A service tracing control method includes performing conflict detection before sending or executing a tracing control command to a component and handling the components of different tracing status differentially. The present disclosure also provides a service tracing system, a service database, a tracing control server, a tracing agent, and other relevant tracing apparatuses. The present disclosure supports execution of pertinent operations for the components which are in different tracing status, thus overcoming conflict that occurs in the case of activating or deactivating the tracing function of the component.