The size of the event log files depends on the number of serviced systems you are managing, and the number of events that are generated by these systems; Console Manager appends its log files continuously. Therefore, you should archive your log files on a regular basis, so that the live log files (those to which Console Manager writes data as it is received) do not get too large.
If you want to keep the archived information, but want to free up disk space, you can copy the archives to tape, or other backup medium, before deleting them.
Note: You cannot archive directly to tape.
When you archive the log files, they are stored in the same format as live files, in either the default archive directory, or a directory that you specify. During the archive temporary files are created in archive area for both the new live log files, and the archive files. The new live log files are copied back to the log file directory, to replace the older versions. The archive log files remain in the archive directory. However, if you specify that you want to delete the archived data, only the temporary new live log files are written to the archive area, which are then copied back to the log file directory.
Event Notification Services provides an archive cleanup action routine (see Chapter 14, “Supplied Action Routines”). This routine automatically deletes all files in the archive area that are more than a set number of hours old (the default is 24), when the archive area gets full. This feature is a failsafe option; you should have a regular archive strategy, and copy the archive files to backup media if you intend to keep them.
You must have the archive privilege granted to your username in the configuration database to be able to use this command.
To archive the Console Manager log files, you must first shut down Console Manager.
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