Logs

Logs are one of the first places to look when you are trying to diagnose any type of error. Your system will have a number of different types of logs, and any number of them might be used during operation of WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker.

The information that is recorded in a log typically consists of a timestamp indicating when the error occurred, and a brief description of the error that can be expanded to provide more details of the error. Sometimes there might be a general error that was caused by a number of other errors, and they are grouped under the general error.

When an error occurs, check the local error log first. The local error log records information about major activities within the system. All components of WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker provide diagnostic information whenever error or warning conditions affect broker operation. These conditions include:

There are also a number of logs specific to WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker, which record runtime errors, internal errors that are thrown by the platform or your code, or errors related to the work that you are doing in a particular perspective, all of which you can view using the workbench.

Related tasks
Viewing broker domain log information
Windows: Viewing the local error log
UNIX: Configuring the syslog daemon

Related reference
Event Log editor
Local error logs
WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker logs