NAL Logging Tool (Turn_on_nal_logging.reg, Turn_off_nal_logging.reg)

Use the NAL Logging tool to enable or disable Network Abstraction Level (NAL) logging on an SMS site server. This tool can be used to troubleshoot network connectivity problems from clients and servers.

When enabled, NAL data is logged to the applicable component log files. Therefore, before using NAL logging, you must first enable logging for the components you are interested in analyzing. NAL logging also generates a great deal of data, so you must also increase the log file size. Because NAL logging will consume more CPU time and significantly increase the amount of entries made to log files, it is important to disable NAL logging and decrease the log file size after you capture the necessary data.

For more information about enabling logging and modifying the log file size, see “Using NAL Logging.”

NAL Logging Runs On

Processors: i386, Alpha
Operating systems: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 95

Files Required for NAL Logging

Turn_on_nal_logging.reg
Turn_off_nal_logging.reg

NAL Logging Syntax

turn_on_nal_logging | turn_off_nal_logging

Using NAL Logging

Before you use this tool to capture NAL data, you must first enable logging through the SMS Service Manager. Using the SMS Service Manager, you can enable logging on a component-by-component basis, or you can specify that multiple components are logged to one log file. You can also adjust the log file size. For NAL logging, it is recommended that you set the log file size to 10 MB. Make sure to decrease the log file size and disable NAL logging when you are done.

After you enable logging, you can use the SMS Trace tool to view the log file data in real time. For information about the SMS Trace tool, see “SMS Trace Tool and Tracer Tool.”

Procedure Bullet  To enable logging and adjust the log file size

  1. In the SMS Administrator console, navigate to Tools.
  2. Right-click SMS Service Manager, point to All Tasks, and then click Start SMS Service Manager.
  3. Expand SMS Service Manager, and then click Components.
  4. In the details pane, click the components you want.
  5. Right-click a selected component, and then click Logging.
  6. Select the Enable logging check box.
  7. If you selected more than one component, select the Use single log file for all components check box and then type a path.
  8. Set the Log size value to the desired size.
  9. Click OK to save the log-file configuration.