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  3. Section XVI. System Administration
  4. Working with Log Files
  5. Database log files

Database log files

Locations in this table represent the default locations, but these may have been modified for your environment.

Table: Reporting Database Log Files

Log File Name

Location

Description

aptare-trans.log

C:\tmp

/tmp

Records long-running transactions.

scon.err

C:\tmp

/tmp

Error messages from the database stored procedures. Oracle errors are prefixed with ORA-nnnn, where nnnn is the APTARE or Oracle error number. On Windows, if the directory C:\tmp exists, the file will be written there. Otherwise, it will be written to C:\opt\oracle\logs.

scon.log

C:\tmp

/tmp

Detailed logging from database stored procedures. Shows input and output values, and timing of queries. Oracle errors are prefixed with ORA-nnnn, where nnnn is the APTARE or Oracle error number. On Windows, if the directory C:\tmp exists, the file will be written there. Otherwise, it will be written to C:\opt\oracle\logs.

sqlnet.log

C:\opt\oracle\network\log

/opt/aptare/oracle/network/log

Oracle listener log file. Logs information about connection requests made to the Reporting Database.

alert_scdb.log

C:\opt\oracle\rdbms\log\diag\rdbms\scdb\scdb\trace

/opt/aptare/oracle/rdbms/log/diag/rdbms/scdb/scdb/trace

Oracle alert log file. Logs information on startup and shutdown of oracle instance, and also critical Oracle problems (such as disk I/O failures, out of disk space, system resource issues etc.)

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