Defining a Trace

To define a Connect:Direct® trace:

  1. Start Requester.
  2. Select Admin > Tracing.
  3. To set trace information for selected functions, turn on tracing for the specific Connect:Direct events.
    • CMGR—Capture the interaction between clients and the server.
    • PMGR—Capture server Process changes.
    • MAIN—Capture server initialization and termination.
    • STAT—Capture statistics activity.
    • SMGR—Capture the execution of Processes and the interaction of the server with other nodes.
    • COMM—Capture interactions with external communications facilities invoked from Session Manager.
  4. To set tracing for all available events, click Full Tracing.
  5. Generate a configuration report is selected by default. If you do not want to generate a configuration report, turn off this option.
  6. To specify output file information:
    1. Click the File tab.
    2. Enter the output file name. Do not select the name of an active trace file. A file can only be used for one trace at a time. The default file name is CDTRACE.CDT.
    3. Enter the maximum file size allowed in the Max Size field. Select Kilobytes or Megabytes to specify the size unit.
    4. Wrap tracing output when max file size is reached is selected by default. If you do not want the tracing output to wrap when the maximum file size is reached, turn off this option.
  7. Click OK.