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Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace

SYNOPSIS

Start a logging session with the WSMan and PowerShell providers enabled.

SYNTAX

Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace [-DoNotOverwriteExistingTrace]

DESCRIPTION

> This cmdlet is only available on the Windows platform. This cmdlet starts a logging session with the following PowerShell providers enabled:

  • Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell
  • Microsoft-Windows-WinRM

The session is named 'PSTrace'.

This cmdlet uses the `Start-Trace` cmdlet.

You must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Start a combined logging session

Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace

PARAMETERS

-DoNotOverwriteExistingTrace

By default, the events are written to "$pshome\Traces\PSTrace.etl". When this parameter is used, the cmdlet creates a unique filename: "$pshome\Traces\PSTrace_{guid}.etl"

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

None

NOTES

Event Tracing

Start-Trace

Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace

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