|  | Posted by Mike Reigler on 10/14/05 23:15 
"byrocat" <bdealhoy@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:1129317166.975507.198020@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
 > MIke, thanks for the reply.  Two more quick questions:
 >
 > So, if we go through the exercise of defining the events that we wish
 > to trace and generate the script file and then run the script file,
 > this means that the settings are permanent (i.e., rebooting the server
 > will not terminate the settings)?
 >
 > Can I also assume that the script can be used to set up can be used on
 > other servers without changes?
 >
 > Thanks in advance!
 >
 
 The server side trace is not really permanent it just runs from when you
 start it until it is stopped.  I think rebooting the server would stop the
 trace.  You would have to use job scheduling to run the script on startup.
 
 Also when you create the trace you specify how large the trace file can be
 (the default is 5 MB).  If you want to permanently capture the data you
 would need to have a script scheduled to run periodically before the file
 gets to the max size and copy the data from the trace file into a permanent
 table and probably start a new trace.
 
 Not exactly simple, but as long as your trace doesn't filter on specific
 users etc. it should be portable to other servers.
 
 All that being said, I've never run a trace permanently just used them to
 troubleshoot a specific problem.
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