Using the command line

You can issue the command provided here to modify Administration server log settings.

About this task

Issue the command:

idsldapmodify -D <adminDN> -w <adminPW> -i <filename>

where <filename> contains:

dn: cn=Admin, cn=Log Management, cn=Configuration
changetype: modify
replace: ibm-slapdLog
ibm-slapdLog: <newpathname>
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replace: ibm-slapdLogSizeThreshold
ibm-slapdLogSizeThreshold: <size threshold in MB>
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replace: ibm-slapdLogMaxArchives
ibm-slapdLogMaxArchives: <number of log archives to save>
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replace: ibm-slapdLogArchivePath
ibm-slapdLogArchivePath: <archived logs path>

You must stop the server for changes to take effect. After stopping the server you must also stop and start the administration server locally to resynchronize the ports. Start the server.

ibmdirctl -D <AdminDN> -w <AdminPW> -p <portnumber> stop

ibmdirctl -D <AdminDN> -w <AdminPW>admstop

idsdiradm

ibmdirctl -D <AdminDN> -w <AdminPW>-p <portnumber> start