topic Log Folder - Changing Destination in QlikView

Log Folder - Changing Destination

ivandrago — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:42:13 GMT

Hi,

I want to change the Destination of the Log Folder on the QMC (System > Setup > QlikView Servers > Logging) but not sure if I can just change this or do I need to stop any of the services first?

Also does this only populate the following files:

Performance_ServerName.log

Events_ServerName.log

Sessions_ServerName.log

And if the above log files already exist in the new folder location will this cause any issues?

Basically what has happened the server got corrupted a month back or so and the QMC went back to its default settings, I did most of the changes to how settings were before the corruption but just noticed that the Log Folder has the path of

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\QlikTech\QlikViewServer

And I want this changing back to the previous Log Folder location which we had before the corruption.

Thanks

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:49:09 GMT

Hi you need stop the services. After the changes you need to restart the server.

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

Peter_Cammaert — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:54:56 GMT

Change the ServerLogFolder entry in Settings.ini in the default log file directory. Restart QVS. That should do it. The old logs will be kept, the new ones will be created in the new location.

You may have to shut down QVS before you make changes to Settings.ini.

Peter

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

Bill_Britt — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:35:31 GMT

Hi,

Not sure where C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\QlikTech\QlikViewServer came from, that is not the default location. However, you can do it in the QMC see the below screen shot.

Bill

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

Peter_Cammaert — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:21:12 GMT

Probably an older machine without C:\ProgramData...

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

Bill_Britt — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:00:34 GMT

Hi Peter,

Yea, forgot about that. Haven't seen 2003 in a while.

Bill

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

ivandrago — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:02:26 GMT

Hi, so would the services need to be stopped first? And would i need to delete the existing log files that are currently in there at the moment or will it sort this out?

Re: Log Folder - Changing Destination

Peter_Cammaert — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:09:39 GMT

If you use Bill's QMC trick, then I assume that the QMS will restart the service if needed (just like when you change the Document Root Folder)

After modifying the log target folder, the service will simply start writing log files in the new location and forget about the old ones.

Peter