7.0 Directory Services Trace Utilities
The DSTrace utility is used on the server console to monitor
how NDS is functioning, to determine whether NDS synchronization
processes are completing, and to diagnose NDS errors. Starting with NetWare
5.0, NDS has two DSTrace utilities: an internal version that is
part of the DS NLM (SET DSTrace) and an external version, DSTrace
NLM:
- The internal version is implemented
as a SET command, which can be typed on the server console to enable
the NDS debug screen, the display of various messages, the configuration
of background process intervals, and the starting of background
processes.
- The external version displays and logs messages
to the screen and log file. It allows no configuration or starting
of background processes.
Commands for the DSTrace utilities for NetWare 5.0 and NDS
8 have been divided into the following functional groups:
- Using the DSTrace NLM
- Using basic SET DSTrace commands
- Starting background processes with SET DSTrace
- Tuning background processes with SET DSTrace
- Enabling DSTrace messages with SET DSTrace