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Huge Number Of *_ocs_index.log Files Under $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/log (Doc ID 1644799.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Content - Version 11.1.1.6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Using WebCenter Content 11.1.1.6 on Linux, connecting to an Oracle DB 11.2.0.2.

In production environment the number of log files *_ocs_index.log is continuously growing in the database's $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/log directory.

How to change the location of these log files, or avoid the log files from being generated ?

Here is a sample content from one log file (1392444210297_ocs_index.log) :

Oracle Text, 11.2.0.2.0
07:02:24 02/15/14 begin logging
07:02:24 02/15/14 event
07:02:24 02/15/14 event
07:02:24 02/15/14 event
07:02:24 02/15/14 event
07:02:24 02/15/14 Adding all_errors dump event
07:02:24 02/15/14 process waiting: DEV_OCSSEARCH.FT_IDCTEXT2
07:02:24 02/15/14 sync index: DEV_OCSSEARCH.FT_IDCTEXT2
07:02:24 02/15/14 Begin document indexing
07:02:24 02/15/14 INDEXING ROWID AAC+d0AAGAAAy04AAA
07:02:24 02/15/14 INDEXING ROWID AAC+d0AAGAAAy04AAB
07:02:25 02/15/14 INDEXING ROWID AAC+d0AAVAAAEsnAAA
<...>
07:02:26 02/15/14 WRITING TOKEN 뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ, 0
07:02:26 02/15/14 WRITING TOKEN 뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠ뀀ഀȠȠ, 0
07:02:26 02/15/14 WRITING TOKEN , 0
07:02:26 02/15/14 WRITING TOKEN , 0
07:02:26 02/15/14 Wrote 5526 rows (5 big rows) to $I.
07:02:26 02/15/14 Writing index data ($K) to database.
07:02:26 02/15/14 Wrote 100 rows to $K.
07:02:26 02/15/14 Writing index data ($R) to database.
07:02:26 02/15/14 Locking base table rows.
07:02:26 02/15/14 index data written to database. 
07:02:26 02/15/14 End of document indexing. 100 documents indexed.
07:02:26 02/15/14 process waiting: DEV_OCSSEARCH.FT_IDCTEXT2
07:02:26 02/15/14 log
07:02:26 02/15/14 logging halted
 

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