New registry keys are added to tune the Virtual Disk Service software provider logging. The VDS software provider can be tuned using the following details:
The following two registry keys are used to tune the VDS software provider logging:
gives the maximum size of an individual log file in KB units.
A backup log file is created when the log file exceeds the default size.
The default value of
is 16384 KB. However, you can customize the default value.Run the command Regedit to open the registry editor.
Locate the
of the VDS software provider in the registry under the following key:SOFTWARE\Veritas\VxSvc\CurrentVersion\Tracing\vds\MaxSize.
gives the maximum number of log files that can be present at a time. The old log files are deleted once they exceed the limit of maximum number of files.
The default value of
is 5. However, you can customize the default value.Run the command Regedit to open the registry editor.
Locate the
of the VDS software provider in the registry under the following key:SOFTWARE\Veritas\VxSvc\CurrentVersion\Tracing\vds\MaxFiles
For example, the default log file is vxvds.log. If the created log file exceeds , it is copied to vxvds1.log, and vxvds.log is erased. New logs are appended to the vxvds.log file.