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cits_kr
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2 years ago
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Gateway Log Files Not Generated During Install

Hello everyone! I'm fairly new to PowerBI and the associated Gateway software, however I've been able to successfully install the on-premises gateway in standard mode on two different servers. Cluste...
  • lbendlin's avatar
    2 years ago

    That template file has been obsolete for quIte a while. It's useless anyway.

     

    Do your own reports.  The gateway logs themselves have very little value as most of the data is cached in memory and only occasionally committed to disk.  Instead, run telemetry queries (similar to system counter, but closer to real time) to monitor the health of your gateway.  Something like this:

     

     

     

    Then, change the Report and Spooler paths away from your c:  drive to another spindle.  Then grab the log files from that report path only when required for archiving , or for forensics.

     

    Be prepared for a wild goose chase when you actually need to run the forensics as none of the IDs actually match between the reports and Microsoft is very unwilling to provide any useful guidance beyond this Monitor and optimize on-premises data gateway performance | Microsoft Learn