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WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET logs

[Version 8.6 and later]Logs in WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Client for .NET are configured by default and are written to files in the logs directory and the Windows event log.

Log file location

After you install the WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET, the log directories are created, based on the log directory location that you specify during installation.

[Version 8.6.0.2 and later]If you manually installed WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET without the installation program, the log files are written to the runtime directory of the process that runs the .NET application for your data grid in a logs subdirectory. For more information, see Installing WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET without the installation program.

[Version 8.6.0.2 and later]Within the logs directory, subdirectories are created. The naming of these subdirectories uses the following convention: processName_processID_AppDomainID_(websiteName). This location is referred to as the log_directory.

[Version 8.6.0.4 and later]

Log file pruning

To prevent the log files from taking up too much disk space, you can configure log file pruning to delete logs based on the file sizes or on a time period. For more information, see Configuring log file pruning for WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET.

Default log file settings

The following log files are generated in each log_directory:
  • SystemOut.log:
    Item Information
    Location log_directory\SystemOut.log
    Level of log Logs all information, error, warning, and failure messages
    Size 10 MB maximum per file
    Maximum files 20 maximum archived files
  • SystemErr.log:
    Item Information
    Location log_directory\SystemError.log
    Level of log Logs all error and failure messages
    Size 10 MB maximum per file
    Maximum files 20 maximum archived files
  • SystemFirstFailure.log:
    Item Information
    Location log_directory\SystemFirstFailure.log
    Level of log Logs all First Failure messages
    Size 10 MB maximum per file
    Maximum files 20 maximum archived files
  • Windows event log: Fatal errors go in the Windows event log. Fatal errors occur when the client can no longer take transactions. WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET fatal errors are logged in the WXSEventLog Windows event log.

Trace and FFDC logs

Trace logs are not enabled by default on WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET.  To enable the trace, change the following setting in  net_client_home\config\Client.Net.Log.config. The trace log file is net_client_home\logs\SystemTrc.log.
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="WXSTrcLogFile">