Using the logDevice attribute To specify a non-default location for the log directory, set the logDevice attribute on the database connection URL when you create the database. logDeviceservice.properties filesetting logDevice in

This attribute is meaningful only when you are creating a database. You can specify logDevice as either an absolute path or as a path that is relative to the directory where the JVM is executed.

Setting logDevice on the database connection URL adds an entry to the service.properties file. If you ever move the log manually, you will need to alter the entry in service.properties. If you move the log back to the default location, remove the logDevice entry from the service.properties file.

To check the log location for an existing database, you can retrieve the logDevice attribute as a database property by using the following statement:

VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY('logDevice')