ASAP OpenView Smart Plug-In Manual

Configuring the ASAP OpenView Adapter
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Trace File Name
To specify the items to trace, select the check box corresponding to the items you are
interested in. To select all items, click Select All. To clear all items, click Clear All.
Trace File Name
You can define the name and location of the trace file used by the Adapter. By default,
this file is Ztrace.html, located in the same directory as the Adapter program file.
However, you can change the location, file name, or both by entering a new value in
the Trace File box on the Tracing tab. Or click Browse… to locate and select the file
interactively.
No trace data is written to this file until tracing is disabled or the Adapter shuts down.
Record Limit
Depending upon how long tracing is active and the number and types of trace items
selected, trace data can accumulate rapidly or slowly. All trace data is collected in
memory and is written to the trace file only when tracing is disabled or the Adapter
shuts down.
To control how much trace data is collected, you can limit the number of trace records
retained within the Adapter using the Record Limit box on the Tracing tab. Once this
limit is reached, the Adapter stops collecting trace data unless wrapping is enabled.
See Wrapping Trace Data.
To specify a new record limit, enter the new value in the field. If you do not want the
Adapter to impose a limit, enter 0 in this box. The default value is 1000 records.
Wrapping Trace Data
In most cases, you do not know ahead of time how many trace records are needed to
capture all the data related to a given problem. Instead, you usually run and test, and
eventually the error occurs. In most cases you do not want to collect an unlimited
number of trace records, so the Adapter allows you to specify that trace data should
automatically wrap whenever the record limit is reached. When the given record limit is
reached, each subsequent new trace record replaces the oldest existing trace record.
You always have the most recent trace data, but you can control how much data is
retained by the Adapter.
Queue Removals Activity related to removing items from the Adapter's internal
queues
Thread Creation Activity related to starting new threads within the Adapter
Thread Destruction Activity related to threads ending within the Adapter
Timer Activity Timer-based processing and status information; tracing this item
can have a severe impact on Adapter performance and should
be enabled only if you are diagnosing a timing-related problem
Trace Item Description