Avamar: The ddrmaint.log is not rotating due to a missing configuration file.

The size of the ddrmaint.log (Found in the /usr/local/avamar/var/ddrmaintlogs directory) is larger than the expected size of 25MB:

ls -al /usr/local/avamar/var/ddrmaintlogs 

total 1.7G
drwxr-x---  2 admin admin 4.0K Dec  5  2018 .
drwxr-xr-t 20 admin admin 4.0K Jul 20 06:00 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root  admin 1.7G Jul 20 14:26 ddrmaint.log

The /etc/logrotate.d/ddrmaint file does not exist:

ls -al /etc/logrotate.d/ddrmaint

ls: cannot access '/etc/logrotate.d/ddrmaint': No such file or directory

The following command confirms that dpnddrmaint is installed:

rpm -qa | grep dpnddrmaint

dpnddrmaint-<Avamar_version>

• It removes multiple logrotate configuration files then replaces them depending on the node type.
• It determines this by the existence of the /usr/local/avamar/var/probe.xml file, which should only exist on the Avamar Utility Node.

However, as the probe.xml file is not created until the Avamar software is configured for a site, the script only works when the rollup package is deployed on a configured grid. If deployed at installation before configuration, it fails to reinstall the logrotate files for an Avamar Utility Node.

1. Log in to the Avamar Utility Node as admin.

2. Elevate to root privilege.

3. Determine the version of SUSE running:

cat /etc/*release* |grep VERSION

If the VERSION is 11, go to Step 4.

If the VERSION is 12, go to Step 5.

4. Create and populate the file:

a. Create the file:

vi /etc/logrotate.d/ddrmaint 

b. Paste the contents into the newly created file:

/usr/local/avamar/var/ddrmaintlogs/ddrmaint.log {
    nodateext
    daily
    missingok
    notifempty
    nocompress
    noolddir
    nomail
    su root root
    create 0664 admin admin
    start 1
    rotate 40
    size 25M
    postrotate
        /usr/bin/killall -HUP syslog-ng
    endscript
}

c. Exit and save the file.

d. Go to step 6.

5. Create and populate the file:

a. Create the file:

vi /etc/logrotate.d/ddrmaint 

b. Paste the contents into the newly created file:

/usr/local/avamar/var/ddrmaintlogs/ddrmaint.log {
    nodateext
    daily
    missingok
    notifempty
    nocompress
    noolddir
    nomail
    su root root
    create 0664 admin admin
    start 1
    rotate 40
    size 25M
    postrotate
        /usr/bin/systemctl reload syslog.service
    endscript
} 

c. Exit and save the file.

d. Go to step 6.

6. Rotate the ddrmaint.log running the following command:

logrotate -v -f /etc/logrotate.d/ddrmaint