Application logging captures various events that happen in the execution of an application. The IMS TM resource adapter provides Java™ logging support that builds on the java.util.logging package included in WebSphere Application Server (including WebSphere Application Server Community Edition). Because Java message logging is included in the trace log, logging and tracing is used together to describe the troubleshooting support feature. While the message logs are for end users, application developers, or system administrators, diagnostic trace information is for technical support personnel to obtain finer and verbose details of events that took place.
In WebSphere Application Server, tracing for all components is disabled by default. After you configure the logging and tracing setting, tracing is enabled. A trace file is created when logging and tracing is enabled, and a Java application is run in WebSphere Application Server.