Error logs on HP Integrity NonStop Server
Use this information to understand the IBM MQ client on HP Integrity NonStop Server error logs, together with an example.
At installation time, an errors subdirectory is created in the MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/var/mqm file path. The errors subdirectory can contain up to three error log files named:
- AMQERR01.LOG
- AMQERR02.LOG
- AMQERR03.LOG
As error messages are generated, they are written to AMQERR01.LOG. When AMQERR01.LOG gets bigger than 2 MB (2 097 152 bytes), it is copied to AMQERR02.LOG. Before the copy, AMQERR02.LOG is copied to AMQERR03.LOG. The previous contents, if any, of AMQERR03.LOG are discarded.
The latest error messages are therefore always placed in AMQERR01.LOG. The other log files are used to maintain a history of error messages.
To examine the contents of any error log file, use your system editor. The contents of the log files can read by any user, but write access requires the user to be a member of the mqm group.
An example of an error log
Figure 1 shows an extract from an IBM MQ error log: