What are circle logs?

In Transformers, there's the following dialogue:

We also have a security issue.

Circle logs indicate one of the analysts made a copy of the network intrusion signal.

What are they referrig to with "circle logs" here?

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I'd guess it's nothing more or less than Technobabble

First popularised in Star Trek, this has gone on to be the pseudo-technical waffle used to explain things the writers don't really want to have to explain [because they're not real] so they fill with jargon that sounds technical & complicated, but is complete & utter tosh.

To get close to perhaps where they were coming from -
Logs are records of transactions in a computer system.
These are routinely cycled every day/week/month, by discarding the older ones & starting new ones, so they don't eventually fill up every spare bit of available storage.

So… log + cycle == circle log…. nearly.

For fun, see the Technobabble Generator

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What is a circular log?

Circular logging is the default behavior when a new database is created. (The logarchmeth1 and logarchmeth2 database configuration parameters are set to OFF.) With this type of logging, only full, offline backups of the database are allowed.

How do I turn off circular logging?

Solution

Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.

Expand Server, right-click the storage group that you want to change, and then click Properties.

In the Properties dialog box, click to clear the Enable Circular Logging check box.

Click OK.

What is circular logging in MQ?

Circular logging keeps all restart data in a ring of log files. Logging fills the first file in the ring, then moves on to the next, and so on, until all the files are full. It then goes back to the first file in the ring and starts again.

How do I enable circular logging exchange?

Use the EAC to configure circular logging for a database

In the EAC, go to Servers > databases.

Select the mailbox database you want to configure and click. .

Check or uncheck the Enable circular logging checkbox, and then click save.

If a dismount and mount operation are required, a warning message will appear.

What are circle logs?

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