Servermon file and folder naming conventions

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The servermon component uses specific naming conventions for the folders and files that it creates during the 24-hour data collection cycle. Understanding these conventions helps administrators locate and share the correct data with IBM Software Support.

Overview

The servermon component creates and manages several types of folders and compressed files as part of its 24-hour data collection cycle. Each type of item follows a distinct naming convention.

Note: The 24-hour log collection directory and its corresponding compressed file are hidden. Their names begin with a period (.). Because time-series metrics are unavailable for the 24-hour hidden directory, servermon appends all logs to a single daily directory, creating a single directory daily.

Naming conventions

The following table describes the naming conventions that are used by the servermon component:

Table 1. Servermon file and folder naming conventions
Item	Pattern	Example
24-hour log collection folder (hidden)	.`YYYYMMDD`-`server_name`	.20260709-SERVER1
24-hour compressed log file (hidden)	.`YYYYMMDD`-`server_name`.zip	.20260709-SERVER1.zip
Archive folder zip file	servermonFile-`timestamp`.zip	servermonFile-20260710T0202.zip
Extract folder zip file	servermonFile-`server_name`-`YYYYMMDD`.zip	servermonFile-SERVER1-20260709.zip

The variables in the naming patterns are described as follows:

YYYYMMDD: The date in year-month-day format. For example, 20260709 represents 9 July 2026.
server_name: The name of the IBM Storage Protect server instance. For example, SERVER1.
timestamp: The date and time at which the archive was created, in YYYYMMDDTHHmm format. For example, 20260710T0202 represents 10 July 2026 at 02:02.