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.”
Processors: i386, Alpha
Operating systems: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 95
Turn_on_nal_logging.reg
Turn_off_nal_logging.reg
turn_on_nal_logging | turn_off_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.”
To enable logging and adjust the log file size