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The CRS Log Files

Note There is also a Memory Dump file. It is located in CRS Administration in the same place as the Thread Dump file. It creates a memory dump file of the typememory<timestamp>.log.

Writing to the Thread Dump Trace file

To manually write to the thread dump trace file, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Cisco CRS Administration menu, choose System > Control Center.

The Control Center web page appears.

Step 2 Click Servers and choose the server hostname from the navigation bar (if it is not the selected server).

Step 3 Click Server Traces (at the top), and choose the component for which you want to enable the thread dump.

Step 4 Click Dump Threads Trace.

Displaying the Thread Dump Trace File

To display the thread dump trace file, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Cisco CRS Administration menu, choose System > Control Center.

The Control Center web page appears.

Step 2 Click Servers and choose the server hostname from the navigation bar (if it is not the selected server).

Step 3 Click Server Traces (at the top), and choose the component for which you want to enable the thread dump.

Step 4 Click Dump Threads Trace.

Step 5 In the File Name column, click JVM.log.

The trace file appears in a separate window.

The CRS Log Files

The CRS log files can help you troubleshoot problems. Table 4-4provides information about the log files for the various CRS components and points you to the log file path locations.

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5.0(1) specifications

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