HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux HP Part Number: 418811-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

A roll-over will not occur until a task running is completed. However, after one hour of exceeding the maximum
file size, if the task is not finished, then the audit log file will roll over to another file.
To configure the location of the Audit Log:
1. For Linux and HP-UX, create a file named path.properties under /etc/opt/mx/config.
2. Restart the HP SIM daemons (mxstop and mxstart). After restarting the service, a new log file named
mx.log resides in the directory specified in path.properties file.
Configuring task results
Overview
HP SIM enables you to set how long entries remain on the Task Results Page after a task completes.
Short and long task lifetimes Some task results are kept for a short time, while other task results are kept
for a longer time. Tasks fall into one or the other category based on the type of tool associated with them.
Tasks for the following tools have a short lifetime:
• Web-launch tools
• Tools that run from the mxexec command line using the -O or -o options to save the command output
• Tools that run X Window commands
• Tools that specify in their tool definition the "job-log" flag as disabled, including:
Hardware Status Polling•
• Data Collection
• Identify Systems
• Software Status Polling
• Delete Events
• System Protocol Settings
• Automatic Discovery
Tools in this category have no task output, have task output that is saved outside of HP Systems Insight
Manager, or have task results that are unlikely to be of long-term interest. Tasks for all other tools have the
long lifetime.
Frequently scheduled tasks Task results can also be removed from the Task Results Page if a certain
number of task results for a scheduled task accumulate. This setting defaults to 10 instances of a single task.
If more than 10 accumulate on the results page, then the oldest task result for this scheduled task is removed.
Last result tasks A task result is kept indefinitely if it is the last result for a scheduled task. For example, if
a scheduled task is disabled, its final task result is kept indefinitely or until the task is enabled and more task
results accumulate.
Configuring task results settings
1. Select Options→Task Results Settings. The Task Results Settings page appears.
2. To set the schedule for removing scheduled task results, enter:
• Number of results
The default maximum number of results retained per scheduled task is 10.
• Number of days
The default number of days scheduled tasks are retained is 30.
One job is always retained.
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