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Runtime Parameters Reference
Alternatively, you browse the NTSMF.log ASCII text file with Wordpad or Notepad. The
NTSMF.log file is set up automatically as a file of a predetermined length. Once messages reach
the end of the file, Performance Sentry closes the log file, renames it to .old.log file and starts
writing messages to a new log file. The default parameter settings limit the size of the
NTSMF.log file to 256 KB. For convenience, we recommend writing messages to both the
Windows Server Event Log and the NTSMF.log file. However, by design the Collection Service
contains detailed messages designed to support automation procedures and to play an important
role in diagnosing problems. If your System Administrators are trained to react to every message
that appears in the Event Log, you can safely rely on the NTSMF.log file alone for diagnostic
purposes. Turn off writing to the Windows Server Event Log if your systems administrators
complain about the quantity of messages. Alternatively, to reduce the quantity of messages to
both the event log and the NTSMF.log file, you can suppress writing Information and Warning
messages
Message Reporting Level (default Information and Warning)
This parameter controls the reporting of optional Information and Warning messages. By
default, both Information and Warning messages are issued. You can choose to collect only
Warning level messages. Mandatory error diagnostic messages are always issued.
Error messages are issued for events that impact data collection, like suspending the service
because the Disk Limit parameter was exceeded. Warning messages are issued for events, which
are not critical to operations, but may impact it. For example, the Collection Service issues
Warning messages for performance data objects it is instructed to collect, but are not installed on
the local system. Even though Warning messages are generated for these conditions, this does
not impact data collection of objects listed in the Data Collection Set that are installed on the
local system.
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