Use the WebSphere Application Server trace service

Tracing is useful when you are experiencing a problem whose cause cannot be determined from the WebSphere Application Server log files or other normal problem determination channels. Trace allows you to obtain detailed information about the execution of WebSphere Application Server components, including application servers, clients, and other processes in the environment. Trace files show the time and sequence of methods called by WebSphere Application Server runtime classes, and can be used to pinpoint the failure. Generally, not require the use of trace files to determine what is causing an application problem; however, IBM Support personnel may request that you provide traces for a problem.

Refer to these topics for more information on enabling and using the WebSphere Application Server trace service.

Enable and disable the trace service
This topic describes how you can use the administrative console to enable and disable the trace service for a server.

Interpret the contents of a trace file
This topic describes the format of the information that is written to the trace file.

For more information on the Trace Service setting, see Trace service settings .