Monitoring & Administration

[Sebastian_Linser]

After running the Monitoring Apps for a while on a Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows installation you might have noticed that the QVD files are growning in size in the default location for the monitoring apps C:\programdata\qlik\sense\log

The Operations Monitor as the main driver with the file governanceLogContent_version_file.qvd. 

One of the ways to reduce the size is to reduce the amount of log files you store, another way is to move the QVD files onto a different drive so you can free space on the c drive.

An easy way i found to accomplish that will be demonstrated on the Operations Monitor.

First you need to add a new folder connector e.g. calling it ServerQVDFolder and map it onto the new drive e.g. E:\LogQVD\

then add to the script:

LET serverQVDFolder = 'lib://ServerQVDFolder/';

and adjust the next lines accordingly

LET baseFileName = 'governanceLogContent_$(app_version)';
LET baseTableName = '$(serverQVDFolder)$(baseFileName)';
LET serviceFileName = 'governanceServiceLog_$(app_version)';
LET serviceTableName = '$(serverQVDFolder)$(serviceFileName)';
LET time_range_FileName = 'governance_time_range_ops_$(app_version)';
LET time_range_TableName = '$(serverQVDFolder)$(time_range_FileName)';
LET date_time_FileName = 'governance_date_time_ops_$(app_version)';
LET date_time_TableName = '$(serverQVDFolder)$(date_time_FileName)';
LET monitorAppStatsFile = '$(serverQVDFolder)Operations_Monitor_Reload_Stats_$(app_version).txt';

original content lines:

//LET baseTableName = '$(serverLogFolder)$(baseFileName)';
//LET serviceTableName = '$(serverLogFolder)$(serviceFileName)';
//LET date_time_TableName = '$(serverLogFolder)$(date_time_FileName)';
//LET time_range_TableName = '$(serverLogFolder)$(time_range_FileName)';
//LET monitorAppStatsFile = '$(serverLogFolder)Operations_Monitor_Reload_Stats_$(app_version).txt';

You can then copy over the old QVDs from C:\programdata\qlik\sense\log onto the new location E:\LogQVD\ and it will use those for the next reload. If you skip the step new QVDs will be generated.

The information in this article is provided as-is and to be used at own discretion. Depending on tool(s) used, customization(s), and/or other factors ongoing support on the solution below may not be provided by Qlik Support. 

If you think that is a feature worth to be included in the standard apps, please vote for the idea https://community.qlik.com/t5/Ideas/moving-Monitoring-Apps-QVDs-out-of-the-default-Programdata/idi-p...