This topic describes the logging, tracing, and dump mechanisms for the Windows® client.
On the Windows clients, log messages are written to the system and application event logs. To view these logs, click
.Tracing is started automatically on the Windows clients. To disable the automatic start, edit the Windows registry and remove the Stfs\Trace\FileName setting. If tracing is not started automatically, manually start it using the sanfstrace utility. Use the Application log in the Event Viewer to determine whether tracing was started automatically.
By default, Windows client tracing is written in the file \Program Files\IBM\Storage Tank\Client\log\sanfstrace.log. You can view the trace log using a standard text editor. To change the log file name, edit the Windows registry and modify the Stfs\Trace\FileName setting.
The default trace level setting is Errors. To modify the trace levels, use the Microsoft Management Console and set the Categories setting in the Trace Properties control or use the sanfstrace. You must reboot the client for the new setting to take affect.
You can configure Windows to generate a dump file if the Windows SAN File System client ends abnormally. By default, the file name is C:\WINNT\memory.dmp.
Parent topic: Client logs and traces