Log files

The Aspera® log file includes detailed transfer information and can be useful for review and support requests.

The log file is found in /var/log/aspera.log

Configuring AIX® to log FASP® transfers to the system log

On AIX, extra configuration is required to log Aspera FASP transfers to the system log. To do so, run the following commands to modify /etc/syslog.conf and activate your changes.

# echo 'local2.info /var/log/aspera.log' >> /etc/syslog.conf
      # touch /var/log/aspera.log
      # refresh -s syslogd

If your syslog.conf lists log files with "wild cards", such as *.info;*.err, append local2.none. For example, change the following line:

*.info;*.err          /var/adm/system.log

To the following:

*.info;*.err;local2.none          /var/adm/system.log

When finished, touch the log file as root, and restart system log process:

# touch /var/log/aspera.log
        # svcadm restart svc:/system/system-log:default

Note: The maximum file size for the syslogd log file is 2 GB.

If you find that logs are being overwritten before long transfers of many files are complete, you can increase the log size.