How to enable lab management logs at the server side?

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Here are the steps you should follow to enable lab management logs at the server side.

  • Run query on configuration database (typically Tfs_Configuration)

DECLARE @Id UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = NEWID()
EXEC prc_CreateTrace @traceId = @Id , @area=’LabManagement’, @level=4

  • Start the ETW trace listener on the AT machine

    logman -ets start TraceSession -p "Microsoft-Team Foundation Server"

  • <repro issue>

  • Stop the ETW trace listener.

logman -ets stop TraceSession

  • Dump the log files.

tracerpt TraceSession.etl

Input
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File(S):
TraceSession.etl
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Output
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DumpFile: dumpfile.xml
Summary: summary.txt
The command completed successfully.

  • You will observe the log file (dumpfile.xml) in C:\Windows\System32 directory and that contains all the logs.

Enjoy !!