Use wsadmin to turn traces on and off for your application server

To turn traces on and off in your application server, follow these steps:

1. On the CL command line, run the STRQSH (Start Qshell) command.

2. Run the cd command to change to the directory that contains the wsadmin tool:

   cd /QIBM/ProdData/WebASE51/ASE/bin

3. Start wsadmin.

4. At the wsadmin prompt, run this command to identify the object name for the TraceService MBean running in the process:

   $AdminControl completeObjectName type=Server,name=server,*

5. Run this command to obtain the name of the object and set it to a variable:

   set ts [$AdminControl completeObjectName type=TraceService,process=myAppSvr,*]

   where myAppSvr is the name of the application server for which you want to enable or disable traces.

6. Turn traces on or off for the application server.

   • Run this command to turn on traces for the server:

     $AdminControl setAttribute $ts traceSpecification com.ibm.*=all=enabled

   • Run this command to turn off traces for the server:

     $AdminControl setAttribute $ts traceSpecification com.ibm.*=all=disabled

7. Run this command to save your changes:

   $AdminConfig save