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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from  Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849681087
Pages 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Peter Serzo Peter Serzo
Profile icon Peter Serzo

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Upgrading and Configuring SharePoint 2010 Service Applications Farm Governance Site Administration Monitoring and Reporting Search Security Administration: Users and Groups Content Management Social Architecture Backup and Restore Performance Monitoring

Configuring what gets logged


The SharePoint 2010 logging database covered in the previous recipe captures information that can be modified via the Central Administration interface. The advantage of this being that the collection of information can be voluminous, which can also be the disadvantage.

Disk space, I/O, and just the amount of data needed to retain this information can become an issue. Being able to reduce the type of information that gets captured is critical to the wellness of your farm.

In this recipe, we will cover how to change what gets captured and put into the logging database.

Getting ready

You must have farm-level administrative permissions to the Central Administration site.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Open the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration website.

  2. 2. Click Monitoring.

  3. 3. Under the Reporting section, click Configure usage and health data collection.

  4. 4. The following form appears for configuration:

    Fill in the following details:

    • Usage Data Collection: This is enabled by default...

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