Should Debug_Outfile be used on a Domino 6.x server?
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Straight from technote #1181562
Dynamic Console Logging
Starting with Domino 6.0, the Domino
server creates a console.log file by default in the "IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT"
folder, which is located in the server's Data directory. The development
of the console.log file, which can be dynamically enabled and disabled
at the server console, makes the use of the parameter debug_outfile
no longer recommended.
For backwards compatibility, when debug_outfile
is present in the notes.ini it takes precedence. However, using the
debug_outfile parameter is no longer the preferred method for capturing
console output.
Console.log is superior to the use of
"debug_outfile" because it can be dynamically enabled and disabled
at the server console, thus eliminating delays capturing crucial data.
Server reboots are no longer required to begin capturing basic console
logging, which is not the case when using the parameter debug_outfile.
Notes:
- There may be a few customers who wish
to continue to use debug_outfile to rename the log file or to relocate
the log file to a different directory via debug_outfile=
\ . - If you just want to relocate the directory these files are saved into, but are happy with the name of console.log, you can use another new parameter logfile_dir. Here are some examples of these parameters at work
| notes.ini parameters | show server output |
| debug_outfile=mylog.log
| Diagnostic Directory:
C:\Lotus\Domino7\Data\IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT
Console Log File: C:\Lotus\Domino7\Data\IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT\mylog.log |
| debug_outfile=C:\temp\mylog.log | Diagnostic Directory: C:\Lotus\Domino7\Data\IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT
Console Log File: C:\temp\mylog.log |
| logfile_dir=C:\temp | Diagnostic Directory: C:\temp
Console Log File: C:\temp\console.log |
| logfile_dir=C:\temp
debug_outfile=mytemp.log | Diagnostic Directory: C:\temp
Console Log File: C:\temp\mytemp.log |
- If you place a debug_outfile=xxxxxx statement in your notes.ini and start the server, it will internally start writing to the log file, regardless of the value you might have set for CONSOLE_LOG_ENABLED (discussed below). However, the log writing will still respond to stop consolelog to stop writing to the log.
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On Monday, October 25th, 2004 by Chris Miller
