https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918708#M28094 I am assuming you have SAS 9.4. If you want to save the log, right-click in the log window during the SAS session and select "File" -&gt; "Save as" from the drop-down list. You can save the log to any location. It will appear as a text file. Sun, 03 Mar 2024 02:14:19 GMT pink_poodle 2024-03-03T02:14:19Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918614#M28083 <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>what is usual log files need to rename after stopping the SAS services ?&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>e.g.&nbsp; We create folder for Lev1/Web/WebAppServer/SASServer2_1/logs &nbsp;and move all log to that . </SPAN></P> <P>many thanks in advance.</P> Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:30:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918614#M28083 MG18 2024-03-01T16:30:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918708#M28094 I am assuming you have SAS 9.4. If you want to save the log, right-click in the log window during the SAS session and select "File" -&gt; "Save as" from the drop-down list. You can save the log to any location. It will appear as a text file. Sun, 03 Mar 2024 02:14:19 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918708#M28094 pink_poodle 2024-03-03T02:14:19Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918741#M28096 <P>Normally, I don't think it is necessary to archive web SAS Server logs after a restart. I usually just delete old logs and that is a lot easier to do than archiving into a folder.</P> Sun, 03 Mar 2024 19:10:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918741#M28096 SASKiwi 2024-03-03T19:10:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918814#M28102 Which are all we can delete for SAS 9.4 mid tier and compute tier and from metadata tier ? Do you have list for it ? Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:50:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918814#M28102 MG18 2024-03-04T12:50:49Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918876#M28106 <P>It's up to you how much log history you keep. I tend to delete any log files older than 6 months. However you may have good reasons to retain some logs for longer like metadata server logs so you can track accesses. I can't give you a list of logs as it varies with where you have installed your SAS software, what products you have and what version you have. You could build a script for deleting old files if you prefer an automated approach.</P> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:26:19 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918876#M28106 SASKiwi 2024-03-04T19:26:19Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918967#M28108 <P>The following link provide the location of the log files SAS 9.4<BR /><A href="https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/bicdc/9.4/bisag/p1ausbmrrybuynn1xnxb6jmdfarz.htm" target="_blank">https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/bicdc/9.4/bisag/p1ausbmrrybuynn1xnxb6jmdfarz.htm</A>&nbsp;<BR /><A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/bicdc/9.4/bimtag/n1ih0exzxu35f3n1xfec5udk1l3f.htm" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/bicdc/9.4/bimtag/n1ih0exzxu35f3n1xfec5udk1l3f.htm</A>&nbsp;<BR />In a typical organization, there are policies for log retention/archiving. If there is none, then create a policy, document it and follow it.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:21:20 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Archival-of-SAS-logs-in-restart/m-p/918967#M28108 Sajid01 2024-03-05T14:21:20Z