Installing the Tracefmt and Tracelog programs (optional)
GPFS™ diagnostic tracing (mmtracectl) on Windows uses the Microsoft programs called tracefmt.exe and tracelog.exe. These programs are not included with Windows but can be downloaded from Microsoft. The tracefmt.exe and tracelog.exe programs are only for tracing support and are not required for normal GPFS operations.
The tracefmt.exe and tracelog.exe programs are included with the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) as well as the Windows SDK. You can download either of these packages from the Microsoft Download Center (www.microsoft.com/download).
To allow GPFS diagnostic
tracing on Windows using
the WDK, follow these steps:
- Download the latest version of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) from Microsoft.
- Install the Tools feature of the WDK on some system to obtain a copy of tracefmt.exe and tracelog.exe.
- Locate and copy tracefmt.exe and tracelog.exe to both the /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin and /usr/lpp/mmfs/win directories to ensure mmtracectl properly locates these programs.
For additional information about GPFS diagnostic tracing, see Trace facility.