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Deleting Log files

  • 1.  Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-28-2023 21:31

    I am copying Sage to a new server when I noticed that there a boat load of log files in the logfile folder under the MAS_System folder.

    Is it ok to simply delete the files via Windows Explorer?  I see the logfile set up in VI options, see no log  index table to worry about.

    TIA



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    Jeff Schwenk
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    (540) 221-4444
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  • 2.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 08:41

    The safest route would be to zip them up and then delete the individual files.  If you find it's a problem, unzip and restore.



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    Phil McIntosh
    President
    Friendly Systems, Inc.
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  • 3.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 09:47

    Yes, you can delete them.  I have a SQL account that I need to remove these files every 3 months since it never purges and takes up 40 GB of space every 3 months.  I normally leave the latest month of files just in case.



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    Steve Engmann, MBA, CMA
    DSD Business Systems
    Appleton, WI
    o: 800-627-9032 x-126
    m: 920-428-2806
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  • 4.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 10:11

    Any idea when this LogFiles folder began to be used?

    I just performed a 2018 to 2022 Premium upgrade, and I didn't see MAS_SYSTEM\LogFiles in 2018, but the folder is there in 2022.

    My concern is that maybe I need to start monitoring this in 2022, whereas it wasn't an issue in 2018.



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    Wayne Schulz
    wayne@s-consult.com
    Schulz Consulting
    (860) 516-8990
    Moodus, CT
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  • 5.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 10:41

    2020 is the version I have problems with.



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    Steve Engmann, MBA, CMA
    DSD Business Systems
    Appleton, WI
    o: 800-627-9032 x-126
    m: 920-428-2806
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  • 6.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 10:47

    Thanks, @Steve Engmann - are there any other SQL/Premium-specific maintenance procedures you've found necessary? 



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    Wayne Schulz
    wayne@s-consult.com
    Schulz Consulting
    (860) 516-8990
    Moodus, CT
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  • 7.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 10:52

    I'm not a SQL/Premium expert.  I'm not sure this is strictly a Premium issue.  It's more related to how many VI jobs are run every day.  This account has automated VI jobs that run many times per day.



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    Steve Engmann, MBA, CMA
    DSD Business Systems
    Appleton, WI
    o: 800-627-9032 x-126
    m: 920-428-2806
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  • 8.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 11:27

    My notes show the saved VI job logs were added in v2019.



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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
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  • 9.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 11:25

    v2022 Sage added VI options to control these a bit better.

    They are safe to delete.  The only place I know they are referenced within Sage is the Activity log, and broken links there are not a big deal.



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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
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  • 10.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 11:49

    My account is an ADV installation.



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    Jeff Schwenk
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    (540) 221-4444
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  • 11.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 12:04

    These VI log files apply to all versions. 

    SQL log files are something completely different.



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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
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  • 12.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-29-2023 17:59
    Edited by Brett Zimmerman 03-31-2023 07:56

    I thought the VI log files issue began with v2020.1, but apparently v2019.  It was addressed in v2021 as well as v2020.2.

    https://www5.v1ideas.com/TheSageGroupplc/Sage100ERP/Idea/Detail/40956

    Any way to control Excessive V/I Log Files since v2019



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    Brett Zimmerman
    Net at Work
    Greater Boston Area
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  • 13.  RE: Deleting Log files

    Posted 03-30-2023 15:48

    My client with the humongous folder size is on v2019.  Time to upgrade



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    Jeff Schwenk
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    (540) 221-4444
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