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Log Archiving

HyWorks does not archive old logs but deletes them once the threshold is reached. The threshold for log is set in Settings > General > Advance Settings.

Change Threshold

By default, HyWorks keeps maximum of 500000 records in its log database and will delete logs once it reaches to set threshold.

Though it is recommended to keep a syslog server for log archiving, the threshold can still be changed as per your requirement as follows.

  1. Log in to HyWorks Controller Management Console with super administrator credential.

  2. Go to Settings > General > Advance Settings.

  3. Click Edit in Log Remover Threshold.

  4. Update the value as per your requirement e.g. 100000

  5. Click Update.

Logs Management using HyWorks Advance Configuration

  • Log Remover Control: Log Remover Controls allowed to remove logs. Default value is 'True'

  • Log Remover Threshold: If the threshold is set and log entries exceed the set value, logs will be deleted in first in first out (FIFO)method, Default value is 500000

  • Log Remover Interval: Log Remover Interval deleted logs after the interval. Default value and Minimum value 3600 seconds (1 hour)

  • Above mentioned configurations available in Controller

Log Forwarding to External Syslog Server

Additionally HyWorks can be configured to forward logs to external syslog server for the purpose of logs archiving. Refer Syslog server configuration process for details.