Enabling or disabling specific tracing options permanently

This topic describes how to change specific tracing options permanently.

To verify that the overall tracing option is enabled

1. Edit your trace configuration member.The figure in Enabling-or-disabling-the-overall-tracing-option-permanently shows the trace configuration member.

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

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

2. Remove the exclamation point, hyphens, and space (!-- ) that are displayed between the opening bracket (<) and text (BMC_PARM).

3. Remove the hyphens (--) that are displayed between the forward slash (/) and the closing bracket (>).The specific tracing option is enabled and is displayed as follows:

   <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<bmc_parm id="TRACE_ACTION" value="TRACEACTION_INFO" />
   

2. Type an exclamation point, two hyphens, and a space (!-- ) between the opening bracket (<) and text (BMC_PARM).

3. Type two hyphens (--) between the forward slash (/) and the closing bracket (>).The specific tracing option is disabled and is displayed as follows:

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