Viewing JVM logs
The Java™ virtual machine (JVM) logs are written as plain text files.
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The SystemOut.log and SystemErr.log JVM logs are located in the job logs of the application server.
Use either of two techniques to view the JVM
logs for an application server:
- Use the administrative console, which also supports viewing the JVM logs from a remote machine.
- Use a text editor on the machine where the logs are stored.
Note: This topic references one or more of the application server log files. As a
recommended alternative, you can configure the server to use the High Performance Extensible Logging
(HPEL) log and trace infrastructure instead of using SystemOut.log ,
SystemErr.log, trace.log, and
activity.log files on distributed and IBM®
i systems. You can also use HPEL in conjunction with your native z/OS® logging facilities. If you are using HPEL, you can access all of your log and trace
information using the LogViewer command-line tool from your server profile bin directory. See the
information about using HPEL to troubleshoot applications for more
information on using HPEL.