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6.6.19.3: Administering server traces with the Web console
Use the Web console to trace components of the application server runtime. You can learn
more about the tracing tool, DrAdmin, in the problem determination section of the
IBM WebSphere Application Server documentation (see the InfoCenter).
(If you are looking for information about tracing and debugging applications
being hosted by the application server, see
these topics instead: instructions for starting application
servers and configuring Distributed Debugger and OLT support).
There
are two basic scenarios for using the trace settings:
- Configuration changes. Like the majority of settings available in the Web console,
you can change trace settings and save them to the server configuration file.
They will take effect the next time you start the server.
- Runtime tasks. You can perform tasks against the trace service that is
part of a running application server. For example, you can initiate a trace of specific
components by sending a trace string to the running application server. These tasks yield
immediate results. Saving the changes to the server configuration file so that they
take effect the next time the server is started is optional.
Work with the trace service by locating it in
the tree on the left side of the console:
Nodes -> hostname -> Application Servers -> Trace Service
There is also a related set of properties for defining Standard Error
and Standard Out streams:
Nodes -> hostname -> Application Servers -> IO Redirect
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| 6.6.19.3.1: Enabling, specifying, and editing trace strings with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.3.2: Starting (sending) server traces with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.3.3: Disabling server traces with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.3.4: Retrieving trace strings from the server with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.3.5: Specifying server trace logs with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.3.6: Viewing trace logs with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.3.7: Specifying the trace host name and port with the Web console |
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| 6.6.19.0: Properties for tracing, logging, and messages |
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