Cross-Component Trace disk use

Use this page to manage and configure Cross-Component Trace disk space use.

To view this administrative console page, click Troubleshooting > Cross-Component Trace > server_name > Cross-Component Trace disk use.

From this page you can set a disk use threshold as the means for automatically deleting Cross-Component Trace data snapshot files. You can also select Delete data snapshot files to remove data snapshot files immediately from the disk.


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Delete data snapshot files

Select Delete data snapshot files to delete data snapshot files from the disk. The data snapshot files are deleted from the logs\XCT directory of the selected server.

In use

Specifies in MB the current disk space consumed by Cross-Component trace data snapshot files for the selected server.

Total disk space allowed for this server

Specify in MB the allowed disk space use for data snapshot files on the selected server.

The value you enter represents a threshold. When the threshold is exceeded, the system automatically deletes data snapshot files from the disk. The files are deleted in a sequential fashion, from oldest to most recent, until the system achieves the disk space required to write the next data snapshot, while remaining below the disk use threshold.

There is a minimum level of 50 MB. Settings below this minimum are converted to the minimum. Setting of 0 or less than 0 (-1, -2...) results in 0 and turns off the automatic delete feature.