Administering problem determination components

The HATS administrative console enables you to monitor logging and tracing to help you resolve problems. You can view the messages in the log, and change log and trace settings by selecting the links under the Troubleshooting heading in the left navigation frame. Properties files maintain settings for these problem determination aids.

When you change settings while accessing the HATS administrative console running in a runtime environment, the changes are saved in the runtime.properties file. Although not recommended, you can also edit the file directly to change settings. The file is located in the was_dir/installedApps/ear_name directory for a HATS enterprise application.

When you change settings while accessing the HATS administrative console running in a local test environment in the HATS Toolkit, the changes are saved in one of two different files. Changes are saved in the runtime.properties file, when running in Run on Server mode, and in the runtime-debug.properties file, when running in Debug on Server mode. For more information, see Starting the administrative console while in HATS Toolkit. You can also edit the files directly to change settings. The files are located in the root of the .ear project in the HATS Toolkit. Be aware that any changes made to the runtime.properties file in the HATS Toolkit are retained and become effective when you deploy the HATS application to a runtime environment. The runtime-debug.properties file is ignored in the runtime environment.

Note: When running on WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS®, the runtime.properties file must be edited with an ASCII editor. This can be done by transferring the file to a workstation, for example using FTP, editing the file and transferring it back. Also, there is a copy of runtime.properties for every active Servant within an application server (distinguished with the Address Space ID of the Servant). The base runtime.properties file should be changed for changes to persist across application server restarts.

For more information about log and trace settings in these files, see Runtime properties files.