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Q125452: Using the SMS Tracer Utility

Article: Q125452
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbInventory kbHMan kbMaintMan kbScheduler kbSCMan smsinv smshierman smsmaintm
Last Modified: 31-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft Systems Management Server allows you to trace the actions
performed by the SMS services. When tracing is enabled, each service makes log
entries for actions that it performs or errors that it receives in a log file.
The log files are ASCII text and can be viewed with a text editor. However, SMS
includes a Tracer utility that parses these log files and presents them in a
clearer, more user-friendly manner than plain text viewing. Tracer also allows
interactive viewing of the SMS log files as the services are writing to them.

MORE INFORMATION
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There are currently two versions of this utility, TRACER.EXE and SMSTRACE.EXE

TRACER.EXE is a command line console-mode utility that reads changes made to a
text file in real time. This file is located in the PSSTOOL\<arch>
directory on the SMS 1.0 and 1.1 CD-ROM. For SMS 1.2 it is located in the
SUPPORT\DEBUG\<arch> directory on the CD-ROM.

  Usage: tracer <path to one of the SMS log files>

SMSTRACE.EXE is a graphical user interface (GUI) multiple document interface
(MDI) version and is included in the SITE.SRV\<arch>.BIN directory.

SMSTRACE.EXE allows you to customize the display by selecting options such as
columns, filtering, and ignore new lines. You can also Cut and Paste and Print
from SMSTRACE. SMSTRACE.EXE also allows viewing of several log files
simultaneously.

To install SMSTRACE as an icon in the SMS group:

1. Open the Systems Management Server group windows.

2. From the Program Manager File menu, select New.

3. Choose New Program Item. For the Command Line, enter:

  <drive>:\sms\site.srv\<arch>.BIN\SMSTRACE.EXE

  For the working directory, enter:

  <drive>:\sms\site.srv\<arch>.BIN

The SMS services log files are all located in the SMS\LOGS directory except for
the Site Configuration Manager log file SCMAN.LOG and the Bootstrap log file
BOOT.LOG.

The following is a list of the log files and the names of the component that
writes to them:

SMS Alerter                   ALERTER.LOG
Applications Manager          APPMAN.LOG
Bootstrap                     BOOT.LOG (in SMS root directory of Secondary
                                       Site Servers)
Client Configuration Manager  CLICFG.LOG
Inventory Dataloader          DATALODR.LOG
Despooler                     DESPOOL.LOG
Site Hierarchy Manager        HMAN.LOG
Inventory Agent               INVAGENT.LOG
Inventory Processor           INVPROC.LOG
LAN Sender                    LANSEND.LOG
RAS Sender                    RASSEND.LOG
RAS Sender (asynchronous)     RASSYNC.LOG
RAS Sender (ISDN)             RASISDN.LOG
RAS Sender (X.25)             RASX25.LOG
SNA Sender                    SNASEND.LOG
SNA Sender (Batch)            SNABATCH.LOG
SNA Sender (Interactive)      SNAINTER.LOG
SNA Receiver                  SNARECV.LOG
Maintenance Manager           MAINTMAN.LOG
Package Command Manager       PACMAN.LOG
SMS Scheduler                 SCHED.LOG
Site Configuration Manager    SCMAN.LOG (in root directory of SMS drive)
Site Reporter                 SITEREP.LOG
SMS Executive                 SMSEXEC.LOG
SNMPTrap Filter               TRAPFLTR.LOG
SMS Administrator             UI.LOG

For more information on tracing Systems Management Server services, please refer
to the Systems Management Server 1.0 or 1.1 "System Guide," Appendix J. If you
are running Systems Management Server 1.2, please refer to the Systems
Management Server 1.2 Resource Kit.

Additional query words: config sms prodsms tshoot troubleshooting

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbInventory kbHMan kbMaintMan kbScheduler kbSCMan smsinv smshierman smsmaintman smsscheduler smssiteconfigman 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110 kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2

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