Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

NOTE: /var/opt/mx/logs is listed here as an example. This path is user-defined.
3. Restart the HP SIM daemons (mxstop and mxstart). After restarting the services, a new log file
named mx.log resides in the directory specified in path.properties file.
Configuring task results
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 SIM, or have task
results that are unlikely to be of long-term interest. Tasks for all other tools are considered long-term.
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.
To configure task results using the HP SIM interface, select OptionsTask Results Settings. For more
information, see the HP SIM help system.
To configure the short and long task lifetimes manually, edit the globalsettings.props file.
The long lifetime defaults to 30 days. To change that time, edit:
MX_JOB_MAX_COMPLETED_JOB_AGE=30
Task results for frequently scheduled tasks start to drop off after 10 instances. To change this value,
edit:
MX_JOB_MAX_COMPLETED_JOBS_PER_TASK=10
NOTE: The limit of 10 task results applies to scheduled tasks with the "job-log" flag enabled in the
tool definition. Scheduled tasks for the tools with the "job-log" flag disabled have a limit of 1. This value
is not configurable.
By default, the last task results for a scheduled task is kept indefinitely. If you want to keep more than
1 job, do the following:
1. Stop HP SIM.
2. Edit globalsettings.props and add:
MX_JOB_MIN_COMPLETED_JOBS_PER_TASK=n
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