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Enabling or disabling specific tracing options permanently

By default, the recommended tracing options are preset for UIM.  This topic describes how to change specific tracing options permanently.

Warning

Note

BMC recommends that you change the TRACE member only with direction from BMC Customer Support.

To verify that the overall tracing option is enabled

  1. Open your TRACE member for editing.

    Information
    Example

    TRACE member

    <bmchttp>
        <rrlog value="OFF" />
        <trace value="ON">
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_ACTION" value="TRACEACTION_WARNING" />
            <!-- BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_INFO' /-->
            <!-- BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_ENTRYEXIT' /-->
            <!-- BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_Control' /-->
            <!-- BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_MEMORY' /-->
            <!-- BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_SOCKET' /-->
            <!-- BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_THREAD' /-->
            <!-- BMC_PARM   ID='TRACE_ACTION'
                        VALUE='TRACEACTION_WAIT' /-->
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_SERVER" />
            <!--BMC_PARM    ID='TRACE_COMPONENT'
                        VALUE='TRACECOMPONENT_SERVER_WL' /-->
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_CLIENT" />
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_REQUEST" />
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_EXTENSION" />
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_TASKMGR" />
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_TASKWKR" />
            <!-- BMC_PARM   ID='TRACE_COMPONENT'
                        VALUE='TRACECOMPONENT_LOGTASK' /-->
            <bmc_parm id="TRACE_COMPONENT" value="TRACECOMPONENT_EXTERNAL" />
        </trace>
    </bmchttp>

  2. Ensure that the overall trace option is enabled.If the overall trace option is enabled, the variable is displayed as follows:

    Information
    Example
    <trace value="ON">
  3. If the overall trace option is not enabled, edit the variable as required to enable it.

To enable specific tracing options

  1. From the list of specific tracing options, find the option that you want to enable.

    Information
    Example
    <!-- BMC_PARM ID='TRACE_ACTION' VALUE='TRACEACTION_INFO' /-->

  2. Remove commenting characters after the opening angle bracket (!-- and space) and before the closing bracket (--) so that the line looks like this:

    Information
    Example
    <BMC_PARM ID='TRACE_ACTION' VALUE='TRACEACTION_INFO' />

To disable specific tracing options

  1. From the list of specific tracing options, locate the option that you want to disable.

    Information
    Example
    <BMC_PARM ID='TRACE_ACTION' VALUE='TRACEACTION_INFO' />

  2. Add commenting characters after the opening angle bracket (!-- and space) and before the closing bracket (--) so that the line looks like this:

    Information
    Example
    <!-- BMC_PARM ID='TRACE_ACTION' VALUE='TRACEACTION_INFO' /-->

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