SharePoint ULS Logging for Better Troubleshooting

I started running into problems with Correlation IDs in SharePoint 2010 not showing up in my ULS logs.  Here's how I ended up logging all of the details for a repeatable issue.

• Go to Central Administration
• Select Monitoring
• Select Configure Diagnostic Logging from the Reporting area
• Check the ALL checkbox at the top
• From the drop-downs select:
• Least event to report to the event log: Error (you can play with Critical vs. Warning as well)
• Least critical event to report to the trace log: Verbose (this will give you the full trace log for that Correlation ID)
• Replicate your issue and note the Correlation ID
• Before you do anything else, go back into the Configure Diagnostic Logging screen
• Check the ALL checkbox at the top
• From the drop-downs select:
• Least event to report to the event log: Reset to default
• Least critical event to report to the trace log: Reset to default
• This will make sure that your logs don't explode while you're troubleshooting.

Hope that helps!