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4.4 Best practices
Due to the availability of such a diverse set of troubleshooting tools, monitoring,
logging, and status providers, there can be multiple ways to proceed with
problem determination. This section provides an overview of some best practices
and general guidance for troubleshooting the appliance.
4.4.1 General troubleshooting
In general, if a problem occurs the first step is to try and isolate the root cause to
help resolve the issue. Information about the issue is vital to understanding the
true root cause.
The first step is to observe the issue’s behavior and try to isolate the issue to a
specific application domain, service, interface, message, error message, and so
on.
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