Log Size Control pane

The Log Size Control section of the Audit Log Viewer has options for controlling the audit log file size. This prevents the log file from growing indefinitely. By default, Enable log size control is selected and the log size control is enabled.

Auto trim log and Auto cycle log are enabled when Enable log size control is enabled. These are used to specify how the Audit Server handles the log file when the log size control takes effect.

  • Setting Audit Log Preferences > Auto trim log

    When the number of entries exceeds the number in Maximum number of log entries, the overflown log entries are marked as deleted. These entries are in the Audit Log file. The file size will continue to grow.

    To delete overflown entries, select File > Compress.

  • File > Compress

    This compresses the currently opened audit log file whose log entries are shown in the table. This includes history audit log files. These can be opened using File > Open.

    When clicking it, the entries that are marked as deleted are removed and the compress action is recorded in the audit log file.