Message-Log Parameters

The message files provide information about how the database server is functioning.

Configuration
Parameter

Description

CONSOLE

Specifies the pathname for console messages. For additional information, refer to System Console.

MSGPATH

Specifies the pathname of the database server message-log file. For more information, refer to Message Log.

Each coserver writes status and diagnostic messages to this file. Monitor the messages in this file regularly.

It is recommended that you place the message-log file in a file system to which all coservers have access so that all messages go to the same file. When you centralize the message log, you monitor only one file for messages that any coserver generates.

Avoid placing message-log files in local file systems. Doing so complicates administration of the database server because it scatters log messages across multiple files and prevents you from viewing messages in sequence.