KB ID: | 1825 |
Product: |
Veeam Backup & Replication Veeam Cloud Connect |
Published: | 2013-10-09 |
Last Modified: | 2022-01-05 |
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The following registry values must be created on the server where Veeam Backup & Replication is installed.
The Backup Server must be rebooted after changing any log related settings in the registry.
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Determines where log files created by Veeam Backup & Replication will be stored.
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: LogDirectory
Value Type: String Value
Value Data: <path_on_server>
Default: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup
When a log file becomes larger than the specified value, a new file is created.
Example: Svc.VeeamBackup.log -> Svc.VeeamBackup_1.log
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: MaxLogSize
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: <value in KiB>
Default: 10240 (Decimal)
As an individual log file grows larger than the maximum size a new generation of log files is created. This registry setting controls the maximum number of generations of log files to be retained.
Example: Svc.VeeamBackup_1.log, Svc.VeeamBackup_2.log, Svc.VeeamBackup_3.log, etc.
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: MaxLogCount
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: <##>
Default: 10
When the total size of all uncompressed log files within a folder is greater than this value, all logs in the folder are compressed into an archive.
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: UncompressedLogsMaxTotalSize
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: <value in KiB>
Default: 512000
An archive is created when the total size of uncompressed log files within a folder becomes larger than the maximum size. This setting controls how many generations of those archives are to be retained.
Example: Svc.VeeamBackup.1.gz Svc.VeeamBackup.2.gz
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: LogsArchivesMaxCount
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: <##>
Default: 10
For example Proxies, Mount Servers, Gateway Servers, Repositories, WAN Accelerators, Tape Servers, etc.
The following registry values must be created on the Windows component server itself.
After changing any of the following settings the Windows component server itself must be rebooted.
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When a log file becomes larger than the specified value, a new file is created.
Example: Agent.DC.Source.DC.log -> Agent.DC.Source.DC.1.log
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: AgentMaxLogSize
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: <value in Bytes>
Default: 15728640 (Decimal)
As an individual log file grows larger than the maximum size a new generation of log files is created. This registry setting controls the maximum number of generations of agent log files to be retained.
Example: Agent.DC.Source.DC.1.log, Agent.DC.Source.DC.2.log,Agent.DC.Source.DC.3.log etc.
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
Value Name: AgentMaxLogCount
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: <##>
Default: 10
For example Proxies, Repositories, etc.
The following settings must be created on the Linux component server itself in the /etc/VeeamAgentConfig file.
After changing any of the following settings the Linux component server itself must be rebooted.
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As an individual log file grows larger than the maximum size a new generation of log files is created. This registry setting controls the maximum number of generations of agent log files to be retained.
Example: Agent.DC.Source.DC.1.log, Agent.DC.Source.DC.2.log,Agent.DC.Source.DC.3.log etc.
Config File Location: /etc/VeeamAgentConfig
Entry Name: AgentMaxLogSize
Data: in BYTES
Default: 15728640
Example: AgentMaxLogSize=67108864
When a log file becomes larger than the specified value, a new file is created.
Example: Agent.DC.Source.DC.log -> Agent.DC.Source.DC.1.log
Config File Location: /etc/VeeamAgentConfig
Entry Name: AgentMaxLogCount
Data: <numeric value>
Default: 10
Example: AgentMaxLogCount=32
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