Microsoft KB Archive/125452

= Using the SMS Tracer Utility =

Article ID: 125452

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q125452



SUMMARY
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
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\ directory on the SMS 1.0 and 1.1 CD-ROM. For SMS 1.2 it is located in the SUPPORT\DEBUG\ directory on the CD-ROM.   Usage: tracer  SMSTRACE.EXE is a graphical user interface (GUI) multiple document interface (MDI) version and is included in the SITE.SRV\ .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:

 Open the Systems Management Server group windows. From the Program Manager File menu, select New. Choose New Program Item. For the Command Line, enter:



For the working directory, enter:





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.

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