Enabling OLT for WebSphere Application Server

In the WebSphere Application Server environment, there are two ways to debug:

Before tracing or debugging in a WebSphere Application Server environment, use the Administrative Console to enable tracing and debugging on the server where you have configured your servlet or EJB:

  1. Start the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console.
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  3. Expand the host name.
  4. Select the application server where you want to enable tracing and debugging.
  5. Select Debug from the pages at right.
  6. Check the Debug enabled flag. This starts the server in a debuggable JVM.
  7. Check the Object Level Tracing enabled flag. This enables OLT.
  8. Enter the fully-qualified name or TCP/IP address of the machine running your OLT server in the OLT server hostname field.
  9. Enter the port where the OLT server listens for connecting OLT clients in the OLT server Port field. The default port is for the OLT server is 2102.
  10. Optional: Enter the path that the debugger uses to search for your application's source code in the Source Path field.
  11. Click Apply.

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Tracing a distributed application
Running the debugger from OLT