Just upgraded to Elasticsearch 8. and gc logs are now written to two locations. As specified in <ES_PATH_CONF>\jvm.options.d\jvm.options, but also to default location elasticsearch-8.13.4\logs\. In the location specified i jvm.options, only the configured number of gc logs are kept. In elasticsearch…

Gc logs written to multiple locations

kg.sterneberg (Karl Gustav Sterneberg) May 30, 2024, 9:30am 4

Issue solved, Elasticsearch 8 obviously reads <ES_PATH_CONF>\jvm.options, creates a gc log in the directory specified in <ES_PATH_CONF>\jvm.options, then reads <ES_PATH_CONF>\jvm.options.d\jvm.options and applies the new settings for gc logging.

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Gc logs written to multiple locations

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