Runtime log files

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For distributed systems, the Copy Services Manager runtime logs are in the directory path_prefix/liberty/wlp/usr/servers/csmServer/logs/.
For z/OS, the runtime logs are in the directory path_prefix/opt/IBM/CSM/wlp/usr/servers/csmServer/logs.

The following files are in the subdirectory /CSM:
dbCfgTrace.log
These files contain log messages that are generated when the database configuration is updated.
csmTrace.log
These files contain log messages that are generated by the Copy Services Manager server component.
csmGuiTrace.log
These files contain log messages that are generated by the Copy Services Manager GUI component.
csmGuiCache.log
These files contain information that pertains to the Copy Services Manager GUI cache.
csmGuiXMLTrace.log
These files contain information that pertains to the HTTP communication between the Copy Services Manager server and GUI.
csmMessage.log
These files contain most log entries that are in the GUI console log panel.
There are other log files that are contained in the following directories:
  • DS8000
    • path_prefix/opt/IBM/CSM/wlp/usr/servers/csmServer/logs/essApiTrace
  • SVC
    • path_prefix/opt/IBM/CSM/wlp/usr/servers/csmServer/logs/svcAPItrace
The log files in these directories pertain to the CCW communication between the Copy Services Manager server and the FCCW server resident on the DS8000 storage system. There are two types of log files in these directories:
ccwTrace.log
These files contain log messages that are generated by the CCW client code that communicates directly with the DS8000 storage system.
ccwError.log
These files contain error messages that were originated by the CCW client code.

CLI trace files

The Copy Services Manager trace files for distributed systems are in the directory path_prefix/CLI. For example, on Windows, the path could be C:\Program Files\IBM\CSM\CLI. For z/OS, the directory is: path_prefix/opt/IBM/CSM/CLI.

For Microsoft Windows 2008 and later, if the Copy Services Manager user does not have permission to write to the cli directory, the trace files are stored in C:\Users\csm_user\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\IBM\TPC\cli where AppData is a hidden directory, and csm_user is the name of the user who is running the CLI.

CSM Auth

The following file for csmAuth is in the subdirectory /CSMAuth:

csmAuthTrace.log

Each type of log file contains different information. Copy Services Manager is configured to generate a number of each type of log file before it overwrites previous log files. The most recent log file is the one with no number in the file name, as in the previous examples. Previous files have incremental numbers that are appended to the log file and name. For example, csmTrace.log is the most recent Copy Services Manager server log file, csmTrace1.log is the previous log file, and csmTrace2.log is the next previous log file.