Controlling Document Viewer Agent Logging - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - WEBACCESS Manual

WebAccess. The verbose and diagnostic logging levels do not degrade application
performance, but log files saved to disk consume more disk space when verbose or diagnostic
logging is in use.
Log Language: Select the language in which you want information written to the log files. The
list contains many languages, some of which the WebAccess application might not support. If
you select an unsupported language, the information is written in English.
Log Time Format: Choose from the following formats to use when the WebAccess
application records dates and times in the log files:
dd/MM: H:mm:ss.SS
seconds, MM represents months, and dd represents days.
5 Click OK to save the log settings.

56.4.3 Controlling Document Viewer Agent Logging

The Document Viewer Agent also creates log files. Logging is enabled by default. The default
location where log files are created varies by platform:
NetWare: sys:\system\gwdva.dir\log
Linux:
/var/log/novell/groupwise/gwdva
Windows:
c:\Program Files\Novell\GroupWise Server\WebAccess\gwdva.dir\log
Because the Document Viewer Agent is currently configured using switches in its startup file, you
must activate the switches in order to change how logging is performed.
1 Use an ASCII text editor to edit the Document Viewer Agent startup file (
The default location of the startup file depends on the platform where the Document Viewer
Agent is running:
NetWare:
sys:\system
Linux:
/opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share
Windows: c:\Program Files\Novell\GroupWise Server\WebAccess
2 Scroll down to the log switches section.
3 Remove the comment character (;) from the
needed.
4 If you want to change the location where the Document Viewer Agent stores log files, remove
the comment marker from the
5 If you want to change the length of time log files are stored from its default of 30 days, remove
the comment characters from the
files.
6 If you want to change the maximum size for log files, remove the comment characters from the
/logmax switch, then specify the maximum size in kilobytes for each log file.
7 Save the
gwdva.dva
8 Restart the WebAccess Agent to put the new settings into effect.
. H and HH represent hours, mm represents minutes, ss and SS represent
/loglevel
/log switch, then provide a the full path to the desired location.
/logdays switch, then specify the number of days to store log
file, then exit the text editor.
,
HH:mm:ss:SS MM/dd: H:mm:ss.SS
gwdva.dva
startup switch, then set the log level as
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, or
).