Adaptive Server Error Logging

Upon start-up, Adaptive Server begins to write information to a local error log file: %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_ASE%\install\errorlog.

This file:

Stores information about the success or failure of each start-up attempt
Logs error and informational messages generated by the server during its operations
Remains open until you stop the server process
Retains its contents until you rename, move, or empty the file

If this file becomes too large, you can:

Use sp_errorlog to dynamically change its path. Once the older error log is not being used by Adaptive Server, you can move it, and make space available.

Stop the Adaptive Server and delete logged messages.

See Diagnosing System Problems in the System Administrator Guide, Volume 1 for a description of the error log format.

Logging to the Adaptive Server error log is always enabled. However, when you create or modify a specific user-defined message, you can set it to be omitted from the log.

Adaptive Server error log stores:

Start-up messages from Adaptive Server
Backtraces and stack traces from Adaptive Server
Fatal error messages (severity level 19 and higher)
Kernel error messages
Informational messages