Before you can trace messages through a routing context, you must activate route tracing for the routing context.
To start tracing on a routing context:
In JMX Navigator, select the running routing context on which you want to start tracing.
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Note You can select any route in the context to start tracing on the entire context.
Right-click it to open the context menu, and then select to start the trace.
If is enabled on the context menu, then tracing is already active.