Websphere Application Server logging

The Websphere Application Server (WAS) produces log files from the IBM® System Storage® Productivity Center or master console that can help with problem determination.

The WAS collects trace data and writes the information to log files that are stored in the svcconsole\console\embeddedWAS\profiles\SVCProfile\logs\server1 directory. The default installation directory is Program Files\IBM\svcconsole.

Enabling Websphere Application Server logging

You can enable WAS logging and create the trace.log file by performing the following steps:
  1. Open the command-line application.
  2. Issue the following command:

    enableConsoleTrace

    You can run the enableConsoleTrace command from any directory as long as svcconsole\console\embeddedWAS\bin is in your path.

A successfully enabled logging session is indicated by an entry in the trace.log file that is similar to the following:

[5/21/03 14:31:13:874 PDT] 2ff3581b ManagerAdmin I TRAS0018I: The trace state has changed. The new trace state is ConsoleTrace=all=enabled.

Disabling Websphere Application Server logging

You can disable the WAS logging by following these steps:
  1. Open the command-line application and change to the WAS bin directory:

    cd svcconsole\console\embeddedWAS\bin

  2. Issue either one of the following commands:
    • disableConsoleTrace.bat
    • wsadmin -connType NONE -c "$AdminControl setAttribute [$AdminControl completeObjectName type=TraceService,process=server1,*] traceSpecification ConsoleTrace=event=disabled:ConsoleTrace=debug=disabled"

A successfully disabled logging session is indicated with an entry in the SystemOut.log file similar to the following:

[5/21/03 14:38:57:400 PDT] 2ff3581b ManagerAdmin I TRAS0018I: The trace state has changed. The new trace state is *=all=disabled

Note: Logging has minimal impact on the performance of the graphical user interface application.
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