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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:49:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: dsthode <damian.serrano@juntadeandalucia.es>
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Subject: Re: Configure HOWL log size
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Thank you very much Kevan, added the setting to my config.xml and worked
great!

-Damian


Kevan Miller wrote:
> 
> 
> On Jul 28, 2008, at 7:01 AM, dsthode wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm running an application deployed in Geronimo 2.1 and after a  
>> couple of
>> days running my HOWL log file in var/txlog grows up to 2.5 GB approx.
>>
>> Looking at the deployment plan in repository/org/apache/geronimo/ 
>> transaction
>> I've seen that the maxBlocksPerFile property is set to -1 that means  
>> it will
>> grow to infinity.
>>
>> I've deleted this log file and tried to modify the plan.xml file to  
>> set this
>> property to something more reasonable, say 400 (BTW, I don't know if  
>> this
>> value is too low, just tried with that), but it doesn't change  
>> anything as
>> the file keeps growing just as fast as before when I restart Geronimo.
>>
>> In the JMX viewer I've seen that the value for this property didn't  
>> change,
>> it stays in 2147483647, and trying to change it via the button
>> "setMaxBlocksPerFile" in the column to the right doesn't do  
>> anything, as the
>> value stays the same.
>>
>> So, how can I change this property so that the HOWL transaction log  
>> doesn't
>> fill up all the free space in my drive?
> 
> Hi,
> This is fixed in current branches/2.1 source. The new default is 512  
> (400 would be just fine, also). We're working on a 2.1.2 release which  
> will contain this change. In the meantime, you can build from source  
> or download a nightly build
> (http://people.apache.org/builds/geronimo/server/binaries/2.1/20080727/ 
> ).
> 
> If you want to continue using your current Geronimo release you can  
> override this setting by adding the following to your var/config/ 
> config.xml (assuming you're using 2.1.1):
> 
> <module name="org.apache.geronimo.configs/transaction/2.1.1/car">
>      <gbean name="HOWLTransactionLog">
>          <attribute name="maxBlocksPerFile">512</attribute>
>      </gbean>
> </module>
> 
> Note that this isn't a dynamic value. You can't change this at  
> runtime. You can only change this if you delete your current  
> transaction logs (or set in your config.xml prior to the initial start  
> of your server). HOWL encodes MaxBlocksPerFile in the tran logs and  
> won't allow them to be changed.
> 
> --kevan
> 
> 

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