 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: QDS log - Root_<Date>.log https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411655#M1334204 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you look in the QVDistributionService install folder (by default in C:\Program Files\QlikTech, I believe), there should be a file called QVDistributionService.exe.config. Within that file, there's a line like:</P><P></P><P>&lt;add key="Trace" value="false" /&gt;</P><P></P><P>It's near the bottom, under a line labelled *** Extended Logging ***. Can you confirm that the value is set to false?</P><P></P><P>Michael</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:57:52 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411655#M1334204 2012-10-03T16:57:52Z Re: QDS log - Root_<Date>.log https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411656#M1334205 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks. In fact, the problem is solved already.</P><P></P><P>I have turned on the trace log per QlikTech Support which will create such a large log.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:08:20 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/QDS-log-Root-lt-Date-gt-log/m-p/411656#M1334205 2012-10-04T02:08:20Z