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Enabling or disabling cross-component tracing

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In the Server Logs view (or in the administrative console of a server), you can enable or disable cross-component tracing on a server to control whether invocation records and associated invocation input and output data are generated and displayed as part of the server console and log records.

Before you begin

Before you read the following instructions on enabling or disabling cross-component tracing, you should read the conceptual information on cross-component tracing in the topic "Overview of cross-component tracing."

About this task

The current cross-component trace state is always displayed in the lower right corner of the Server Logs view. You can enable or disable cross-component tracing for a server from either the Server Logs view or the server administrative console. If you enable cross-component tracing from the Server Logs view, the tracing is only enabled for the duration of the server session. When you next stop or restart the server, the cross-component trace state will automatically be disabled again by default. By comparison, if you use the Configuration option to enable cross-component tracing for a server from the server administrative console, the cross-component tracing will remain enabled for all sessions of the server until you choose to disable it again.

To enable or disable cross-component tracing:

Procedure

  1. If you want to enable or disable cross-component tracing from the Server Logs view, complete the following steps:
    1. Click the Server Logs tab to open the Server Logs view.
    2. In the Server Logs view, ensure that at least one server console or server log tab is open and selected for the running server where you want to enable or disable cross-component tracing. (By default, the contents of a server console are automatically loaded into a new tab in the Server Logs view whenever a server is started. However, you can also manually load the contents of a server console or server log files into a tab by following the instructions in the topic "Loading server console or log files.")
    3. Click the View Menu icon Picture of the View Menu icon. A menu opens.
    4. From the Cross-Component Trace State menu, select one of the following menu items: Disabled, Enabled, or Enabled with Data Snapshot (recommended). The lower right corner of the Server Logs view displays the new cross-component trace state on the server.
  2. If you want to enable or disable cross-component tracing from the administrative console of a server, complete the following steps:
    1. Click the Servers tab to open the Servers view.
    2. In the Servers view, right-click the running server where you want to enable or disable cross-component tracing and then select Administration > Run Administrative Console. The login page of the administrative console opens.
    3. In the User ID and Password field, type the user ID and password that you specified when you installed IBM® Integration Designer.
    4. Click Login. The Welcome page of the administrative console opens.
    5. In the left frame of the Welcome page, expand Troubleshooting and click the Cross-Component Trace link. The Cross-Component Trace page opens.
    6. In the Configuration column of the Cross-Component Trace configuration table, select disable, enable, or enable with data snapshot. This setting is only used when the server is started or restarted. The setting applies to all sessions of the server.
    7. In the Runtime column of the Cross-Component Trace configuration table, select disable, enable, or enable with data snapshot (recommended). This setting is only used when the server is running. The setting only applies to a single session of the server.
    8. Click OK and then click the Save link.
    9. Close the administrative console.