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VSS Diagnostic Logging

The following FairCom DB configuration option enables VSS writer diagnostic logging (this can be enabled dynamically on the fly with server administrator utilities):

DIAGNOSTICS VSS_WRITER

When enabled, the VSS writer logs diagnostic messages to CTSTATUS.FCS. These messages indicate the sequence of operations to which the VSS writer is responding. Some examples are shown below:


Tue Sep 14 15:44:05 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnIdentify called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:07 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnPrepareBackup called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:07 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] (+) Component: CtreeACE

Tue Sep 14 15:44:07 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnPrepareSnapshot called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:07 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnFreeze called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:07 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] QuietCtree(ctQTblockALL | ctQTflushAllFiles)...

Tue Sep 14 15:44:08 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnThaw called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:08 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] QuietCtree(ctQTunblockALL)...

Tue Sep 14 15:44:08 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnPostSnapshot called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:10 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnIdentify called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:25 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnIdentify called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:26 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnBackupComplete called

Tue Sep 14 15:44:26 2010

- User# 00016 VSS Diag: [0x1098] c-treeACEVSSWriter::OnBackupShutdown called

Note: The VSS writer always logs error messages to the Windows event log, even if the DIAGNOSTICS VSS_WRITER option is not specified in the configuration file.

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