Configuring syslogd for automatic archiving
You can set up syslogd to perform automatic archival of eligible z/OS® UNIX files that are configured as destinations on syslogd rules. Eligible files are those that you tag using the -N or -X parameter on the rule definitions. You can choose to archive at a specific local time of day, or when the file systems that contain the eligible files become too full, or both. You can also perform an on-demand archive using an operator command.
Guideline: You should use this method
of archiving files only if you do not offload files using the provided
sample configuration and procedure that are described in Offloading log files. Because both
of these methods rely on creating new log files, results are unpredictable
if you try to use both methods together.
To configure syslogd for automatic archiving, take the following steps:
- Configure the events that trigger automatic archival
- Configure the archive details for each z/OS UNIX file