Configuring tracing and logging for the mass load utilities

In addition to the individual logs for some of the mass loading utilities, you can configure an additional message log file (messages.txt) and a trace file (traces.txt) for the loading utilities. Additional logging gathers more information to help you troubleshoot potential problems. You can configure the contents and location of these files by editing the WCALoggerConfig.xml file.

Procedure

  1. Open the following files in a text editor:
    • WC_installdir/xml/loader/WCALoggerConfig.xml
    • WebSphere Commerce Developer WCDE_installdir/xml/loader/WCALoggerConfig.xml
    Note: The WCALoggerConfig.xml file can be found in two locations:
    • WC_eardir/xml/loader/WCALoggerConfig.xml is used by the loader utilities when run from the command line.
    • WC_installdir/instances/ instance_name/xml/loader/WCALoggerConfig.xml is used by the loader utilities in the server context, for example, during the store publish process.
  2. Modify the contents of the file as follows:
    1. Define the parameters for tracing:

      The trace tag defines the following information about the loading utilities trace file:

      • The traceFile attribute defines the full path (including the trace file name) to the trace file.
      • The enable attribute indicates whether tracing is enabled (enable="true") or disabled (enable="false").
      • The fileSize attribute specifies the maximum size of the trace file, in megabytes (MB). The default value is 1024. After the trace file size is exceeded, a new trace file is started. The old trace file is backed up with a time stamp value that is added to the trace file name.
      • The component tags define the components for which trace is enabled. If a component is not listed or a component tag is commented out in the file, trace information is not gathered for that component. The following table lists components for each loading utility:
        Loading utility Trace component name
        dtdgen COMPONENT_DTDGEN
        fileloader COMPONENT_ATTACHMENT
        idresgen COMPONENT_IDRESGEN
        massextract COMPONENT_MASSEXTRACT
        massload COMPONENT_MASSLOAD
        xmltransform COMPONENT_XMLTRANS
        The default location for the trace file is:
        • SolarisLinuxAIXWindows WC_installdir/logs/trace.txt
        • For IBM i OS operating system WC_userdir/instances/ instance_name/logs/trace.txt
        • WebSphere Commerce Developer WCDE_installdir/logs/trace.txt
    2. Define the parameters for logging:

      The messageLog tag defines the following information about the loading utilities log file:

      • The messageFile attribute defines the full path (including log file name) to the log file.
      • The enable attribute indicates whether logging is enabled (enable="true") or disabled (enable="false").
      • The fileSize attribute specifies the maximum size of the log file, in megabytes. The default value is 1024. After the log file size is exceeded, the log file is overwritten from the start of the trace file.
      • The logSeverity tags define the types of messages to write to the log file. If a message type is not listed or a logServerity tag is commented out, those message types are not recorded in the log file. The following table lists message types that can be logged:
        logSeverity type Description
        INFO Information messages follow events that occur while the loading utilities run. Information messages are related to events that trigger changes in the system state.
        WARNING Warning messages reveal a potential problem.
        ERROR Error messages expose an error condition that can lead to system malfunction.
        Note: You can use the -DDebug=true parameter to get more traces for the loader utilities that can be helpful in getting more debugging information for problem determination. For example, for a massload utility on Windows, the following change would be added to the massload.bat file:
        %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -DDebug=true %PM_ARGS% -Dwas.repository.root="%CONFIG_ROOT%" 
        -Dserver.root="%WAS_HOME%" -Dwas.root="%WAS_HOME%" -Dwas.install.root="%WAS_HOME%" 
        -Dwas.cellname=%WAS_CELL% -Dwas.nodename=%WAS_NODE% -Dws.ext.dirs="%WAS_EXT_CLSLDR_PATH%;
        %WAS_USER_DIRS%" 
        -classpath %EXT_CP%;%WAS_CLASSPATH% -Djava.security.policy="config.policy" com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.
        WSLauncher %massloader% %* > %log% 
        By default, only error messages are written to the message log file.
        The following are default locations for the message log file:
        • SolarisLinuxAIXWindows WC_installdir/logs/messages.txt
        • For IBM i OS operating system WC_userdir/instances/ instance_name/logs/messages.txt
        • WebSphere Commerce Developer WCDE_installdir/logs/messages.txt
  3. Save your changes.
  4. Ensure that the full path to WCALoggerConfig.xml is defined as part of the CLASSPATH environment variable before you run any of the loading utilities.