I checked and indeed we can modify the default location for the sree.log. I'm not sure why they don't default these to a log directory, but definitely something I can ask them about. There is a second log it produces that also defaults to this location for the scheduler, but I don't see that in the properties file. I don't think there's any concern for these logs piling up, however. I have an automated process that creates a new file each night and compacts the old one and I do monitor it regularly. The new Windows operating systems may be a bigger deal, but we're starting to configure our servers with secondary disks rather than install the applications to the C: drive. We have run into the Administrator restriction on other applications on different servers already.
Please create a HelpStar ticket for any requests for assistance. This will help us better track your request. http://helpstar Debbie Shapiro Data Warehouse Manager Cardiac Science Office: 425.402.2233 Visit us at www.cardiacscience.com Suppliers of Cardiac Science, Criticare, Unetixs, Powerheart, Burdick, and Quinton products Part of the Opto Circuits Family -----Original Message----- From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:15 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat 7 service not starting Debbie Shapiro wrote: > I'm not sure what the logs are supposed to look like in other implementations > as I've only ever used Tomcat with Inetsoft. About the multiple restart issue : I was merely curious on that one. It has nothing to do with the InetSoft application, nor (I think) with Tomcat. What seemed strange to me is this : - the Tomcat Windows Service was started, and it crashed (because of the problem with the JVM, now corrected) - but then, without apparently further intervention on your part, it tried to start again after 10-15 seconds, and crashed again. - and then it tried to start again, and crashed again. So, unless you repeatedly clicked yourself on the "Start" button of the service, what caused it to try to start again repeatedly by itself ? Normally, as far as I know, when a Windows Service crashes, it stays crashed until you do something about it; but here it didn't.. But as I mentioned, this was just curiosity on my part, nothing essential. Could you specify what looked off? Maybe I can ask them what it is doing. I don't think we have any special settings in our Windows OS that would cause unusual behavior. > > Yes, the sree.log is indeed in the classes folder. That is where InetSoft > records its activity. This is the vendor code, not anything I have developed. > I've been using the tool for a number of years now without any major issues. > What kind of issues would you expect to see due to this? Maybe I can ask them > about that as well. > About the location of the "sree.log" file : It is unusual for server applications to put a logfile in the same directory as the "programs" (in this case, the InetSoft web application's java classes). For one thing, it makes the logfile harder to find, because no programmer or sysadmin would at first think of looking for a logfile there. Then, since it's location is not obvious, this file may grow and grow over time without being noticed, until the disk is full, and cause some other unexpected issues. It looks like the location of the logfile may be specified in the "properties" file that is mentioned somewhere in the logs. The default may be "here" (where the classes are), but it may be better to change this, to be for example in the same directory as the Tomcat logs. You can probably ask InetSoft about this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org