HP OpenView Storage Mirroring User Guide (360226-002, May 2004)

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Logging options

The Logging tab consists of settings for various log files.

! Folder—Specify the directory where each of the log files on this tab are stored. The default is the directory where the

Storage Mirroring program files are installed.

! Messages & Alerts

! Maximum Length—Specify the maximum length of the Storage Mirroring alert log file. The default size is 1048576

bytes and is limited by the available hard drive space.

! Maximum Files—Specify the maximum number of Storage Mirroring alert log files that are maintained. The default

5, but the maximum is 59391.

For additional information on the LogViewer utility, which displays the Storage Mirroring alerts, see

LogViewer on page

13-35.

! Verification

! Filename—The verification log is created during the verification process and details which files were verified as well

as the files that are not synchronized. The default file name is

DtVerify.Log.

! Maximum Length—Specify the maximum length of the verification log file. The default maximum length is

1048576 bytes (1 MB).

! Append—Mark the Append check box if you want to append each verification process to the same log file. If this

check box is not marked, each verification process that is logged will overwrite the process log file. By default, this

check box is selected.

For additional information on verification, see

Verification on page 9-1.

! Statistics

! Filename—The statistics log maintains connection statistics such as mirror bytes in queue or replication bytes sent.

The default file name is

statistic.sts. This file is a binary file that is read by the DTStat utility.

! Maximum Length—Specify the maximum length of the statistics log file. The default maximum length is 10485760

bytes (

10 MB). Once this maximum has been reached, Storage Mirroring begins overwriting the oldest data in the file.

! Write Interval—Specify the frequency in which Storage Mirroring writes the statistical data to the statistics log file.

The default is every

5 minutes.

For detailed information, see

DTStat on page 13-26.