Modifying Diagnostic Log Settings

Diagnostic logs can be used to determine if there are issues with individual services in SharePoint 2010. Logging for individual services can be turned on or off in the Diagnostic Logging dialog box, as shown in Figure 11.8.

Figure 11.8. Viewing diagnostic log settings.

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Other settings for diagnostic logs, including which drive the trace files are stored on and how large they can grow, can be modified from this same page, as shown in Figure 11.9. It is highly recommended to control the growth of trace files, because they can grow large very quickly. In general, enable only those diagnostic files that you need ...

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