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Configure SPSAgentTrace Logs

You can configure the trace logs to control the size and format of the file. After trace logging is configured, you determine the content of the trace log file separately. This lets you change the types of information contained in your trace log at any time, without changing the parameters of the trace log file itself.

Follow these steps:

1. Locate the SecureProxyTrace.conf file, and duplicate the file.
2. Open your Agent Configuration Object or local configuration file.
3. Set the TraceFile parameter to yes.

   Note: Setting the value of this parameter to yes in a local configuration file overrides any of the logging settings that are defined on the Policy Server.

4. Configure the following parameters:

   TraceFileName

   Specifies the full path to the trace log file.

   TraceConfigFile

   Specifies the location of the SecureProxyTrace.conf configuration file that determines which components and events to monitor.

   TraceAppend

   Specifies if the new logging information must be added to the end of an existing log file instead of rewriting the entire file each time logging is invoked.

   TraceFormat

   Specifies how the trace file displays the messages.

   TraceDelimiter

   Specifies a custom character that separates the fields in the trace file.

   TraceFileSize

   Specifies the maximum size of a trace file in megabytes. CA SiteMinder SPS creates a new file when this limit is reached.

   LogLocalTime

   Specifies whether the logs use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or local time. To use GMT, change this setting to no. If this parameter does not exist, the default setting is used.

5. Restart CA SiteMinder SPS.