Enable Tracing in CRM 2011

Register the cmdlets

1. Log into the administrator account on your Microsoft Dynamics CRM server.
2. In a Windows PowerShell window, type the following command:

   Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Crm.PowerShell

   
   

This command adds the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Windows PowerShell snap-in to the current session. The snap-in is registered during installation and setup of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM server.


Get a list of the current settings. Type the following command:

Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings

The output will resemble the following:

CallStack : True



Categories    : *:Error



Directory     : c:\crmdrop\logs



Enabled       : False



FileSize      : 10



ExtensionData : System.Runtime.Serialization.ExtensionDataObject






Set the Trace Settings

1. Type the following command:
   
   
   
   

   $setting = Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings

   
   



2. Type the following command to enable tracing:
   
   
   
   

   $setting.Enabled="True"

   
   



3. Type the following command to set the trace settings:
   
   
   
   

   Set-CrmSetting $setting

   
   



4. Type the following command to get a current list of the trace settings:
   
   
   
   

   Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings

   
   

The output will resemble the following:

CallStack : True



Categories    : *:Error



Directory     : c:\crmdrop\logs



Enabled       : True



FileSize      : 10



ExtensionData : System.Runtime.Serialization.ExtensionDataObject

make sure you have created the directory CRM server will not bother itself to create a directory for you rather it will throw internal exception in deployment manager.