Network tracing can be done on the solidDB server, on the application server, or concurrently on both nodes. The trace information is written to the default trace file or the file specified with the Com.TraceFile parameter.
The default name of the output file is soltrace.out. This file is created in the current working directory of the server or client depending on which end the tracing is started.
The file contains information about:
▪ loaded DLLs
▪ network addresses
▪ possible errors
You can turn on the network trace facility in the following ways:
▪ Use the Com.Trace and Com.TraceFile parameters.
Defining the TraceFile configuration parameter automatically turns on the Network trace facility. For example:
▪ Use the environment variables SOLTRACE and SOLTRACEFILE.
The environment variable settings override the definitions in the solid.ini file. Defining the SOLTRACEFILE environment variable automatically turns on the Network trace facility. For example:
set SOLTRACE = Yes
or
set SOLTRACEFILE = mytrace.txt
▪ Use the option -t or -ofilename as a part of the network name.
– Option -t turns on the Network trace facility.
– Option -o turns on the facility and defines the name of the trace output file.