The Java virtual machine (JVM) logs
are written as plain text files.
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Use either of two techniques to view the JVM
logs for an application server:
- Use the administrative console, which also supports viewing the
JVM logs from a remote machine.
- Use a text editor on the machine where the logs are stored.
Note: This topic references one or more of the application
server log files. As a recommended alternative, you can configure
the server to use the High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL) log
and trace infrastructure instead of using SystemOut.log , SystemErr.log, trace.log, and activity.log files on distributed and IBM® i systems. You can also use
HPEL in conjunction with your native z/OS® logging facilities. If you are using HPEL, you can access
all of your log and trace information using the LogViewer command-line
tool from your server profile bin directory. See the information
about using HPEL to troubleshoot applications for more information
on using HPEL.