Writing SCM Log files to a different folder

Products

• CA Harvest Software Change Manager - OpenMake Meister
• CA Harvest Software Change Manager

Issue/Introduction

By default, the SCM Server-side log files are written to folder %CA_SCM_HOME%\log (or $CA_SCM_HOME/log).  If you want to have your SCM log files to be written to a folder other than your $CA_SCM_HOME/log folder, this can be done by configuring your argument files.

Environment

Harvest Software Change Manager all versions and platforms

Resolution

This procedure can reconfigure Harvest to write the log files to a different folder:

1. Create new home folder and log folder inside it. 
2. Add "-homedir=<new home folder>" to both hbroker.arg and hserver.arg 
3. Copy *.arg and *.dfo to the new home folder 
4. Restart SCM Broker and hserver 
5. Check the new log folder to confirm logs are now populating there.

Additional Information

Information about the broker options available for the hbroker.arg file can be found here: Broker Options on Windows

Information about the hserver options available for the hserver.arg file can be found here: Server Options on Windows