#MAC LOG FILES TAKING UP SPACE ARCHIVE#

You should run the cleanup command regularly. For more information, see Log File Snapshots (Archive Logs).Ĭlean up unwanted files: After archiving any logs you want to save, use the tsm maintenance cleanup command to remove log files older than seven days, temporary files, and optionally, rows from the http_requests table in the Tableau Server repository.

#MAC LOG FILES TAKING UP SPACE ARCHIVE#

To save disk space without losing logs, you can archive them with the tsm maintenance ziplogs command, and then copy the ziplogs archive to a computer that is not part of the Tableau installation for safe keeping. These can be helpful in troubleshooting issues, and when you are working with Tableau Support, but you do not need to leave them in place indefinitely. To make more disk space available, you can take the following steps:Īrchive log files: Tableau Server generates log files when running.

Administrative views: You can use a pre-built administrative view to help monitor disk space usage.

For more information, see Configure Server Event Notification.

Notifications: You can configure Tableau Server to send notifications when disk space reaches predetermined levels.

There are several things you can do to monitor disk space usage: If you determine that space is getting low, you can archive any you want to save, and purge unneeded files, freeing up space for Tableau.

If the Tableau Server computer runs low on disk space, the impact to can be significant, including ultimately causing a failure. As a best practice, you should regularly monitor disk space usage on your server.

Mac log files taking up space