Important log files and locations

The installation of IBM® Security Guardium® Key Lifecycle Manager and its components generates log files that you can read to ensure that the installation is completed successfully. The installation error logs provide critical information.

The following table list the log files and the file locations that are generated when you use the default installation settings.

Table 1. Location of installation log files
Log File Description Location
db2_install.log Db2® installation log file.
Windows systems
drive:\<IM_DATA_DIR>\logs\sklmLogs\

C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\logs\sklmLogs\

Linux® systems
/<IM_DATA_DIR>/logs/sklmLogs/

/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs/sklmLogs/

db_config.log Contains information about IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager database creation and table creation.
Windows systems
drive:\<IM_DATA_DIR>\logs\sklmLogs\

C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\logs\sklmLogs\

Linux systems
/<IM_DATA_DIR>/logs/sklmLogs/

/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs/sklmLogs/

Various *.xml and *.log files IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager installation log files.

You can verify the installation, modification, or uninstallation of IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager by checking the log file that the IBM Installation Manager creates.

Windows systems
drive:\<IM_DATA_DIR>\logs\

C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\logs\

Linux systems
/<IM_DATA_DIR>/logs/

/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs/

Various *.out and *.err files STDOUT and STDERR files that are generated during installation.

The .err file sizes are zero bytes if the operation they represent was successful. Examine error files with sizes greater than zero.

Windows
WAS_HOME\usr\servers\defaultServer\logs\
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Liberty\usr\servers\defaultServer\logs\
Linux
WAS_HOME/usr/servers/defaultServer/logs/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/usr/servers/defaultServer/logs/
migration.log After you migrate existing data (earlier version) into the new installation, you can review the migration log file to verify whether the process was successful, or for troubleshooting purposes.
Windows systems
drive:\<IM_DATA_DIR>\logs\sklmLogs\

C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\logs\sklmLogs\

Linux systems
/<IM_DATA_DIR>/logs/sklmLogs/

/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs/sklmLogs/

sklmInstall*.log IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager installer log files.

The log files are created when each step of the installation is run. You can read these log files to verify whether the product is installed successfully.

Windows
%temp%/sklmInstaller*.log*
Linux
${TMPDIR}/sklmInstaller*.log
Log files in sklmPRS The sklmPRS folder contains log files for detailed output of the prerequisite scan activity (precheck.log) and for the results of the scan (results.txt).
Windows
%temp%/sklmPRS/
Linux
${TMPDIR}/PRS/
Table 2. Topic change log
Date Change description
01 Oct 2021 Corrected the location for WebSphere® Liberty logs.
10 Sept 2021 Initial version.