Perhaps you had log files restored from another system with those same numbers?

Suggest storing them off to tape or renaming them to another group.  

Then yes, purge.

Presuming they were important enough to save.

If they were not important, then of course purge without storing them off.


Tracy Johnson
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of kpmiller
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 4:41 PM
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> Subject: [HP3000-L] System logging
> 
> I have an HP3000 that when it boots up,
> it suspends system logging, because a logfile already exists.
> 
> ie, it attempts to log to LOG3715,
> but files LOG3715-3756 exist.
> 
> How do I clean this up?
> I thought with sysgen, creating a tape, I could control/change the log
> number.
> But the only parms are NOLOGNUM or LOGNUM. Not sure if that can help.
> 
> Is it best to just purge the LOG files, and then let it startup?
> or can I change the LOG number?
> 
> Thanks,
> Keven Miller   [log in to unmask]
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