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Tracing Global Routing Protocol Operations

Understanding Global Routing Protocol Tracing Operations

Global routing protocol tracing operations track all general routing operations and record them in a log file. To set protocol-specific tracing operations and to modify the global tracing operations for an individual protocol, configure tracing for that protocol.

Using the traceoptions statement, you can specify the following global routing protocol tracing flags:

  • all—All tracing operations

  • condition-manager—Condition manager events

  • config-internal—Configuration internals

  • general—All normal operations and routing table changes (a combination of the normal and route trace operations)

  • graceful-restart—Graceful restart operations

  • normal—All normal operations

  • nsr-synchronization—Nonstop routing synchronization events

  • parse—Configuration parsing

  • policy—Policy operations and actions

  • regex-parse—Regular expression parsing

  • route—Routing table changes

  • state—State transitions

  • task—Interface transactions and processing

  • timer—Timer usage

Note:

Use the all flag with caution. This flag might cause the CPU to become very busy.

Example: Tracing Global Routing Protocol Operations

This example shows how to list and view files that are created when you enable global routing trace operations.

Requirements

You must have the view privilege.

Overview

To configure global routing protocol tracing, include the traceoptions statement at the [edit routing-options] hierarchy level:

The flags in a traceoptions flag statement are identifiers. When you use the set command to configure a flag, any flags that might already be set are not modified. In the following example, setting the timer tracing flag has no effect on the already configured task flag. Use the delete command to delete a particular flag.

This example shows how to configure and view a trace file that tracks changes in the routing table. The steps can be adapted to apply to trace operations for any Junos OS hierarchy level that supports trace operations.

Tip:

To view a list of hierarchy levels that support tracing operations, enter the help apropos traceoptions command in configuration mode.

Configuration

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Configuring Trace Operations

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

To configure the trace operations:

  1. Configure trace operations.

  2. Configure a static route to cause a change in the routing table.

  3. If you are done configuring the device, commit the configuration.

Viewing the Trace File

Step-by-Step Procedure

To view the trace file:

  1. In operational mode, list the log files on the system.

  2. View the contents of the routing-table-changes file.

  3. Filter the output of the log file.

  4. View the tracing operations in real time by running the monitor start command with an optional match condition.

  5. Deactivate the static route.

  6. Halt the monitor command by pressing Enter and typing monitor stop.

  7. When you are finished troubleshooting, consider deactivating trace logging to avoid any unnecessary impact to system resources.

    When configuration is deactivated, it appears in the configuration with the inactive tag.

  8. To reactivate trace operations, use the activate configuration-mode statement.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show routing-options command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying That the Trace Log File Is Operating

Purpose

Make sure that events are being written to the log file.

Action