Log rotation and log cleanup

In the default configuration, most RWP log files are piped to the rotatelogs program, which periodically creates a new log file. The following line (which has been split into two lines to fit on the page) uses rotatelogs to create a new copy of the accesserror.log file every 86,400 seconds (24 hours).
CustomLog "|\"/opt/rational/common/rwp/IHS/bin/rotatelogs.exe\"
\"/opt/rational/common/rwp/IHS/logs/access.log\" 86400" common

The log rotation period begins when RWP is started.

For every application, except ClearCase, IHS log files accumulate over time, so you must clean them periodically. ClearCase automatically deletes the old logs during the ClearCase weekly log scrubbing job, removing all RWP log files that are more than 30 days old. You can modify this job to change the frequency with which the job runs, the age of the log files it removes, or any other aspect of its operation.

Note: If you change any of the default RWP log locations, you must also modify the cleanuplogsscript so that it looks for these logs in their new location.
On RWP hosts that do not have Rational® ClearCase® installed, you must periodically run one of the following programs to remove old log files:

Use a scheduled-execution program supplied by the operating system (cron, for example, on UNIX, or at on Windows) to run these scripts, or run them manually.



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