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Trace logging
Trace logs are used to capture information about the operating environment when component software fails to operate as designed.
The principal log type is the RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) trace log. These logs are in the English language only. The RAS trace log mechanism is available for all components of IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Most logs are located in a logs subdirectory on the host computer. See the following information to learn how to configure and use trace logging:
The documentation refers to the RAS facility in IBM Tivoli Monitoring as "RAS1."
IBM Software Support personnel use the information captured by trace logging to trace a problem to its source or to determine why an error occurred. All components in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment have a default tracing level. The tracing level can be changed on a per-component level to adjust the type of trace information collected, the degree of trace detail, the number of trace logs to be kept, and the amount of disk space used for tracing.
- Overview of log file management
Knowing the naming conventions for log files helps you to find the files.
- Principal trace log files
Trace log files are located on various systems.
- Examples: Using trace logs
You can open trace logs in a text editor to learn some basic facts about the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment.
- RAS trace parameters
Pinpoint a problem by setting detailed tracing of individual components of the monitoring agent and modules
- Dynamic modification of trace settings
You can dynamically modify the trace settings for an IBM Tivoli Monitoring component, such as, Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, most monitoring agents, and other components. You can access these components, except for a few monitoring agents, from the tracing utility.
- Set trace parameters for the Tivoli Enterprise Console server
In addition to the trace information captured by IBM Tivoli Monitoring, you can also collect additional trace information for the Tivoli Enterprise Console components that gather event server metrics.
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