Tracing CCRC client operations on Windows

How to turning on client side tracing for use in troubleshooting IBM® Rational® ClearCase® Remote Client (CCRC) issues on Microsoft® Windows®.

To enable tracing within CCRC:

1. Open a command prompt (Start > Run type cmd) and navigate to the CCRC installation directory:

(default)
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\ClearCase\CCRC

2. Create a file named .options

Note:
The file name must be created at the command line as Windows Explorer does not allow you to create files with a preceding period (dot).


Example:
C:\>cd C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\ClearCase\CCRC

C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\ClearCase\CCRC>notepad .options



The following window will appear - Click Yes
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3. Type (or copy and paste) the following lines into the .options file:

com.ibm.rational.clearcase/client_trace=true
com.ibm.rational.clearcase/client_trace/output=file
com.ibm.rational.clearcase/client_trace/file_name=c:/ccrc_client.txt
com.ibm.rational.clearcase/client_trace/params=*:4
com.ibm.rational.clearcase/server_trace=true
com.ibm.rational.clearcase/server_trace/level=4
com.ibm.rational.clearcase/server_trace/subsys=CCRC


4. Start CCRC using the -debug switch.

Option 1:
Command line start:
ccrc -debug

Example:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\ClearCase\CCRC>ccrc -debug


Option 2:

Modify the ClearCase Remote Client shortcut and add the -debug switch after the ccrc executable in the target window.

Note: The -debug switch must come first before any other switches.

Example:

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Double click your new shortcut to start CCRC in debug mode.

5. A command window open and will display a message that the .options file was loaded successfully.

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6. Use CCRC and reproduce the problem.

7. Locate the ccrc_client.txt file on the client located in the path specified on line 3 of the .options file (copied from step 3 above); by default at the root of the C drive.

8. Locate the trace log file on the Rational Web Platform (RWP) server:

C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\var\log\trace\{USERNAME}\*.log

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