Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace

Module:: PSDiagnostics Module

Start a logging session with the WSMan and PowerShell providers enabled.

Syntax

Default (Default)

Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace
    [-DoNotOverwriteExistingTrace]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

This cmdlet is only available on the Windows platform.

This cmdlet starts a logging session with the following PowerShell providers enabled:

Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell
Microsoft-Windows-WinRM

The session is named 'PSTrace'.

This cmdlet uses the Start-Trace cmdlet.

You must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session.

Examples

Example 1: Start a combined logging session

Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace

Parameters

-DoNotOverwriteExistingTrace

By default, the events are written to $PSHOME\Traces\PSTrace.etl. When this parameter is used, the cmdlet creates a unique filename: $PSHOME\Traces\PSTrace_{guid}.etl

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

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