Logging Service (idmlogsvc)

You can use the following command from the service directory to rotate the Logs directory defined by the PSTempDir system variable:

idmlogsvc -rotatelog [<N>]

This command performs a backup and rotation of the Logs directory. That is, it appends .<yyyy>-<mm>-<dd>-<hhmmss>. <SerialNo> to the old directory name and creates a new directory with the original name, up to a maximum of <N> copies (default is 7).

If the directory path set in the PsTempDir system variable (Maintenance > Options) ends with the instance name, the entire log folder will be rotated, creating new folders named after the instance. Otherwise, all files and folders contained inside PsTempDir will be non-recursively rotated, using their original names.

To perform a one time manual rotation of the log file directory, type:

idmlogsvc.exe -rotatelog

By default, the rotation method is set to using the last modified date of the folder/file. You can modify the rotation method by adding the following registry entry in:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bravura Security\Bravura Security Fabric\<instance>\idmlogsvc

Logs directory rotation is scheduled to occur nightly on the Bravura Security Fabric server. Logs on proxy servers are rotated if auto discovery is executed between +/-0.5 hours of the scheduled job. See About the Bravura Security Fabric Log for more information about log files.

To stop and start event tracing from the command line, so that configuration parameters can be changed, type the following:

idmlogsvc.exe -trace-stop

Once you have finished modifying configuration parameters, type:

idmlogsvc.exe -trace-start

Alternatively, you can make the configuration changes and then restart event tracing by typing:

idmlogsvc.exe -trace-restart

You can exclude certain types of data from idmsuite.log by editing idmlogsvc.cfg to include an ExcludeFromMainLog KVGroup.

To do this, on the Bravura Security Fabric server:

You can use * as a wild card for both the module name and log level. For example:

ExcludedFromMainLog = {
*: = per_lsw;
updinst.exe>=info;
psupdate.exe< = info;
iddb.exe! = verbose;
mobworker.exe = ⋆;
};

The Logging Service reduces the amount of times a particular log message is displayed when logged consecutively. For example, if multiple instances of a particular log message occurs in a given interval, the message will be only be displayed once, and will be followed by a log message stating the number of times the last message was repeated.

For example:

2014-04-03 12:26:23.286.5320 - [] test_plugin [60,64] Info: Waiting for
response
2014-04-03 12:26:33.288.6614 - [] test_plugin [60,64] last message repeated 4 times

The default interval that the log messages will be combined is 60 seconds. After this interval, the next instance of the log message will be displayed again, and any other instances of the message that follow will be combined accordingly.

You can modify the repeated timeout value by adding the following registry entry in:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bravura Security\Bravura Security Fabric\<instance>\idmlogsvc