Different Types of Logs in Websphere Application Server

Different Types of Logs

Posted on August 1, 2013 by rajeshkamal

A)  1)  SystemOut.log :  standard JVM output log
          —> Indicates if the code running on the Application Server started and stopped successfully.
—>Destination and name are configurable.
—-> Can be used for user messages.
2)      SystemErr.log : standard JVM error log
—-> Identifies exceptions thrown by the code running on the Application Server.
—-> Destination and name are configurable.
3)     startServer.log and stopServer.log :
—-> Describes the startup and shutdown of the Application Servers.
4)  Activity.log: events that show a history of activities
—-> Use Log Analyzer to read output from this file.

5)  http_plugin.log : plug-in trace log
—-> Errors and data from the Web server plug-in.
6) trace.log :  output from diagnostic trace.
—-> Destination and name are configurable.
—-> All WebSphere Application Server log files are under the logs directory. where is the WebSphere Application Server installation directory (for Windows 2000 the default is: C:Program FilesWebSphereAppServer).