[st0kes]

Hi all,

I have a query about this Logs folder on a BES:

c:\program files\research in motion\blackberry enterprise server\logs

Our BES seems to generate between 80-100Mb of logs every day. It's been left unchecked and the folder had got up to 11Gb ... is there some automatic way to remove old logs and keep this logs folder in check?

Thanks

[x14]

We get about 170MB a day on our server with about 475 users. You can move the log directory to a drive with more space.

[BBTechGuy]

Yes you can Auto Delete old logs. Assuming you are on BES 4.0 go into the Logging Tab of the BlackBerry Server Configuration tool.

[st0kes]

That's what I was looking for. Thanks!

[syoulden]

There is also a recommendation from RIM to not store them on the system drive due to both the size and the activity. We have ours stored in a D:\BESLOGS folder. Also, there are 2 logs that can't be set to delete automatically based on aging (ALRT and MDAT), so it is still necessary to go in and periodically delete the older folders. I have asked for them to allow us to set these as well for auto delete in a future release. I ask others to do the same if you want to keep your administration as simple as possible.

[T-Roy]

its pretty easy to script and setup with the Scheduled Tasks built into Windows.

[bradjulum]

I am looking for a script to delete Blackberry server log folders every x days.

I found a vbs script that 'works', however, when I run it on the BES I get this error [BES 4.0.4.8]
Error: permission denied
Code: 800A0046

Log in with BESadmin account etc..

Anyone have something like this? Thanks

[st0kes]

You could do it using forfiles in a simple .cmd or .bat file, no need for any complicated vbscript. To delete files older than 6 days for example:

forfiles /m *.* /D -6 C “cmd /c del @file”

Just change *.* to whatever you want to delete. If you want to delete directories instead of files it will need to be modified a bit.

[bradjulum]

still looking for a script to do this? Any ideas? Thanks.

[x14]

I use this Delete Files Older Than

[bradjulum]

BES is 4.0 Exchange no such option.

[SoUnCool]

what is best practice to delete log files after? 7 days? 14 days? 30 days?

[sbpinbb]

I've just hit a wall on and ran out of file space. I have 3.6 gig of log folders & files going way back. Can I just delete them? Is there any reason to save any of the data?

Any suggestions to the question directly above?

[mahoward]

RIM tells you to keep for at least 7 days. (But then they also tell you to delete inactive users after 30 days, which I think is a little draconian given overseas travel, maternity leave, etc.)

As for logs, I used to store them indefinitely and back them up to CDROM's when I need to free up drive space. I found that the debug log files for the BES were invaluable in certain situations (many non-BB related) where we needed to track down when emails were sent, were they received, etc.

Unfortunately the log files are just too darn big these days so I purge them after 60 days. A while back I got a request for some info from 62 days previous... oh well couldn't answer that one...

[x14]

Originally Posted by SoUnCool

what is best practice to delete log files after? 7 days? 14 days? 30 days?

Minimum would be 7 days because if you call RIM support they will want 3 days of logs.

We have to do monthly user statistic so I have to keep my logs for a minimum of 30 days.

[SoUnCool]

Originally Posted by x14

Minimum would be 7 days because if you call RIM support they will want 3 days of logs.

We have to do monthly user statistic so I have to keep my logs for a minimum of 30 days.

thanks, got approval from my manager to keep logs for only 30 days,
sorry to interrupt this thread, how are you doing user stats ? you can PM me on this

[aschieman]

Use the BlackBerry Resource Kit to generate user stats. The utilities in the kit parse the log files, which is why the 30 day retension may be required.

[x14]

Yup, I use the HistoricalStats.exe from the BRK for running statistic to see who's using their BlackBerry or not.