System Discovery Causes the Windows Event Viewer Application Log to Become Full

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System Discovery Causes the Windows Event

Viewer Application Log to Become Full

Symptom

During system discovery, many events are generated that can cause the

event log to become full.

Versions

Windows NT●

Windows 2000●

Windows XP●

Problem

Event logs are configured to be cleared manually and have not been cleared,

or too many days are set to retain the events. The default is normally 7 days.

Fix

Clear the log, reconfigure the size, or change the setting for overwriting

events.

See Managing the Windows Event Viewer Application Log.●

See Managing the Windows NT Event Viewer Application Log.●

Summary of content (4 pages)

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System Discovery Causes the Windows Event Viewer Application Log to Become Full Symptom During system discovery, many events are generated that can cause the event log to become full. Versions ● ● ● Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Problem Event logs are configured to be cleared manually and have not been cleared, or too many days are set to retain the events. The default is normally 7 days. Fix Clear the log, reconfigure the size, or change the setting for overwriting events.
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Managing the Windows NT Event Viewer Application Log The event viewer has 3 logs: an Application log, a Security log, and a System log. Each log can contain a limited number of entries; for example, 512 KB. The Application log can hit the maximum size when you are running the TSM service application or performing a system discovery using the TSM Low-Level Link. Note: OSM is not supported on workstations running the Windows NT operating system.
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Managing the Windows Event Viewer Application Log The event viewer has 3 logs: an Application log, a Security log, and a System log. Each log can contain a limited number of entries; for example, 512 KB. The Application log can hit the maximum size when you are running the TSM Service Application (but not the OSM Service Connection) or performing a system discovery using the OSM or TSM Low-Level Link. To prevent a log from becoming full, clear or reconfigure the log.
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7 Click Clear Log to put the new settings into effect. A message appears "Do you want to save xx Log before clearing it?" Click Yes to save the log entries. Click No to permanently discard the entries. 8 Click OK to close the xx Log Properties window.. 9 Close the Event Viewer window. Notes: ● After you clear a log, only new events will appear in the log.