Rotating the correlator log file
Rotating the correlator log file refers to closing the status log file of a running correlator and opening a new status log file. This lets you archive log files and avoid log files that are too large to easily view.
Each site should decide on and implement its own correlator log rotation policy. You should consider
How often to rotate log files
How large a correlator log file can be
What correlator log file naming conventions to use to organize log files.
There is a lot of useful header information in the log file being used when the correlator starts. If you need to provide log files to Apama technical support, you should be able to provide the log file that was in use when the correlator started, as well as any other log files that were in use before and when a problem occurred.
To rotate the correlator log file and also rotate any other log file the correlator is using (input log file, application log files), see
Rotating all log files.
To rotate only the correlator log file, see
Rotating specified log files.