Bug ID 876565: Files in the /var/log/appiq log are not removed as expected

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ AppIQ(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
6.0.1, 6.0.1.1, 6.0.1.2, 6.1.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.1.0, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, 7.1.0.3, 7.1.6, 7.1.6.1, 7.1.7, 7.1.7.1, 7.1.7.2, 7.1.8, 7.1.8.1, 7.1.8.2, 7.1.8.3, 7.1.8.4, 7.1.8.5, 7.1.9, 7.1.9.7, 7.1.9.8, 7.1.9.9

Opened: Feb 04, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

BIG-IQ has a limit to the number and size of log files logged per day, but there is no limit over the number of days the logs are saved. Due to this, log files accumulate, creating a problem for /var partition and functionality of certain features.

Impact

The /var/ partition space fills up and manual intervention for clean up is required.

Conditions

Frequent logging.

Workaround

Manually clean up the /var/log/appiq sub folder log files.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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