Changing Logging Configuration

Edit the logging configuration file, log4j.properties, to modify SAP Control Center logging.

You can change the names, locations, or maximum size of the log files as well as the number of log files backed up.

Options for the scc command let you change the overall SAP Control Center log message level when you start SCC, but if you choose the DEBUG level, the large volume of log messages generated may be inconvenient. Editing the log properties file gives you finer control; you can set logging levels for each SCC component separately. SAP recommends making such changes only if you are familiar with log4j and you are working with SAP technical support; DEBUG-level log messages are not likely to be meaningful to you. (If you have not used log4j before, a good place to start is http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html.)

Shut down SCC.
Make a backup copy of the log4j.properties file located in <SCC-installation-directory>/conf.
Open the log4j.properties file for editing.

Change values in the file to suit your needs. For example:

To	Modify
Change the name or location of a log file	Agent log – log4j.appender.agent.File Repository log – log4j.appender.repository.File Collection statistics log – log4j.appender.collection-stats.File Alert server log – log4j.appender.alert.File Gateway log – log4j.appender.gateway.File
Change the maximum size that a log file can reach before SCC creates a new file	Agent log – log4j.appender.agent.MaxFileSize Repository log – log4j.appender.repository.MaxFileSize Collection statistics log – log4j.appender.collection-stats.MaxFileSize Alert server log – log4j.appender.alert.MaxFileSize Gateway log – log4j.appender.gateway.MaxFileSize
Change the number of log files SCC backs up before deleting the oldest file	Agent log – log4j.appender.agent.MaxBackupIndex Repository log – log4j.appender.repository.MaxBackupIndex Collection statistics log – log4j.appender.collection-stats.MaxBackupIndex Alert server log – log4j.appender.alert.MaxBackupIndex Gateway log – log4j.appender.gateway.MaxBackupIndex

Save and exit the file.
Start SCC to make the logging changes take effect.