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Analytics Smartproject asked in #Tableau Server
Sep 19, 2023, 8:47 AM

Huge Tableau Server logs

Hi there,

 

we faced a problem that some server logs utilize too much disk space and we can't find a way to change the severity of these logs to reduce their size.

 

It's about collections, contentexploration, webhooks, interactive logs. The current severity level is INFO. 

 

# du -shc /var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/* | grep G
1.6G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/backgrounder
200G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/collections
83G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/contentexploration
3.7G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/hyper
97G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/interactive
4.7G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/noninteractive
1.7G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/vizportal
28G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/vizqlserver
65G	/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/webhooks
485G	total

Logs cleanup runs 2 times a week.

30 17 * * 2 /opt/tableau/tableau_server/packages/customer-bin.20231.23.0316.0857/tsm maintenance cleanup --all --log-files-retention 2 >> /var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/logs/tsm_clean.log 2>&1
30 17 * * 6 /opt/tableau/tableau_server/packages/customer-bin.20231.23.0316.0857/tsm maintenance cleanup --all --log-files-retention 2 >> /var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/logs/tsm_clean.log 2>&1
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  1. DIEGO FERNANDO MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ (Modux)
    Sep 19, 2023, 12:10 PM

    @Analytics Smartproject​ 

    Hi, could you try:

    tsm stop
    tsm maintenance cleanup -a
    tsm start

    That should delete log size.

     

    After that, as per https://kb.tableau.com/articles/issue/tableau-server-logs-drastically-increased-disk-space-after-upgrade-to-2022-1, would you run?

    tsm configuration set -k collections.instrumentation.jmx.logging.enabled -v false --force-keys
    tsm configuration set -k contentexploration.instrumentation.jmx.logging.enabled -v false --force-keys
    tsm configuration set -k webhooks.instrumentation.jmx.logging.enabled -v false --force-keys
    tsm configuration set -k interactive.instrumentation.jmx.logging.enabled -v false --force-keys
    tsm pending-changes apply

     

    If this post resolves the question, would you be so kind to "Select as Best"?. This will help other users find the same answer/resolution and help community keep track of answered questions. Thank you.

     

    Regards,

     

    Diego Martinez

    Tableau Visionary and Forums Ambassador

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