Log files

Various log files are created during installation and uninstallation of WebSphere Process Server and during profile creation, augmentation, unaugmentation, and deletion. Consult the applicable logs if problems occur during these procedures.

Table 1 shows the logs, content, and indicators of success and failure for WebSphere Process Server.

If the logs directory does not exist on your system, the installation failed very early in the process. In this case, review the /tmp/log.txt file on Linux and UNIX platforms or the %TEMP%\log.txt file on Windows platforms.
Important: On Windows platforms, the %TEMP% directory can be hidden from the Windows GUI. It usually resolves to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp. To find the %TEMP% directory, do one of the following:
  • At a command prompt, type cd %TEMP%.
  • At a command prompt, type echo %TEMP% and copy and paste the result into Windows Explorer.

The variable install_root represents the installation directory of WebSphere Process Server. The variable profile_root represents the root location of a profile, by default, install_root/profiles/profile_name on Linux and UNIX platforms or install_root\profiles\profile_name on Windows platforms.

Some directory paths, file names, and indicator values in Table 1 contain spaces to allow the entries to fit in the table cells. The actual directory paths, file names, and indicator values do not contain spaces.

Table 1. Installation and profile logs for WebSphere Process Server components
Log Content Indicators
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wbi/log.txt
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root \logs\wbi\log.txt
Logs all installation events relating to WebSphere Process Server.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total installation failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful installation.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Installation errors occurred but the installation is still usable. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root /logs/wbi/instconfig.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs\wbi \instconfig.log
Logs configuration actions that run at the end of the installation process to configure components, install system applications, and create Windows shortcuts and registry entries. Contains a series of <record> elements that document the configuration actions. If a post-installation configuration action fails, text like the following appears in the log:
<record> 
<date>2005-05-26T11:41:17</date> 
<millis>1117132877344</millis> 
<sequence>742</sequence> 
<logger>com.ibm.ws.install.configmanager.
ConfigManager</logger>
<level>WARNING</level>
<class>com.ibm.ws.install.configmanager
.ConfigManager</class>
<method>executeAllActionsFound</method> 
<thread>12</thread>
<message>Configuration action failed: com.
ibm.ws.install.configmanager.actionengine.
ANTAction-D:\WBI\AS\properties\version
\install.wbi\6.0.0.0\config\
full\install\90SInstallCEI.ant</message>
</record>
If no actions fail, the following message is the last log entry:
<record>
  . . .
<message>No errors were encountered while 
executing the repository actions</message>
</record>
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: profile_root/logs /pcatLog<timestamp>.txt
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: profile_root\logs \pcatLog<timestamp>.txt
Important: If this file does not exist in this directory on your system, profile creation failed early in the process. In this case, review the pcatLog.txt file in the user_home directory, where user_home represents the directory /root on Linux and UNIX platforms or C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator on Windows platforms.
Important: When you create the first profile for an installation and no WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, or WebSphere Process Server profile exists, warning messages are generated in this log file about a missing profileRegistry.xml file. The profileRegistry.xml file exists only after the first profile has been created. These warning messages are normal and can be ignored.

Logs all events that occur when a default profile is created during a Complete installation, when the Profile wizard is run, or when the wasprofile command is used.

INSTCONFFAILED
Total profile creation failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful profile creation.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Profile creation errors occurred but the profile is still functional. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wasprofile /wasprofile_create_ profile_name.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs \wasprofile \wasprofile_create_ profile_name.log
  • Traces all events that occur during the creation of the named profile.
  • Created during a Complete installation, when using the Profile wizard, or when using the wasprofile command.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total profile creation failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful profile creation.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Profile creation errors occurred but the profile is still functional. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wasprofile /wasprofile_augment_ profile_name.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs\wasprofile \wasprofile_augment_ profile_name.log

    This directory path must be less than 256 characters in length.

Important: This file name might also appear as wasprofile_augment_ profile_name_<timestamp>.log
  • Traces all events that occur during the augmentation of the named profile.
  • Created during a Complete installation, when using the Profile wizard, or when using the wasprofile command.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total profile augmentation failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful profile augmentation.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Profile augmentation errors occurred but the profile is still functional. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wasprofile /wasprofile_unaugment_ profile_name.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs\wasprofile \wasprofile_unaugment_ profile_name.log

    This directory path must be less than 256 characters in length.

  • Traces all events that occur during the unaugmentation of the named profile.
  • Created when:
    • Using the uninstaller to uninstall WebSphere Process Server. The uninstaller unaugments all WebSphere Process Server profiles. Each profile unaugmented will have one of these log files created.
    • Manually unaugmenting a profile (for example, when manually deleting a profile).
INSTCONFFAILED
A failure has occurred, but the augmentation is still considered removed from the profile (the template is no longer considered to be augmented to the profile).
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful profile unaugmentation (the template is no longer considered to be augmented to the profile).
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Profile unaugmentation errors occurred but the profile is still unaugmented (the template is no longer considered to be augmented to the profile).
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wasprofile /manageProfiles-create- profile_name.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs \wasprofile \manageProfiles-create- profile_name.log
  • Traces all events that occur during the creation of the named profile.
  • Created when using the manageprofiles command.
Provides output similar to the following:
Prereq base template found in file:
 e:\o0540.17_mod1\profileTemplates\
default.wbiserver\
prereqMetadata.xml 
Creating the prereq base profile : default
Return code : 0
Adding prereq default.wbicore to prereq 
list 
Adding prereq default.bfm to prereq list 
Adding prereq default.wbicore to prereq 
list 
Augmenting default with the prereq profile 
template: 
default.wbicore
Return code : 0
Augmenting default with the prereq profile 
template: default.bfm 
Return code : 0 
Augmenting with the user specified
template: 
e:\o0540.17_mod1/profileTemplates/
default.wbiserver 
Return code : 0 
Profile actions completed
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wasprofile /manageProfiles-augment- profile_name.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs\wasprofile \manageProfiles-augment- profile_name.log

    This directory path must be less than 256 characters in length.

  • Traces all events that occur during the augmentation of the named profile.
  • Created when using the manageprofiles command.
Provides output similar to the following:
Adding prereq managed.wbicore to prereq 
list
Adding prereq managed.bfm to 
prereq list
Adding prereq managed.wbicore to prereq 
list
Template 'managed.wbicore' is an existing 
applied augment for profile : Custom01
Template 'managed.bfm' is an existing 
applied augment for profile : Custom01
Augmenting with the user specified
 template: 
E:\o0540.17_mod1/profileTemplates/
managed.wbiserver
Return code : 0
Profile actions completed
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/wasprofile /wasprofile_delete_ profile_name.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs\wasprofile \wasprofile_delete_ profile_name.log
  • Traces all events that occur during the deletion of the named profile.
  • Created when profile deletion is performed with the wasprofile command.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total profile deletion failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful profile deletion.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Profile deletion errors occurred but the profile is still deleted. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs /wasprofile.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs \wasprofile.log
  • Traces all events that occur during the deletion of profiles.
  • Created during uninstallation if you choose to uninstall the underlying WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total profile deletion failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful profile deletion.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Profile deletion errors occurred but the profile is still deleted. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root/logs/log.txt
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root\logs\log.txt
  • Logs all installation events relating to WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
  • Created when WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is silently installed.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total installation failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful installation.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
Installation errors occurred but the installation is still usable. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root /logs/instconfig.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root \logs\instconfig.log
  • Logs configuration actions that run at the end of the installation process to configure components, install system applications, and create Windows shortcuts and registry entries.
  • Created when WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is silently installed.
Contains a series of <record> elements that document the configuration actions.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root /logs/wbi/uninstlog.txt
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root \logs\wbi\uninstlog.txt
Logs all uninstallation events relating to WebSphere Process Server.
INSTCONFFAILED
Total uninstallation failure.
INSTCONFSUCCESS
Successful uninstallation.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
The Uninstallation wizard successfully removed the core product files, but errors occurred during configuration. Additional information in other log files identifies the errors.
  • Icon indicating Linux platforms Icon indicating UNIX platforms On Linux and UNIX platforms: install_root /logs/wbi/uninstconfig.log
  • Icon indicating Windows platforms On Windows platforms: install_root \logs\wbi\uninstconfig.log
Logs configuration actions that run at the end of the uninstallation process. Contains a series of <record> elements that document the configuration actions.

Last updated: Tue 31 Oct 2006 09:53:28

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