Set up profile scripts to make tracing easier using scripting

Use scripting and wsadmin to set up profile scripts to facilitate tracing.

Before starting this task, wsadmin must be running. See the Start wsadmin article for more information.

  Set up a profile script to make tracing easier.

The following profile script example turns tracing on and off for server1:

• Jacl...

  proc ton {} {
    global AdminControl
    set ts [$AdminControl queryNames type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*]
    $AdminControl setAttribute $ts traceSpecification com.ibm.=all=enabled
  } 
   proc toff {} {
    global AdminControl
    set ts [$AdminControl queryNames type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*]
    $AdminControl setAttribute $ts traceSpecification com.ibm.*=all=disabled
  } 
   proc dt {} {
    global AdminControl
    set jvm [$AdminControl queryNames type=JVM,node=mynode,process=server1,*]
    $AdminControl invoke $jvm dumpThreads 
  } 
  

• Jython...

  def ton():
         global lineSeparator
         ts = AdminControl.queryNames('type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*')
  
         AdminControl.setAttribute(ts, 'traceSpecification', 'com.ibm.=all=enabled')
   def toff():
         global lineSeparator
         ts = AdminControl.queryNames('type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*')
  
         AdminControl.setAttribute(ts, 'traceSpecification', 'com.ibm.*=all=disabled')
   def dt():
         global lineSeparator
         jvm = AdminControl.queryNames('type=JVM,node=mynode,process=server1,*')
         AdminControl.invoke(jvm, 'dumpThreads')
  

If we start wsadmin with this profile script, we can use the ton command to turn on tracing in the server, the toff command to turn off tracing, and the dt command to dump the Java threads. For more information about running scripting commands in a profile script, see the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article.

 

Related tasks

Use AdminControl for scripted administration

 

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Commands for AdminControl