Abstract: Systems and methods for improving log file completeness are described. A high completeness value equal to or greater than a target completeness value is accomplished by re-shipping or replaying a subset of the missing log records from their respective hosts. Hosts (and respective log files) are ranked in order of completeness impact, allowing a determination of which minimum combination of hosts should be selected for replay to achieve the target completeness value. Intermediate log record counts are used to determine gaps in the log file. For example, record the number of log file records in five minute intervals to determine which sections of the log files need to be replayed, thereby avoiding the replay of entire log files, which may be prohibitively large.