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.