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Bhasker Narayana
Bhasker Narayana

Reputation: 1

Web Sphere Application Server Logs

What are the different "log files" available in Web Sphere Application Server? What is the use of "trace.log" file? What are the different "log levels" available in Web Sphere Application Server? Where can I find "process ID" in Web Sphere Application Server? Can you please Suggest a Manual on Web Sphere Application Server v6.1,7.0?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 9156

Answers (3)

Brett Kail
Brett Kail

Reputation: 33936

  1. The log files are: SystemOut.log (info and above logging, System.out), SystemErr.log (System.err), trace.log (below info logging), native_stdout.log (JVM stdout), native_stderr.log (JVM stderr). The native_* files are OS-level stream redirection, before WAS logging has replaced System.out/.err.

  2. The trace.log file is created when the trace specification includes a level lower than logging. It is primarily intended for service (PMRs) since it includes internal class and method names that have little meaning to people outside IBM, though there are some trace strings that might be useful.

  3. See the Tracing and logging configuration topic in the InfoCenter.

  4. The PID is stored in PROFILE_HOME/logs/SERVER/SERVER.pid.

  5. I have no specific recommendation, though I would suggest looking at WebSphere Redbooks. For example:

Upvotes: 1

saagaravk
saagaravk

Reputation: 93

As per my knowledge there are two log files System.out and System.err. For logging System.out is used.. You can change log levels by running admin console--troubleshooting---logging and tracing different log levels are info,debug,fine,finer,finest,warn

Upvotes: 0

Carlos Grappa
Carlos Grappa

Reputation: 2381

You surely only need the System.Out files of the application server profile you're using, there is an activity.log file i think but thats mostly for IBM support IIRC.

The trace.log file is for when you enable JVM Tracing through the WAS Console for the different packages running on the app server.

The log levels are the standard JVM log levels. FATAL ERROR WARN INFO (Default) DEBUG TRACE

Websphere Application Server PID can be found through the management console, or by a quick commands like "ps -ef | grep WebSphere" (I tend to grep by the product folder name, and if you're running on a cluster enviroment will bring you the nodes and the deployment manager)

As for a manual, "Pro WebSphere Application Server Internals" is a good choice, and once you get the feel of the product the infocenter has most of what you may need.

Upvotes: 1

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