John,
I have seen something like this, when using the Web MSG to view the logs.
But an actual log file that has bad data? No, I have not seen one. If you
sent one to support, I'm sure they are looking at it, but it may take a
while to get all the right people to see it, then try to figure out why it
is happening, propose a solution, see if it works, .... So please be
patient, but don't be afraid to remind them (once a day?) if you need.
As I said earlier, I have not used SysLog all that often and your trying it
might offer another 'clue' for the Techs to use. If it works, then you have
better logs and we have a(nother) clue.
I wonder just how busy your hard disk is and the average size of your daily
log files? Is this a large system (lots of users, domains) and what is the
harware running IMail?
Are you seeing any other symptoms, like performance or problems with users
connecting? How about sending large (2-5 M) messages? What is average CPU
utilization? Basically, how is the system working overall and in particular,
when you are using the consol and normal Imail message handling?
Anything that might be keeping the log files being opened and closed as
needed might contribute to the missing data in them.
You might even experiment with the log each service is using. Or if just one
service writing to the log, has any effect (Size I'm sure, but other than
that). Combinations are another possibility.
So I'm saying, I don't know more than the support people at this point and
anything you can do to show us the conditions under which it does or does
not occur, can help me (and them), learn why this is happening (I cannot
duplicate and supsect they cannot, either).
Daniel Donnelly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 6.0 Log Files - Ron - How...
> I'm dealing with Tech Support right now about corrupt log entries in my
> sysmmdd.txt files. (Causes both analyzers to crash.) So -- would
> Steve's idea about the Log Server handling things better also include
> less likelihood of corrupt entries? I don't particularly care which
> logging method I use as long as it does the job.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Daniel Donnelly wrote:
> >
> > Steve,
> >
> > To be perfectly honest, I have rarely used the SysLog myself, so cannot
say
> > exactly how it handles the disk writing. Since I have set it up on my
> > computer now, I'll do some looking and get back to you. However, this
> > computer only processes my personal email (or other test stuff I do), so
the
> > load is normally very low.
> >
> > I can say that I did look at the date/time of the log file yesterday and
it
> > did update quickly, after I sent a message (as I expected and similiar
to
> > using other methods). That would tell me that any 'chunking' is done
fairly
> > quickly and may be limited in size or time.
> >
> > Maybe one of the other Ipswitch people will provide us with more details
now
> > that I have admitted my limited knowledge of the subject.
> >
> > I would have to agree with you Steve, about the effects, at least in
> > general.
> >
> > Daniel Donnelly
> > ________________________________________________________
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steven Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 5:56 PM
> > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] IMail 6.0 Log Files - Ron - How...
> >
> > > >Why would I use the Syslog Server over the other types of logs?
> > >
> > > Because then the log server is handling the problem of when to write
info
> > to
> > > disk and what to write, this leaves the other processes to concentrate
on
> > > what they do best.
> > >
> > > I think that the log server writes to the disks in chunks (is this
true
> > > Dan??) rather than line by line. This makes it a much more efficient
way
> > of
> > > logging.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
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