Specifying Logging Settings for a Component

You can specify the logging settings for components of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 such as the single sign-on service and the search service. You can choose to do the following:

• Log no events for this component.
• Log critical events only.
• Log informational events and critical events.
• Log tracing information.

  Note  You should select Log tracing information only for troubleshooting purposes. Logging tracing information might affect performance and disk use.

You an also choose to save a copy of the log automatically after a specified number of days, and you can choose to delete logs automatically after a specified number of days.

Specify logging settings for a component

1. On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration for Server server_name page, in the Component Configuration section, click Configure diagnostic settings.
2. On the Configure Diagnostic Settings for server_name page, in the Logging Settings section, in the Components list, select the component for which you want to specify logging settings, and then click Edit.
3. On the Edit Logging Settings for server_name page, in the Logging Settings section, select a logging level for the component.
4. In the Frequency for Saving and Deleting section, do the following:
   • In the Save a copy every (in days) box, type the time interval, in days, at which you want the server to save a copy of the log file for this component.

     If you do not want to save a copy of the log, type 0.

   • If you want log files for this component to be deleted automatically after a specified amount of time, in the Delete copies older than (in days) box, type the time, in days.

     Log files for this component that are older than the specified number of days will be deleted automatically. To delete files manually, type 0.

5. Click OK.