Default Error Logs

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Default Error Logs

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September 30, 2019 at 12:00 am

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Stewart "Arturius" Campbell SSC Guru Points: 72498 More actions · Answer 1

Nice question to start the week on, thanks Steve

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ildjarn.is.dead Ten Centuries Points: 1159 More actions · Answer 2

The default is 6, which is the number of previous backup logs SQL Server retains before recycling them.

This says there are 6 previous logs retained, so there are 7 logs in total. Just checked with my out-of-the-box install: ERRORLOG and ERRORLOG.1-6.

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 3

Interestingly, that documentation doesn't appear to be correct for the Linux release at all. You cannot Configure the Logs on the Linux version (see below which is Linux vs Windows):

Also, it appears that Linux doesn't have an upper limit.

thom@qebui:~$ thom@qebui:~$ ls /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlo* -l -t
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql  12538 Sep  2 18:56 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.6
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8774 Aug 16 07:50 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.7
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8774 Aug 15 12:02 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.8
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8189 Aug  4 12:25 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.9
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql 229131 Aug  4 12:20 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.10
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8778 Aug  4 12:14 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.11
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8778 Jul 30 09:54 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.12
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9059 Jul 30 09:29 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.13
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql  11126 Jul 25 13:24 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.14
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9618 Jul 20 15:37 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.15
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8257 Jul 15 15:20 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.16
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9474 Jul 13 16:48 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.17
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   7614 Jul 13 14:38 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.18
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   7986 Jul 13 14:29 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.19
-rw-r----- 1 mssql mssql  10344 Jul 13 14:27 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.20
-rw-r----- 1 mssql mssql      0 Jul 13 14:27 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.21
thom@qebui:~$ sudo service mssql-server restart
thom@qebui:~$ ls /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlo* -l -t
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8009 Sep 30 10:12 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8866 Sep 30 10:12 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.1
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9957 Sep 30 10:10 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.2
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql  10801 Sep 20 18:52 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.3
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8905 Sep 18 08:24 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.4
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql  13282 Sep 18 08:13 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.5
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8614 Sep  3 19:22 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.6
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql  12538 Sep  2 18:56 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.7
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8774 Aug 16 07:50 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.8
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8774 Aug 15 12:02 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.9
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8189 Aug  4 12:25 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.10
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql 229131 Aug  4 12:20 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.11
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8778 Aug  4 12:14 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.12
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8778 Jul 30 09:54 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.13
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9059 Jul 30 09:29 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.14
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql  11126 Jul 25 13:24 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.15
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9618 Jul 20 15:37 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.16
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   8257 Jul 15 15:20 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.17
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   9474 Jul 13 16:48 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.18
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   7614 Jul 13 14:38 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.19
-rw-rw---- 1 mssql mssql   7986 Jul 13 14:29 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.20
-rw-r----- 1 mssql mssql  10344 Jul 13 14:27 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.21
-rw-r----- 1 mssql mssql      0 Jul 13 14:27 /var/opt/mssql/log/errorlog.22

Notice that for the first ls there are 21 archive files (plus the Live), and then after the service is restarted there are 22 Archive files. Might have to think about building a "cleaning" operation in the future.

On a different note, I got this wrong, I remembered 5 were archived, but forgot to count the current file. >_<

Thom~

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734449 More actions · Answer 4

ildjarn.is.dead wrote:

The default is 6, which is the number of previous backup logs SQL Server retains before recycling them.
This says there are 6 previous logs retained, so there are 7 logs in total. Just checked with my out-of-the-box install: ERRORLOG and ERRORLOG.1-6.

This is mis-worded. The default is 6. This is total logs. A note sent to MS to fix the wording.