Per gbooker02, PMS rotates logs based on size and per process start. This causes frequent log rotation for Analysis, Deep Analysis, and Chapter Thumbnails where the processes start on every scan or item and litter the log directory with many tiny (~560-800 byte) files. When adding multiple items to a library, the default limit of 5 log files can result in the total log history covering only the last few minutes of activity.
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 780 Apr 5 06:12 Plex Media Scanner Analysis.5.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 698 Apr 5 06:13 Plex Media Scanner Analysis.4.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 788 Apr 5 06:16 Plex Media Scanner Analysis.3.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 786 Apr 5 06:19 Plex Media Scanner Analysis.2.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 784 Apr 5 06:22 Plex Media Scanner Analysis.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 644 Apr 5 06:23 Plex Media Scanner Analysis.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 582 Apr 5 09:07 Plex Media Scanner Chapter Thumbnails.5.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 582 Apr 5 09:07 Plex Media Scanner Chapter Thumbnails.4.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 582 Apr 5 09:08 Plex Media Scanner Chapter Thumbnails.3.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 582 Apr 5 09:08 Plex Media Scanner Chapter Thumbnails.2.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 582 Apr 5 09:08 Plex Media Scanner Chapter Thumbnails.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 582 Apr 5 09:08 Plex Media Scanner Chapter Thumbnails.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 563 Apr 5 11:29 Plex Media Scanner Deep Analysis.5.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 561 Apr 5 11:30 Plex Media Scanner Deep Analysis.4.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 563 Apr 5 11:30 Plex Media Scanner Deep Analysis.3.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 561 Apr 5 11:30 Plex Media Scanner Deep Analysis.2.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 561 Apr 5 11:30 Plex Media Scanner Deep Analysis.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 plex plex 563 Apr 5 11:31 Plex Media Scanner Deep Analysis.log
Currently, the only workaround is to increase LogNumFiles - however, this would generate an unwieldy amount of log files. It’d be nice to have all logs rotated on size alone to create more usable logs with a history longer than a few minutes. Thanks!
-Nikhil