Setting the DataServer logging levels and log entry types
- Last Updated: February 11, 2026
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- OpenEdge
- Version 13.0
- Documentation
Client context log settings can be set using:
- Start-up parameters at client startup
-
LOG-MANAGERsystem handles in client applications
Server context log settings can be set using:
- The
-Dsrvswitch at client startup or during a database connection -
DSLOG-MANAGERsystem handle in client applications
Setting all other DataServer log settings (-clientlog, -dslog, -numlogfiles, -logthreshold,
and -logappend)
- Start-up parameters at client startup. These settings are shared with the server context when DataServers are connected self-service.
Note: Of these,
-dslog is not shared
but simply passed onto the server.-
Ubroker.propertiesspecified for agents at AppServer startup.
Note: AppServer client context does not include the
ability to forward a DataServer log file name onto the server context.
-
LOG-MANAGERsystem handles in client applications.
Note: Client context does not include the ability
to forward a DataServer log file name onto the server context.
Server context settings can be set using:
- ProBroker startup parameters (
-dslog,-numlogfiles,-logthreshold,-logappend) - Unified-Broker DataServer instance attributes (
srvrDSLogFile,srvrNumLogFiles,srvrLogThreshold,srvrLogAppend)
Note:
DSLOG-MANAGER system handle
can be used in client applications to return the above settings
but cannot modify them.For more information on LOG-MANAGER and
DSLOG-MANAGER startup parameters, see the LOG-MANAGER and DSLOG-MANAGER
entriesinABL Reference and Troubleshoot ABL Applications.