NetMaster SmartTrace to Capture more than 250,000 continuous Packets

Products

• NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP
• NetMaster File Transfer Management
• NetMaster Network Automation
• NetMaster Network Management for SNA

Issue/Introduction

Current SmartTrace tracing of an listener port wraps in 25 sec with Trace Limit set to 250000.  Is it possible to capture more than 250,000 packets in a SmartTrace capture?

Would like to see all the traffic captured in the trace (not just SYN, FIN, RST, etc).

 

Environment

Release : 12.2

Component : CA NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP

Resolution

The SmartTrace maximum size was increased to 250,000 packets, as per Enhancement PTF  SO06414.  This was an Enhancement to NetMaster Release 12.2 where it was decided that 250,000 is as high as it should go. Beyond 250,000 we suggest using the CTRACE method of saving large numbers of packets.