BAR_ACT_LOG

takes effect

IDS: When onbar-driver starts

XPS: When onbar starts or an onbar-worker process starts

The BAR_ACT_LOG configuration parameter specifies the full pathname of the ON–Bar activity log. You should specify a path to an existing directory with an appropriate amount of space available or use $INFORMIXDIR/bar_act.log

Whenever a backup or restore activity or error occurs, ON–Bar writes a brief description to the activity log. The format of the file resembles the format of the database server message log. You can examine the activity log to determine the results of ON–Bar actions.

Specifying BAR_ACT_LOG with a Filename Only

If you specify a filename only in the BAR_ACT_LOG parameter, ON–Bar creates the ON–Bar activity log in the working directory in which you started ON–Bar. For example, if you started ON–Bar from /usr/mydata on UNIX, the activity log is written to that directory.

Using BAR_ACT_LOG on Extended Parallel Server

The onbar_w and onbar_m utilities also write messages to the activity log.

If you set BAR_ACT_LOG to a local pathname, each onbar-driver and onbar-worker process writes to the ON–Bar activity log on the node where it runs. Unless your system is configured to have shared directories, and the ON–Bar activity log is specified to be in a shared directory, each node has its own ON–Bar activity log.