WAS v8.5 > Reference > Log and trace file descriptions

LogViewer command-line tool

Use the LogViewer command to query the contents of the HPEL log and trace repositories.


LogViewer

logViewer.sh converts HPEL-formatted logs into text file formats...

Log records can be filtered by level, logger name, or date and time.


Parameters

-repositoryDir directory_name

Path to the repository directory. To query log and trace data together, provide path to parent directory, which contains both the log data and trace data directories. If we use the default repository location...

    profile_root/logs/application_server/

...and run this tool from the profile bin directory, then this argument is optional. The tool checks the default location if one is not provided. If multiple application servers exist in this profile with HPEL repositories, you are prompted to select which server log and trace repository to view.

-outLog file_name

File name you want the text output written to. If not provided, the text output is displayed on the console.

-format basic | advanced | cbe-1.0.1

Output format. Supported formats include basic, advanced, and the CBE-1.0.1 format. If not provided, the output is in basic format.

-monitor [integer]

Continuously monitor the repository and output new log record entries as they are created. Provide optional integer argument to specify how often to query for new records. Default is every 5 seconds.

-help

List the full set of options available.

-startDatedate_time

Filter log entries that occurred before the specified date or date time. MM/dd/yy format or MM/dd/yy H:m:s:S format.

-stopDate date_time

Filter log entries that occurred after the specified date or date time. MM/dd/yy format or MM/dd/yy H:m:s:S format.

-level level_name

Display log events that match level. Valid values are FINEST, FINER, FINE, DETAIL, CONFIG, INFO, AUDIT, WARNING, SEVERE, FATAL.

-minLevel level_name

Display records at or above the specified level. Valid values are FINEST, FINER, FINE, DETAIL, CONFIG, INFO, AUDIT, WARNING, SEVERE, FATAL.

-maxLevel level_name

Display records at or below the specified level. Valid values are FINEST, FINER, FINE, DETAIL, CONFIG, INFO, AUDIT, WARNING, SEVERE, FATAL.

-includeLoggers logger_name

Only log events from the specified loggers are included in the LogViewer output. Separate multiple entries with a comma. The * symbol can be used as a wild card to include all loggers below a parent logger. When used in combination with -excludedLoggers, the more specific match determines if the log event is included or excluded.

-excludeLoggers logger_name

Exclude log events from the specified loggers in the LogViewer output. Separate multiple entries with a comma. The * symbol can be used as a wildcard to include all loggers below a parent logger. When used in combination with -includeLoggers, the more specific match determines if the log event is included or excluded.

-thread thread_id

Restrict LogViewer output to only those log events from a specific thread. Log messages not created by the thread ID not displayed. Specify thread ID in hex format.

-extractToNewRepositorydirectory_name

Redirect log and trace records from a binary repository to a new binary repository at the location specified. Can be used to get a subset of log and trace records into the new repository. Uses directory path where the new repository must be written as an argument. Therefore, the directory must be empty. If the directory does not exist, the directory is created. However, errors that occur during the directory creation might create extraneous directories.

-listInstances

List IDs of available server process instances available to use with the -instance option. After running LogViewer -listInstances, we can use the -instance option to invoke LogViewer with one of the server process instance IDs as an argument.

-instance instance_id

Retrieve log and trace data for a given server process instance by providing the server instance ID. Run LogViewer, -listInstances option, before using. Required.when viewing logs and trace from an environment containing subprocesses, such as the z/OS operating system.

If this option is combined with -latestInstance, -instance is ignored.

-latestInstance

Retrieve log and trace data from the most recent server instance. If this option is used with the -instance option, the -instance option is ignored.

-message match_string

Retrieve only log or trace data with a message field that matches the requested text.

-includeExtensions name[=value][,name[=value]]*

Retrieve the log and trace data with an extension name that matches the requested name, and an extension value that matches the requested value. We can also use this option to retrieve the log and trace data with an extension name that matches the requested name, and an extension value that matches any value, if you omit the =value part of the option.

Any extension name shown in the advanced format can be used. Note that 'source', 'class', and 'method' are not stored in the log/trace repositories as extensions, and so cannot be filtered on with this option.

Separate multiple name=value arguments with a comma. Specify '==' (two equals signs) in place of '=' (one equals sign) in cases where the name or value must contain an equal sign. Specify ',,' (two commas) in place of ',' (one comma) in cases where the name or value must contain a comma.

-encoding character_set

Character set the LogViewer command will use for text output.

Filtering considerations

Be aware of LogViewer filtering optimizations. The LogViewer tool is able to filter log and trace data most efficiently when used with the following filter options:


Examples


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