By default, when you start a WebLogic Server instance in
development mode,
the server automatically renames (rotates) its local server log file as
SERVER_NAME.log00001
,
where
SERVER_NAME
is the name of the server. For the remainder of the server session, log
messages accumulate in
SERVER_NAME.log
until the file grows to a size of 500 kilobytes.
Each
time the server log file reaches this size, the server renames the log file
using the syntax
SERVER_NAME.lognnnnn
,
and creates a new
SERVER_NAME.log
to store new messages. By default, the rotated log files are numbered in order
of creation using the syntax
SERVER_NAME
.lognnnnn
,
where
SERVER_NAME
is the name configured for the log
file. You can configure a server instance to include a time and date stamp in
the file name of rotated log files.
By
default, when you start a server instance in
production mode, the server
rotates its local log file whenever the file grows to 5000 kilobytes in size.
It does not rotate the local server log file when you start the server. For
more information about changing the mode in which a server starts, see
Change
to production mode.
You
can change these default settings for log file rotation. For example, you can
change the file size at which the server rotates the log file or you can
configure a server to rotate log files based on a time interval. You can also
specify the maximum number of rotated files that can accumulate. After the
number of log files reaches this number, subsequent file rotations overwrite
the oldest log file.
Note: WebLogic Server sets a threshold size limit of 500 MB before it
forces a hard rotation to prevent excessive log file growth.