Configuring syslogd for automatic archiving

You can set up syslogd to perform automatic archival of eligible z/OS® UNIX files that are configured as destinations on syslogd rules. Eligible files are those that you tag using the -N or -X parameter on the rule definitions. You can choose to archive at a specific local time of day, or when the file systems that contain the eligible files become too full, or both. You can also perform an on-demand archive using an operator command.

Guideline: You should use this method of archiving files only if you do not offload files using the provided sample configuration and procedure that are described in Offloading log files. Because both of these methods rely on creating new log files, results are unpredictable if you try to use both methods together.

To configure syslogd for automatic archiving, take the following steps:

Configure the events that trigger automatic archival
Configure the archive details for each z/OS UNIX file