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4.1.2.1: IBM Distributed Debugger and Object Level Trace

4.1.2.1: IBM Distributed Debugger and Object Level Trace

The IBM Distributed Debugger (DD) enables you to detect and diagnose errors in your code. Its client/server design enables you to debug programs over a network connection. You can also debug programs running on your local workstation.

Object Level Trace (OLT), which works closely with the IBM Distributed Debugger, enables you to monitor the flow of a distributed application and debug code from a single workstation.

Tips for using OLT/DD

In order to trace and debug the application server, you must install the debugger on the machine on which the application server is running. For remote tracing and debugging, you must also install the debugger on the machine from which you plan to run the OLT tool and the debugger. For example, only remote debugging is supported on Solaris, so if your application server is running on Solaris, you must install the Solaris component of the debugger on that same machine. In addition, you must install OLT and the debugger on the AIX or Windows NT (or Windows 2000) machine from which you plan to run the tools remotely.

For the latest information about OLT/DD, see the IBM Distributed Debugger and OLT documentation. It is also accessible from the WebSphere Application Server table of contents.

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