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WebSphere MQ uses a number of error logs to capture messages concerning its own operation of WebSphere MQ, any queue managers that you start, and error data coming from the channels that are in use.

The location of the error logs depends on whether the queue manager name is known and whether the error is associated with a client.

• If the queue manager name is known, the location of the error log is shown in Table 1.

  Queue manager error log directory

  Platform	Directory
  UNIX systems	/var/mqm/qmgrs/qmname/errors
  Windows systems	c:\\IBM\WebSphere MQ\qmgrs\qmname\errors

• If the queue manager name is not known, the location of the error log is shown in Table 2.

  System error log directory

  Platform	Directory
  UNIX systems	/var/mqm/errors
  Windows systems	c:\\IBM\WebSphere MQ\errors

• If an error has occurred with a client application, the location of the error log on the client is shown in Table 3.

  Client error log directory

  Platform	Directory
  UNIX systems	/var/mqm/errors
  Windows systems	c:\\IBM\WebSphere MQ Client\errors

In WebSphere MQ for Windows, an indication of the error is also added to the Application Log, which can be examined with the Event Viewer application provided with Windows systems.

• Error log files
  

• Error log access restrictions under UNIX systems
  

• Ignoring error codes under UNIX systems
  

• Ignoring error codes under Windows systems
  

• Operator messages
  

 

Parent topic:

Problem determination

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