Troubleshooting Sharepoint 2010 Log Files 0 Kb size

Dear Friends,

This post is not on Dynamics AX, but about troubleshooting sharepoint log files.

This morning, I changed the credentials for one of my service "Sharepoint 2010 Tracing Service" to a domain account from the initially set local service account.

The change went successful which means I was able to start the service with the new account. However, the Sharepoint log files were just showing 0 KB. The log entries were not getting populated in the log file.

Solution:

Had to add the service account to Performance Log Users Group under (Computer Management > Local Users and Groups > Groups)

Please see the blog below for a detailed reference.
http://www.christianfredh.com/blog/post/Fixing-issue-where-SharePoint-2010-logs-is-0-kb.aspx

Productivity Tip - Open Dynamics AX 2012 Development Mode

Thought to share a quick tip here - if you happened to more often use development workspace, then I recommend creating a shortcut with -development switch on.

a. Right Click the shortcut shown below and Go to Properties

b. Go to Shortcut tab, and at the end in the target box, append -development switch.

Now, whenever you open AX, it will open up in development workspace (Showing AOT)