WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Specifying how much data to collect

This topic describes how to set the trace level to generate trace records in the administrative console.

Why and when to perform this task

Trace level specifies how much trace data to accumulate for a given transaction. You should choose the one of the following values when setting the trace level in the administrative console.
None
No instrumentation.
Hops
Generates instrumentation information on process boundaries only (for example, at the entry and exit points for the Web container).
Performance_debug
Generates one additional level of instrumentation data, whereas debug generates detailed instrumentation data.
Debug
Provides detailed instrumentation data, including response times for all intra-process servlet and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) calls.

Steps for this task

  1. Open the administrative console.
  2. Click Monitoring and Tuning > Request metrics in the administrative console navigation tree.
  3. Find Trace level in the Configuration tab.
  4. Select a trace level from the drop down list box. To set the request metrics trace level to generate records, make sure that the trace level is set to a value greater than None.
  5. Click Apply or OK.
  6. Click Save.

Result

Information will be generated to reflect the trace level you selected.

What to do next

Regenerate the Web server plug-in configuration file as described in the Regenerating the Web server plug-in configuration file file, if logging time is spent in the Web server.



Sub-topics
Request metrics trace filters

Related tasks
Getting performance data from request metrics

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