Hello,

Use of enabling Tracing in adapter.

1.Does that gives details about why there was connection failure.

2.Just modifying the BTSSvc.exe.config file will help or How can this be done.

3.Can we see the traces in the Event log of Admin Console.

Little confused.Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

1. All connection issues go to the Event log. Not sure it is managable.

2. Check if your host is 64bit or 32bit (maybe you enabled both). There are separate config files for both kind of hosts.

3. Events and Tracking are different mechanisms. Tracking on Ports, Orchs, Pipes manage the gathering data in the BizTalk DTA database. BizTalk Management Console provides some reports on this database (or HAT utility for the old versions of BTS).

Hi vdha,

Tracing can be enabled at three levels.

• Between the adapter client and the adapter
• Within the adapter
• Between the adapter and the line-of-business (LOB) application 

Refer this great MSDN link for details: Diagnostic Tracing and Message Logging

1.Does that gives details about why there was connection failure.

For different trace type generated. Refer: Traces Reference

For your specific question you can refer to Channels section.

2.Just modifying the BTSSvc.exe.config file will help or How can this be done.

BTSSvc.exe.config or BTSNTSvc64.exe.config.

3.Can we see the traces in the Event log of Admin Console.

Yes, you just need to add the excerpt provided in the link below within the <configuration> tag of your BizTalk configuration file. This will enable Warning level tracing (Errors + Warnings). 

Alternatively, if you want to write the trace to file. You just need to change the trace type.

For the excerpt refer: WCF-Adapter - Setting a trace

Rachit

Don't get confused :)

Better option here is to use CAT tool here . You may need to do some customization with it but it will nicely capture your tracing

Now regarding connection failure ,you need to capture specific event log exception Id as all connection failure goes through event log writhing its exception .

Thanks

Abhishek