Installation and migration logs

Installation log files

The IBM Installation Manager controls the WebSphere Portal installation log files...

/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs

The IBM Installation Manager has a built-in function used to view the logs. On the IBM Installation Manager main page...

File | View log

We can also use the web browser to view the index.xml file in the log directory.

Migration log files

Unless noted otherwise, migration log files are in...

WP_PROFILE /logs

The table lists each file, describes the file content, and recommends when to check the file for information that might help troubleshooting migration problems.

Log file name	Description	Problem symptoms
ConfigTrace.log	Contains information generated each time a ConfigEngine task is run, including trace information generated during migration. This file is in... WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine/log	Check this log if migration stops before successful completion.
upgradeConfigEngineTrace.log	Contains trace information generated when the ConfigEngine tool is upgraded. This file is in... WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine/log	Check this log if errors occur when running the upgradeConfigEngine tool.

To set tracing for the migration plug-in com.ibm.wp.was.plugin.jar file, which we use to migrate the dmgr and nodes, specify...

com.ibm.wp.migration.*=all

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