Troubleshooting in Central Logging Processes

Procedure

Note Note

This topic is not valid for SAP systems that run on Microsoft Windows NT hosts. The logging processes described here are not required on these platforms.

End of the note.

SAP offers developers and system programmers the following options for troubleshooting in system logging processes. A process can be started in trace mode for this. In trace mode the processes log their activities in detail in trace logs. These trace logs are run separately from the system log and refer to the send and collect processes.

You can start the send and collect processes in trace mode with the following options:

-v2	Redirect to a specific log using stderr
-vt	Write C-user entries in SAP trace file format-free. The option is only possible if SAP trace is activated.
-v	Corresponds to entry from both -v2 and -vt

Deleting Logs

If you are working in debugging mode, trace output data is not written to the system log but to a separate trace log instead. The SAP system does not restrict the length of such a trace log. Ensure that these trace logs are deleted after debugging. Otherwise there could be bottlenecks with the disk space if the trace dunction is active.