The traceControl utility that is shipped with the IBM® MQ classes for JMS allows trace to be collected from a running
application. This can be very useful if IBM Support
need to see a trace from an application once an issue has occurred, or if trace needs to be
collected from a critical application that cannot be stopped.
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Important: This
function is supported for IBM Java runtime environments (JREs) only.
For more information about the traceControl utility, see Controlling trace in a running process by using IBM MQ classes for Java and IBM MQ classes for JMS.
To collect a trace by using the traceControl utility, complete the following steps.
Procedure
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Bring up a command prompt, and navigate to the directory
MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH\java\lib.
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Run the command:
java -jar com.ibm.mq.traceControl.jar -list
This command brings up a list of all of the Java processes on the system.
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Identify the process identifier for the IBM MQ classes for JMS
application that needs to be traced, and run the command:
java -jar com.ibm.mq.traceControl.jar -i processidentifier -enable
Trace is now turned on for the application.
By default, trace information is written
to a trace file in the current working directory of the application. The name of the trace file
depends upon the environment that the application is running in:
- For IBM MQ classes for JMS for IBM MQ 9.0.0 Fix Pack 1 or earlier, trace is written to a file called
mqjms_%PID%.trc.
- From IBM MQ 9.0.0 Fix Pack 2, if the application
has loaded the IBM MQ classes for JMS from the JAR file
com.ibm.mqjms.jar, trace is written to a file called
mqjava_%PID%.trc.
- From IBM MQ 9.0.0 Fix Pack 2, if the application
has loaded the IBM MQ classes for JMS from the relocatable JAR file
com.ibm.mq.allclient.jar, trace is written to a file called
mqjavaclient_%PID%.trc.
- From IBM MQ 9.0.0 Fix Pack 10, if the
application has loaded the IBM MQ classes for JMS from the JAR file
com.ibm.mqjms.jar, trace is written to a file called
mqjava_%PID%.cl%u.trc.
- From IBM MQ 9.0.0 Fix Pack 10, if the
application has loaded the IBM MQ classes for JMS from the
relocatable JAR file com.ibm.mq.allclient.jar, trace is written to a file
called mqjavaclient_%PID%.cl%u.trc.
where %PID% is the process identifier of the application that is
being traced, and %u is a unique number to
differentiate files between threads running trace under different Java classloaders.
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To turn trace off, run the command:
java -jar com.ibm.mq.traceControl.jar -i processidentifier -disable