Log file options

When you create or edit a backup job, you can specify the level of detail for job logging. Select one of the following job logging levels from the list:

• Files — Provides the most detailed information, and is typically used for troubleshooting. Provides information about files that are backed up.

• Directory — Provides less detail than the Files logging level. Provides information about folders that are backed up.

• Summary — Provides high-level information, including the vault and Agent version, and backup sizes.

• Minimal — Provides high-level information, including the vault and Agent version.

Changing the logging level only affects log files that are created from that point and after. It does not affect previously-created log files.

Note: For Image Plug-in jobs, the selected logging level does not affect the content of the logs.

For Windows, Linux and UNIX backup jobs, the following log file options are also available:

• Create log file. If this check box is selected, the system generates log files for each job. Log files can contain the start-connect-completion and disconnect times, file names (i.e., the names of the files that were copied during backup), and any processing errors.

• Automatically purge expired log files. If this check box is selected, the log file associated with a backup is automatically deleted when the backup has been deleted from the vault. Backups are typically deleted from the vault according to retention types. See Add retention types.

• Keep the last <number of> log files. Specifies the number of log files to keep for a backup job. When the specified number is reached, the oldest log file for a backup job will be deleted to make space for the newest one.

Note: You must choose either the Automatically purge expired log files option or the Keep the last <number of> log files option. When a backup job runs, log files are removed according to the specified option. Log files are not removed when a backup job is synchronized.