Log message reference
IBM PEM log files contain log messages that can be used to troubleshoot runtime transactions.
Format of log messages
The content of each IBM PEM log message is defined by a triplet format. The log message format is as follows:- Message ID and short text
- IBM PEM specific unique message identifier and short description of the problem.
- Explanation
- Describes the cause of the problem.
- User action
- Describes what you must do to proceed, recover from the error, or to prevent a pending problem.
Message IDs are formatted as BCHSSNNNNT, in which these prefixes and identifiers are constituent components.
- BCH
- Is the three-character prefix that identifies the IBM PEM software brand.
- SS
- Is the two character prefix extension that is used to identify the software component.
- NNNN
- Is a unique four-digit identifier for the message.
- T
- Indicates whether the message is information (I), warning (W), or an error message (E).
The IBM PEM component prefix extensions (the SS part of the message) are defined as follows:
- AC
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Activity.
- AG
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Attribute Group.
- AT
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Attribute.
- BA
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Base.
- ID
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Identity.
- SE
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Security.
- WS
- Indicates that the component that produced the message is Web services.