Configuring tracing

You can configure tracing using the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services console:
  1. From the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services console, right-click the icon of the monitoring agent whose tracing parameters you want to modify, and select Advanced -> Edit Trace Parms. The Trace Parameters window is displayed.
  2. Select a new trace setting in the in the Enter RAS1 Filters field or type a valid string. The selections are as follows:
    • No error tracing: KBB_RAS1=-none
    • General error tracing: KBB_RAS1=ERROR
    • Maximum tracing: KBB_RAS1=ALL

    As these examples show, you can set multiple RAS tracing options in a single statement. For more detailed tracing, you can substitute DETAIL for ERROR in the above selections.

  3. Optional: Modify the value for Maximum Log Size Per File (MB) to change the log file size (this changes the value of the LIMIT parameter).
  4. Optional: Modify the value for Maximum Number of Log Files Per Session to change the number of log files per startup of a program (this changes the value of the COUNT parameter).
  5. Optional: Modify the value for Maximum Number of Log Files Total to change the number of logs files for all startups of a program (this changes the value of the MAXFILES parameter).
  6. Optional: Select Y (Yes) in the KDC_DEBUG Setting field to log information that can help you diagnose communications and connectivity problems between the monitoring agent and the monitoring server.
    Note: The KDC_DEBUG setting and the Maximum error tracing settings can generate a large amount of trace logging. Use them only temporarily, while you are troubleshooting problems. Otherwise, the logs can occupy excessive amounts of hard disk space.
  7. Click OK. You should see a message reporting a restart of the monitoring agent so that your changes take effect.
Parent topic: Troubleshooting guidelines