IC84991: LOGS UNDER ESSNITRACE\ HAVE MANY ZIP FILES CAUSING HUGE LOG PKG

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APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Logger.jar is using the parameter -DswapTrimming which is
  creating lots of zipped files under the essniClient log
  directory that have the appearance of:
  niClient.log.bk.zip.YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS
  niTransmission.log.bk.zip.YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS
  

Local fix

• Manually remove these files before taking a TPC-R diagnostic
  package.
  
  1. open the
  ${WAS_HOME}/profiles/default/properties/niClientLogging.properti
  es
  2. Edit the file and comment out the following properties
  ClientHandler.level
  CAHandler.level
  TransmissionHandler.level
  com.ibm.storage.ess.ni.level
  com.ibm.storage.ess.ni.ca.level
  com.ibm.storage.ess.ni.communication.extensions.NITransmissionLo
  gger.level
  
  3. Replace the above property settings with
  ClientHandler.level = ERROR
  CAHandler.level = ERROR
  TransmissionHandler.level = ERROR
  com.ibm.storage.ess.ni.level = ERROR, THROWABLE
  com.ibm.storage.ess.ni.ca.level = ERROR
  com.ibm.storage.ess.ni.communication.extensions.NITransmissionLo
  gger.level = ERROR, THROWABLE
  
  4. Restart the TPC for Replication WebSphere instance to pick up
  the changes
  
  Now only error entries will be seen in the logs.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * all                                                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Customers upgrading to 4.2.2.2 will now see extemporaneous   *
  * logging in the logs/CSM/essniTrace directory. The logs will  *
  * take up a large amount of disk space.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply the workaround provided in the "Temporary         *
  * Fix" section.                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  A generic JVM argument was set that caused this additional
  logging to occur.
  

Problem conclusion

• The generic JVM argument will be set to false
  

Temporary fix

• A workaround is to create a jacl script e.g.
  setGenJvmArg.jacl<br/>and enter:<br/>set genericJvmArg
  {{genericJvmArguments
  &quot;-DSwapTrimming=false&quot;}}<br/><br/>Then run the .jacl
  script -- see the following info center for instructions on how
  to run jacl scripts for
  WebSphere:<br/>http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/to
  pic/com.ibm.websphere.wsfep.multiplatform.doc/info/ae/ae/txml_la
  unchscript.html
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R510 PSY

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