How to Configure Diagnostics Logging

 

Diagnostics logging levels determine which additional Exchange events are written to the Application event log in Event Viewer. This is a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 component that you can use to monitor hardware and software activities. You can use diagnostics logging to record significant events that are related to authentication, connections, and user actions.

By default, Event Viewer log files use the .evt extension and are located in the following folder: %SystemRoot% \System32\Config

You configure diagnostics logging separately for each service on each server. For example, if you enable protocol logging on an individual virtual server, it is the setting on the Exchange server on which the virtual server runs that determines the logging capabilities for the protocol.

This procedure outlines how to configure diagnostics logging.

Procedure

To configure diagnostics logging

1. In Exchange System Manager, right-click an Exchange server, and then select Properties.

2. On the Diagnostics Logging tab, in the Services list, select an Exchange 2003 service on which you want to set category logging levels.

3. In the Categories list, select the categories and logging levels that you want to configure.

For More Information

For more information about how to change the default Event Viewer log file location, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article How to Change the Default Event Viewer Log File Location.

For more information about how to view and manage logs in Event Viewer, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.

• 302542, How To Diagnose System Problems with Event Viewer in Microsoft Windows 2000.

• 172156, How to Delete Corrupt Event Viewer Log Files.

For more information about how to use Event Viewer, see Event Viewer Help. To do this, click the Action menu in Event Viewer, and then click Help.