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Federation Manager Trace and Debug Logging

Troubleshoot federation operation by enabling trace and debug logging.

You can configure two kinds of logs:

• Trace logs

  These files contain general runtime activities and informational statements. The types of trace logs include:

  • Web Agent trace logs for the proxy engine embedded agent. These logs follow Web Agent runtime activities.
  • Federation Web Services trace logs to follow federation run-time activities.
• Debug logs

  These files contain a more detailed level of logging to help debug the product. The types of logging available includes:

  • Federation Manager Administration UI debug logging
  • Federation Manager Server trace and debug logging
  • Federation Database objects trace logging

Note: If you enable tracing, large log files can result.

If you use the default path values, the log files are in the directory federation_mgr_home\logs, under the FWS, server, and UI directories. By default, the system enables the following logs for basic informational logging:

• Server-side log (federation_mgr_home\ logs\server\smps.log)
• UI log (federation_mgr_home\logs\ui\server.log)

The XPSConfig tool, which is included with Federation Manager is required to enable some of the trace and debug functions. XPSConfig is an interactive command-line utility that allows administrators to view product parameters and edit their settings. Run XPSConfig from a system where Federation Manager is installed.