| title | description | ms.topic | ms.assetid | ms.author | author | manager | ms.date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
logman update trace |
Reference article for the logman update trace command, which updates the properties of an existing event trace data collector. |
reference |
b7111f7f-4162-4d1a-8e53-d766db0ede1f |
jgerend |
JasonGerend |
mtillman |
10/16/2017 |
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012
Updates the properties of an existing event trace data collector.
logman update trace <[-n] <name>> [options]
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
-s <computer name> |
Performs the command on the specified remote computer. |
-config <value> |
Specifies the settings file containing command options. |
| -ets | Sends commands to Event Trace Sessions directly without saving or scheduling. |
[-n] <name> |
Name of the target object. |
| -f `<bin | bincirc>` |
-[-]u <user [password]> |
Specifies the user to Run As. Entering an * for the password produces a prompt for the password. The password is not displayed when you type it at the password prompt. |
-m <[start] [stop] [[start] [stop] [...]]> |
Changes to manual start or stop instead of a scheduled begin or end time. |
-rf <[[hh:]mm:]ss> |
Runs the data collector for the specified period of time. |
| -b `<M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss[AM | PM]>` |
| -e `<M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss[AM | PM]>` |
| -o `<path | dsn!log>` |
| -[-]r | Repeats the data collector daily at the specified begin and end times. |
| -[-]a | Appends an existing log file. |
| -[-]ow | Overwrites an existing log file. |
| -[-]v `<nnnnnn | mmddhhmm>` |
-[-]rc <task> |
Runs the command specified each time the log is closed. |
-[-]max <value> |
Maximum log file size in MB or maximum number of records for SQL logs. |
-[-]cnf <[[hh:]mm:]ss> |
When time is specified, creates a new file when the specified time has elapsed. When time is not specified, creates a new file when the maximum size is exceeded. |
| -y | Answers yes to all questions without prompting. |
| -ct `<perf | system |
-ln <logger_name> |
Specifies the logger name for Event Trace Sessions. |
-ft <[[hh:]mm:]ss> |
Specifies the Event Trace Session flush timer. |
-[-]p <provider [flags [level]]> |
Specifies a single Event Trace provider to enable. |
-pf <filename> |
Specifies a file listing multiple Event Trace providers to enable. The file should be a text file containing one provider per line. |
| -[-]rt | Runs the Event Trace Session in real-time mode. |
| -[-]ul | Runs the Event Trace Session in user. |
-bs <value> |
Specifies the Event Trace Session buffer size in kb. |
-nb <min max> |
Specifies the number of Event Trace Session buffers. |
| -mode `<globalsequence | localsequence |
| /? | Displays context-sensitive help. |
- Where [-] is listed, adding an extra hyphen (-) negates the option.
To update an existing event trace data collector called trace_log, changing the maximum log size to 10 MB, updating the log file format to CSV, and appending file versioning in the format mmddhhmm, type:
logman update trace trace_log -max 10 -f csv -v mmddhhmm