Configuring the System Log application group

The system log comprises the System Log application group, a set of system log applications, and the System Log folder. The System Log application group contains the storage management information that Content Manager OnDemand uses to maintain the data written to the system log. When you initialize the system, the application group is not assigned to a storage set. Because the application group is not assigned to a storage set, the system does not maintain a permanent copy of the system log data.

Before you begin defining reports to Content Manager OnDemand, loading data on the system, or allowing users to access the system, you should configure the System Log application group to maintain a permanent copy of the data that is written to the system log. You can do this by first defining a storage set that specifies a client node in storage managed by Tivoli® Storage Manager and then by updating the System Log application group and assigning it to the storage set.

If your system does not use Tivoli Storage Manager, you should assign the System Log application group to a cache-only storage set and change the length of time that Content Manager OnDemand maintains the system log data to the maximum permitted value.

If you define table space file systems to Content Manager OnDemand, you should store the system log data in table spaces.