Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-19

With the Routing Log Viewer tool, you can load two routing table logs and then view the differences between them. This approach can help you discover changes that have occurred in the routing topology between different sets of logs. The log with the most recent timestamp is the log labeled with the change status Added, Removed, or Modified. As long as the timestamp is different, it's not important which log you open first. If the timestamps are the same, the comparison is performed from the perspective of the first log opened.

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Use the Routing Log Viewer tool to compare log files

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Transport logs" entry in the Transport Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, click Toolbox.

  2. In the result pane, click Routing Log Viewer.

  3. In the action pane, click Open Tool.

  4. Open the first log by following the procedure in the topic Open a Log File by Using the Routing Log Viewer.

  5. On the File menu, click Compare log file.

    Note:
    The Compare log files option on the File menu is available only when the window of a previously parsed log file has been left open.
  6. Open a second log file by entering the applicable information in the Open Routing Table Log file dialog box.

  7. An example of the report is shown in the following figure. Any changes that have been made to the topology are highlighted to indicate whether the item was Added, Removed, or Modified. If a value was modified, both the original value and the changed values are shown. In the following example, the report shows an addition and three modifications. The information is being displayed from the Servers tab.

    Compare logs that show changes