Tracerpt

Processes event trace logs or real-time data from instrumented event trace providers and allows you to generate trace analysis reports and CSV (comma-delimited) files for the events generated.

Syntax

tracerpt [FileName [filename ...]] [-o [FileName]] [-report [FileName]] [-rt session_name [session_name ...]] [-summary [FileName]] [-config [FileName]

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Parameters

FileName [filename ...] : Specifies the name of the file for the event trace session. You can specify multiple files.

-o [FileName] : Specifies the name of the CSV (comma-delimited) file. If no files are specified, then the default is dumpfile.csv and not summary.txt.

-report [FileName] : Specifies the name of the output report file. Default is workload.txt.

-rt session_name [session_name ...] : Gets data from the realtime data source. To use this option, include the event trace session.

-summary [FileName] : Specifies name of output summary file. Default is summary.txt.

-config FileName : Specifies the pathname of the settings file that contains command line parameters. Use this to enter your command line options into a file.

/? : Displays help at the command prompt.

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Remarks

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Viewing dumpfile.csv files in Microsoft Excel

Opening the dumpfile.csv format in Microsoft Excel allows you to view events in chronological order. The files include header records followed by comma-delimited text. The header fields are listed below:

Field	Description
TID	Thread identifier
Clock time	Event timestamp
Kernel (ms)	Processor time in kernel mode
User (ms)	Processor time in user mode
User data	Variable piece of header data based on the Managed Object Format (MOF) structure.
IID	Instance ID
PIID	Parent Instance ID

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Using the -report option

To use the report option, you must include a "Windows kernel trace" file, and any other event trace file in your command line. You will receive an error message without this in your command line.

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Using the -summary option

When you use the -summary option, the following file is generated:

Files processed	list of files
Total buffers processed	N
Total events processed	N
Total events lost	N
Start time	dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss.ttt
End time	dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss.ttt
Elapsed time	N sec

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Using the -config option

The contents of the setting file used with the -config option should have the following format:

[command_option]

value

where command_option is a command line option and value specifies its value. For example:

[o]

output.txt

[report]

report.txt

[summary]

summary.txt

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For more information about incorporating Tracerpt into your Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripts, see Scripting Logs and Monitoring at the Microsoft Windows Resource Kits Web site.

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Formatting legend

Format	Meaning
Italic	Information that the user must supply
Bold	Elements that the user must type exactly as shown
Ellipsis (...)	Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line
Between brackets ([])	Optional items
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (\|). Example: {even\|odd}	Set of choices from which the user must choose only one
Courier font	Code or program output

Logman

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Command-line reference A-Z

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