What is verbose logging?
Verbose logging is a computer logging mode that records more information than the usual logging mode. Verbose means “using more words than necessary.” Verbose logging options are usually enabled specifically for troubleshooting because they create large log files and can slow down performance. There are several ways to turn up verbose logging for Active Directory-related errors. I’ve always believed that in most cases you can never have too much data for troubleshooting. You can always dismiss extraneous data, but you can’t analyze something you don’t have. Popular verbose logging tools Let’s look at some popular diagnostic tools, the syntax for verbose mode, when to use the tool and how to identify the switch to enable verbosity. While these first few tools are pretty basic, keep reading — I’ll get to the good stuff. By the way, I never run these tools without enabling verbose logging. DCDiag DCDiag.exe is a great tool for getting domain-related information on a domain controller. It
