Service Fabric (SF) Log files are increasing in size.

 Service Fabric (SF) Log files are increasing in size.

Error 1:

Unexpected behavior SharePoint 2016 server related to trace log on C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces the amount of log is increasing continuously without stop.

Or

Issue with Fabric trace log taking excessive Drive Space. The directory "C:/ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces" taking up GBs is taking up GBs worth of data because ETL files are continually generating after hitting 128mb.

 

Solution 1: 

1.       Issue is Service Fabric installation has been corrupted. Due to this " C:\Prog,ramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces" log file size is increasing in Service Fabric fa older.

2.       Need to install service bus in your environment.

3.       Please click on below link to install Service Bus.

Uninstall Service Bus and Install it again. 

 

Solution 2:   

Microsoft Azure Service Fabric logs taking fabric trace logs taking excessive Drive Space- (" C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces") is a known issue for Azure Service Fabric v5.X. Unfortunately, service Bus 1.1 with TLS 1.2 support v2.0.50926.9 is only compatible to work with Azure Service Fabric v5.1.163.9590.

 

Work around solution:

1.       Provided PowerShell command -PowerShell command only deletes *.ETL files;

Get-Chillditem-Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces\*"-Include *.etl -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.CreationTime -It(Get-Date).AddDays(-14)} | Remove-Item

2.       Referenced below article for Task Scheduler. How to user Task scheduler To Delete Files Older Than X days

 

3.       Steps to validate PowerShell command and Task Scheduler function Properly:

1.       Ran PowerShell command first to ensure *.ETL files would be listed.

Get-Chillditem-Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces\*"-Include *.etl

2.       Ran PowerShell command that only ETL files older than 14days are listed.

Get-Chillditem-Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces\*"-Include *.etl -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.CreationTime -It(Get-Date).AddDays(-14)}

3.       Ran PowerShell command delete ETL files older than 14days are listed.

Get-Chillditem-Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SF\Log\Traces\*"-Include *.etl -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.CreationTime -It(Get-Date).AddDays(-14)} | Remove-Item

4.       Save PowerShell Script --DeleteSFLog.ps1

 

Create a task Scheduler to delete Files older than 7 days

 

5.       Open task scheduler/

6.       Click on "Create Basic Task"

7.       Name the New Task.

8.       Click "Next"

9.       Select a trigger.

10.   Configure selected trigger - Weekly Sunday

11.   Select "Start a Program"

12.   For a Program/Script field, Click the Browse button and Select PowerShell Script.

13.   Click "Next"

14.   Click "Finish"

15.   Close the task scheduler window.

a.       Validate Task Scheduler ran successfully and c:\ no longer ha disc space problem