Enabling a transaction log in the DOORS database server

You can enable a log to record IBM® Engineering Requirements Management DOORS® (DOORS) database server transaction activity.

Before you begin

All users must be logged off and the database server must be stopped.

About this task

You can enable database server transaction logging by using the command line, command prompt, or registry keys. To configure logging, use the -loglevel and -logfile parameters.
Note: Do not leave logging turned on indefinitely because it slows the speed to complete a requested function and degrades the overall server performance.

When you start the database server from a command prompt on a Windows system, use the -debug switch. That switch is not required on Linux systems or when the database server is run as a Windows service.

After logging is complete, use the dbadmin command to turn off logging so that you do not have to restart the database server. On Windows systems, dbadmin is in the \DOORS_install\9.version\bin directory. On Linux systems, dbadmin is in the $DOORSHOME/bin directory.

Procedure

What to do next

While you are troubleshooting a problem, you might need to complete diagnostic steps with logging turned on at a specific level. To turn on logging to a specific level without restarting the database server, use the dbadmin -serverlogging switch to set the necessary level of logging, for example, dbadmin -d 36677@IBMEDSERV -serverlogging 3.


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