Knowledge Base

Monitoring Studio: Increasing Maximum File Size Limit

KB1182 - Jun 13, 2016

Type: Best Practice

Description: This article explains how to modify the default file size file limit to parse files that have a size greater than 8MB.

Additional Keywords: File Monitoring

Related Topics

Description

By default, the file size limit has been set to 8MB to prevent a PATROL Agent overload. When performing string searches or numeric value extractions on a file that has a size greater than 8MB, the KM stops the operation at 8MB and triggers an alarm on the CollectionErrorCount parameter with the following annotation: 

[WARNING] Log_Server_Monitoring - Flat File  Monitoring: The file 'c:\MS_HW_localhost_debug_km_3181_2016-05-04-11-05.log'  exceeds the size limit of 8388608

To solve this issue, you just have to modify the value set in the maxFileSizeRead configuration variable.

Procedure

To modify the maximum file size limit:

  1. Run wpconfig.exe
  2. Click inline to get the configuration of your PATROL Agent.
  3. If you are using Monitoring Studio:
    • v8.6.54, double-click the /MASAI/SENTRY8/ directory
    • v9.0 or 9.1, double-click the /SENTRY/STUDIO directory to apply your changes globally or the /SENTRY/STUDIO/<host-id> directory to apply your changes to a specific host
  4. Double-click the maxFileSizeRead variable to set the required size in bytes. To know the number of bytes to indicate, you can multiply your value in Megabytes by 1048576.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click inline to save your changes.
  7. Restart the PATROL Agent.