topic 10.1 Direct Connect logfile location in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/10-1-direct-connect-logfile-location/m-p/316387#M18165 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there anyway to change the location of the file "sdedc_&lt;dbms&gt;.log" that tracks direct connects to SDE?&nbsp; I was under the impression that at 10.0 the SDEHOME env. variable on the client could be used to specify the folder where this file would be placed.&nbsp; I have been unable to get this to work in our 10.1 testing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We are changing to direct connect when we upgrade desktop and SDE to 10.1 and it would be nice to retain this file for troubleshooting.&nbsp; Our production environment is on Citrix so if the user gets frustrated by an error and closes the application before notifying the SDE administrator that there was a problem, the logfile is lost when their Citrix session ends.&nbsp; Without being able to direct where this file is placed, I suppose our Citrix admins could look at how to preserve the file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any suggestions...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-S.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:54:53 GMT SteveSalas 2012-10-09T15:54:53Z 10.1 Direct Connect logfile location https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/10-1-direct-connect-logfile-location/m-p/316387#M18165 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there anyway to change the location of the file "sdedc_&lt;dbms&gt;.log" that tracks direct connects to SDE?&nbsp; I was under the impression that at 10.0 the SDEHOME env. variable on the client could be used to specify the folder where this file would be placed.&nbsp; I have been unable to get this to work in our 10.1 testing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We are changing to direct connect when we upgrade desktop and SDE to 10.1 and it would be nice to retain this file for troubleshooting.&nbsp; Our production environment is on Citrix so if the user gets frustrated by an error and closes the application before notifying the SDE administrator that there was a problem, the logfile is lost when their Citrix session ends.&nbsp; Without being able to direct where this file is placed, I suppose our Citrix admins could look at how to preserve the file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any suggestions...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-S.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:54:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/10-1-direct-connect-logfile-location/m-p/316387#M18165 SteveSalas 2012-10-09T15:54:53Z