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Exalogic : Log Rotation Of Ovmwatch.log Not Working As Expected (Doc ID 2592062.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software - Version 1.0.0.0.0 to 2.0.6.4.0
Exalogic Elastic Cloud X5-2 Hardware - Version X5 to X6 [Release X5 to X6]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Ovmwatch logs are not getting rotated. This could cause the root file system to fill up. 

You can notice that the rotated file is not released by the ovmwatch service as seen below:



Changes

Configured log rotation for /var/log/ovmwatch.log on DOM0 as per Doc ID 2419782.1

Cause

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