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3219471 - Is it possible to specify the retention period for security log?

Symptom

Since there are many 'Logins on/off' activities being recorded to the security log, the security logs are overwritten frequently. Log for recent several days or weeks can only be found in security_<nn>.log.

The goal is to determine whether, to keep the log saved longer than before, it is possible to specify the retention period for the security log, for example 365 days, instead of just increasing the size or count of the files.


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Environment

SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.1+

Product

SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java 7.2

Keywords

security log, extend retention period, save, time, only, days, weeks, Log Viewer, count, size, Log Archiving , KBA , BC-JAS-ADM-LOG , Logging , Problem

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