System Admins

Configure diagnostic logging

Configure diagnostic logging by using Central Administration

1. In Central Administration, on the Home page, click Monitoring.
   
2. On the Monitoring page, in the Reporting section, click Configure diagnostic logging.
   
3. On the Diagnostic Logging page, in the Event Throttling section, you can configure event throttling as follows:
   

   To configure event throttling for all categories:
   

   1. Select the All Sharepoint categories  check box.
      
   2. Select Warning from the Least critical event to report to the event log list.
      
   3. Select Medium level from the Least critical event to report to the trace log list.
      
4. In the Event Log Flood Protection section, select the Enable Event Log Flood Protection check box.
   
5. In the Trace Log section, in the Path box, Keep the path
   
6. In the Number of days to store log files box, type 30
   
7. To restrict how much disk space the logs can use, select the Restrict Trace Log disk space usage check box, 10 GB
   
8. After you have made the changes that you want on the Diagnostic Logging page, click OK.