Increase the Altiris Logs file size
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Increase the Altiris Logs file size

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Article ID: 178454

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Products

IT Management Suite Client Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

How do I increase the physical size of the Altiris Logs?

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

On the system click Start > Run > Regedit, and drill down to the appropriate Reg Key:

Notification Server:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\eXpress\Event Logging\LogFile

Agent:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Event Logging\LogFile

Right-click and modify the following, or create them if they do not exist:

  • MaxSize  (DWORD in Kilobytes)

o   Set from 2000 to 5000 (Decimal) to update the Size of each file

  • MaxFiles  (DWORD)

o   Set from 200 to 400 (Decimal) to update the number of files that are written to

Note: Changing these settings will allow a lot more disk space for the logs, for they are overwritten as time progresses. These sizes can be altered as desired, but keep in mind that increasing these values will consume more disk space. 

Additional Information

179702 Configuring logging on the Notification Server and an Altiris Agent computer

156111 ITMS Location of log files