Enabling daemon traces

You can stop and start trace on HSM daemons.

About this task

To trace an HSM daemon, you must add trace options to the dsm.opt file and restart the daemon. You must remove the trace options after you restart the daemon, or the space management client traces another daemon when the other daemon restarts. Use different commands and steps to restart different HSM daemons.

Daemon traces can create large trace files in a short time. Enable traces only for selected daemons. Re-create the problem immediately. Disable the daemon trace after the problem occurs.

Important: The HSM daemon holds the file handle for the trace file. Do not delete the trace file when the daemon is running. Deleting a trace file when tracing is enabled can yield unwanted results.
Remember: If the option hsmdisableautomigdaemons YES is set in the dsm.opt file, the scout (dsmscoutd) and monitor (dsmmonitord) daemons are not running.

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