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URL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Orchestrator/7.2/com.vmware.vrealize.orchestrator-install-confi...

Topic Name : Orchestrator Log Files

Publication Name : Installing and Configuring VMware vRealize Orchestrator

Product/Version : vRealize Orchestrator/7.2

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is there a way to truncate the logs we have some verbose workflows and the logs often just stop due to the files filling up

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eoinbyrne
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VRO is built using Java and so uses a Java logging framework for it's log files - (Log4j or other)

The log framework has the concept of "Rolling" log files which roll over based on configurable conditions e.g., a period of time or size of the log file. Rolling over usually means that the existing file is renamed to <log file name>.log.1 (or sometimes a timestamp value is used but it depends on configuration) and a new file named <log file name>.log is created to capture logs from that point forward.

In addition there will most likely be a cron job (since the vRO server is a Linux vApp) which will age away older log files from rollovers to prevent the disks filling up.

The disk full scenario is still possible but only if you have lots of workflow runs which are logging extremely verbosely + even in this scenario it is possible for an operator to just go in and remove old log files

HTH

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