Avaya 8800 Troubleshooting Manual page 328

Log configuration using the ACLI
Define the minimum and maximum log file sizes to bound the file storage size on the PCMCIA
(or external flash) card. The system transfers the current log file to a remote host when the log
file size reaches the configured maximum size.
Although log file parameters are stored in the boot configuration file, you can change them at
anytime without rebooting the system. Changes made to these parameters take effect
immediately.
When you remove the PCMCIA (or external flash) card from the primary SF/CPU, a trap is
generated and system logging continues in DRAM only.
Caution:
Risk of data loss
Before removing the PCMCIA (or external flash) card from your primary SF/CPU, you must
stop the logging of system messages. Failure to do so may corrupt the file system on the
PCMCIA (or external flash) card and cause your log file to be permanently lost.
Prerequisites
• A PCMCIA (or external flash) card must be installed.
• Access Global Configuration mode.
Procedure steps
1. Enable system logging to a PCMCIA (or external flash) card:
2. Configure the logfile parameters:
Variable definitions
Use the information in the following table to help you use the boot config commands in this
procedure.
flags logging
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boot config flags logging
If the logging flag is not set to true, the entries are stored in memory.
boot config logfile <64-500> <500-16384> <10-90>
Variable
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Value
Enables or disables logging to a PCMCIA (or
external flash) card. The log file is named using an
8.3 (xxxxxxxx.sss) format. The first six characters
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