Enabling the Trace option

Follow these steps to enable the trace option and to configure the trace file.

  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 on which you want to enable the tracing option.
  3. Click Diagnostic Trace.
  4. In the Configuration tab:
    1. Select the Enable Log check box to enable the trace option.
    2. Specify the name and path for the trace out file (trace.log), or you can accept the default name and location.
    3. Specify the maximum file size for the trace file, or you can accept its default maximum size.
    4. Specify the maximum number of historical files to a reasonable number. Otherwise, the trace file will be recycled after reaching the provided size limit, and the trace information will be lost.
  5. Click OK.
  6. In the Message information box, click Save to apply your changes. The Save page appears.
  7. Click Save.
Related tasks
Changing log details levels
Configuring log files

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