No worries.

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| Thanks - and thanks for the script.
|
| Neil
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi there
| >
| >Its a limitation of the underlying Windows Event Tracing.
| This OS level
| >tracing cant output across the network. (I assume due to
| speed limitations
| >compared to writing to a local disk). Im afriad you'll
| have to log locally
| >and then move the files.
| >
| >The attached script can be used to rollover the log
| files. You could
| >schedule ("at" command) the script to run daily and
| either modify it or
| >schedule a second script to move off the logs to the
| network disk.
| >
| >Hope this helps.
| >
| >wscript.echo "Script started ..."
| >
| >dtNow = Now
| >sNow = Year(dtNow) & Right("0" & Month(dtNow),2) & Right
| ("0" &
| >Day(dtNow),2) & "T" & Right("0" & Hour(dtNow),2) & Right
| ("0" &
| >Minute(dtNow),2) & Right("0" & Second(dtNow),2)
| >
| >Set traceSettings =
| >CreateObject
| ("Microsoft.EnterpriseInstrumentation.Configuration.TraceSe
| tting
| >s")
| >
| >strTraceConfigFile = traceSettings.GetConfigFileLocation()
| >traceSettings.load(strTraceConfigFile)
| >
| >Set colTraceSessions = traceSettings.TraceSessions
| >
| >For Each traceSession In colTraceSessions
| >
| > wscript.echo "Trace Session Name: " &
| traceSession.Name
| > wscript.echo "Trace Session Log Name: " &
| traceSession.FileName
| > wscript.echo "Trace Session Status: " &
| traceSession.Enabled
| >
| > If traceSession.Enabled Then
| > path = Left( traceSession.FileName,
| InStrRev( traceSession.FileName, "\"
| >) )
| > traceSession.FileName = path &
| traceSession.Name & "_" & sNow & ".log"
| > wscript.echo "New Trace Session Log
| Name: " & traceSession.FileName
| > End If
| >
| >Next
| >
| >'Since the trace session.config file has been changed we
| need to save it
| >
| >If traceSettings.IsDirty Then
| > wscript.echo "Saving configuration changes"
| > traceSettings.Save
| >End If
| >
| >wscript.echo "Script terminated."
| >
| >
| >
| >--
| >
| >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
| confers no rights.
| >Use of included script samples are subject to the terms
| specified at
| >http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
| >--------------------
| >| Hi,
| >|
| >| I've been using the Trace Session Manager for a while
| with
| >| an application we run every night. I want the log file
| to
| >| be written to a network share, but whenever I change
| the
| >| TraceSessions.config file to point to a network share I
| >| get an error in the event log saying 'The specified
| path
| >| is invalid'. Of course I have tried several paths, and
| >| pasted the name from the address bar of explorer to
| make
| >| sure it is correct.
| >|
| >| Does anyone know if this is a limitation of the trace
| >| session manager?
| >|
| >| TIA,
| >|
| >| Neil
| >|
| >
| >.
| >
|