Process log files

Application server processes contain two output streams that are accessible to native code running in the process. These streams are the stdout and stderr streams. Native code, including the JVM, may write data to these process streams.

By default, the stdout and stderr streams are redirected to log files at application server startup, which contain text written to the stdout and stderr streams by native modules (for example, *SRVPGM objects). The WebSphere Application Server does no special processing or formatting of the output that is written to the process logs.

This is a change from previous versions of WebSphere, which by default had one log file for both JVM standard output and native standard output, and one log file for both JVM standard error and native error output.

The granted authorities for the files are:

*PUBLIC	*EXCLUDE
QEJBSVR	*RW

If your application server is running under a user profile other than the default (QEJBSVR) and that user profile does not have QEJBSVR specified as a group profile, explicitly grant *RW authority to the user profile for the activity.log file.

Refer to the topics below for more information on configuring and viewing the process log files.

Configure the process log files
This topic describes how you can use the administrative console to change the name and location for the process logs.

View the process log files
This topic describes the methods available for viewing the contents of the process logs.