[V7] ISSUE: No appenders could be found for logger (warning in debug log during a scheduled backup / when running AhsayOBM scripts on Linux platforms) [Ahsay Wiki]

[V7] ISSUE: No appenders could be found for logger (warning in debug log during a scheduled backup / when running AhsayOBM scripts on Linux platforms)

Article ID: 5207
Reviewed: 2016-10-14

Product Version:
AhsayOBM: 7.3.2.0 to 7.x
OS: Linux

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]

Problem Description

When performing a scheduled backup, or running a AhsayOBM script on Linux CLI (command-line interface), the following warning messages are received in the debug.log or on the terminal:

Using APP_HOME : /usr/local/obm
Using SETTING_HOME :
...
Running Backup Set - 'Backupset Name' ...
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.

Note:
The above warnings are example when running the RunBackupSet.sh script.

The issue will also affect other AhsayOBM scripts such as RunDataIntegrityCheck.sh, RunBackupSet.sh, RunConfigurator.sh, Restore.sh ... etc.

Cause

This is a known issue with AhsayOBM installation on Linux operating system platforms.

Resolution

The warning messages can be safely ignored.

The corresponding operations (e.g. backup, restore, data integrity check, configurator setup) are not affected by the warning.

Keywords

warning, appenders, logger, RunDataIntegrityCheck.sh, RunBackupSet.sh, RunConfigurator.sh, Restore.sh, RunDataIntegrityCheck, RunBackupSet, RunConfigurator

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