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Created by Guest
Created on Dec 8, 2021

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Expand the default size limitation of console log in Domino server

The default size limitation of console log (console.log) in Domino server is 10 MB. If the size exceeds 10MB, the contents of the log will be cycled and the old contents will be deleted.

However, with the amount of features available on Domino servers these days, 10MB would soon be reached. When something goes wrong with the Domino server, if we try to check the past status in console log, we may not be able to see errors and such because they have already been deleted. Changing the size limit after a problem by Console_Log_Max_Kbytes parameter has occurred is already too late to investigate.

So, we want to expand the default size of console log in Domino server. (ex. 1GB)
Since HDDs and SSDs have large enough capacity these days, there should be no problem even if the default size is large.

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  • Guest
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    |     Jan 31, 2022

    I would prefer log mirroring to be the default, with a default log size of 100 MB. Log files much bigger than 100 MB are cumbersome to work with in my experience. Typically you only have notepad available on Windows servers and it struggles with larger files.

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    Thomas Hampel
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    |     Jan 25, 2022
    What if log mirroring would be the new default?
  • Guest
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    |     Dec 28, 2021

    I know enough to know that if I had set those parameters in advance, I would not have this problem.
    However, in reality, customers rarely set such parameters in advance, and only notice them after a problem occurs and logs are circulated.
    So, even if there is no action to pre-set such a parameter, the default size of the console log should be large from the beginning.

  • Guest
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    |     Dec 10, 2021

    You realize you can set a larger size and use mirror logging? That way you never run into these issues.

    Check out these settings:


    CONSOLE_LOG_MAX_KBYTES=102400

    CONSOLE_LOG_MIRROR=1

    CONSOLE_LOG_ENABLED=1

    RETAIN_MIRROR_LOGS=1


    Search for Mirror Logging in HCL documentation

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