Log files produced by Teamcenter

Teamcenter utilities often produce log files. Teamcenter creates two types of log files: system log files and application log files. System log files are used to record information about global system events; application log files are used to record information about specific Teamcenter applications. Note In this context, application means either a Teamcenter application (such as Teamcenter or Structure Manager) or a Teamcenter utility (such as clearlocks). System log files and application log files are stored in different directories and controlled by different preferences. Site preferences control system log files and are write protected. Site preferences must be set in the tc_preferences.xml preference file stored in the TC_DATA directory. Various user, group, and role preferences control application log files. These preferences can be managed using the Options dialog box, accessed from the Edit menu. Use the Options dialog box to search for preferences, set preference values, create new preferences, and remove existing preferences. Best practices Siemens Digital Industries Software recommends that old log files be deleted. Log files can consume large amounts of hard disk space. Log file size should be monitored periodically and old log files deleted to recover hard disk space. Any required new log files can be recreated after old log files are deleted. Log files can be deleted while users are logged on to Teamcenter. Siemens Digital Industries Software recommends that directory write permissions are left open. It is extremely important to ensure that directories used to store log file have the required write permissions at all times. For example, it is especially important that Teamcenter be able to write to the $TC_LOG directory if any system logging is enabled. Otherwise, the system repeatedly attempts to write to this directory and performance is affected. For information about log files, see Teamcenter Administration.