Log management tool

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The log management tool enables the LDAP administrator to limit the size of log files.

The tool idslogmgmt wakes up every 15 minutes, checks the log files sizes, and moves files that exceed the maximum log size threshold in to an archive file. The number of archived logs can also be limited. Except for the administrative tools' and the idslogmgmt log , the configuration settings for the logs are located in the ibmslapd configuration file. See the idslogmgmt command information in the Command Reference section in the IBM® Verify Directory documentation for more information.
Note: The log management tool requires that you have IBM Verify Directory Integrator installed.

When configuring idslogmgmt, set the IDS_LDAP_TDI_HOME environment variable to the directory where IBM® Verify Directory Integrator is installed.

For example, if IBM Verify Directory Integrator is installed in /opt/IBM/VDI/V11, set the environment variable as export IDS_LDAP_TDI_HOME=/opt/IBM/VDI/V11 and replace /opt/IBM/VDI/V11 with the actual installation directory.
Note: If IDS_LDAP_TDI_HOME is not explicitly set, the wrapper scripts can use a default location. If that does not match the actual installation path, idslogmgmt will fail.
Attention: IBM Verify Directory might crash if the size of any log file exceeds the size of the system file size limit. Such a situation might typically occur when tracing is enabled on the server.