On a number of DMA's, backups have recently started to fail with following message.
Warning: File 'C:\Skyline DataMiner\Files\debug.log' was in use by another process. The backup of this file can be invalid.
The debug.log file is present but empty.
- What is the exact purpose of this file?
- How can we get rid of the warning?
- Is the backup file under the current circumstances still valid (I would assume so)?
DataMiner version is 10.1.2.0-9866
Thanks!
Ruben Vandepitte [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 15th February 2021
Hi Ruben,
We've seen this problem before: The debug.log files are being generated by CefSharp webbrowser controls used by the SLHelper processes responsible for Mobile Visio rendering.
As I understood from previous occurrences, the backup itself succeeds but there's a notice in the alarm console.
There's no fix available yet.
As a workaround, you can kill the SLHelper.exe process responsible for the mobile visios. It will spin up again when needed though.
Ruben Vandepitte [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 15th February 2021