Configuring log files

Follow these steps to configure the log files.

  1. From the navigation tree on the WebSphere® Application Server administrative console, select Troubleshooting > Logs and Trace.
  2. In the Logging and Tracing page, from the Application Servers table, click the name of the application server whose logging files you want to configure.
  3. Click JVM Logs.
  4. In the Configuration tab, specify the name and path for the system out (SystemOut.log) and system error (SystemErr.log) log files, or you can accept the default name and location.
  5. Specify the maximum file size for each log file, or you can accept its default maximum size.
  6. Click OK.
  7. In the Message information box, click Save to apply your changes. The Save page appears.
  8. Click Save.
Related tasks
Changing log details levels
Enabling the Trace option

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