logman-update-trace.md

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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

logman update trace

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.

Syntax

logman update trace <[-n] <name>> [options]

Parameters

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.

Remarks

• Where [-] is listed, adding an extra hyphen (-) negates the option.

Examples

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

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• logman create trace command

• logman command