Setting up profile scripts to make tracing easier using scripting

Before starting this task, the wsadmin tool must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article for more information.

Step for this task Set up a profile script to make tracing easier. The following profile script example turns tracing on and off for server1:

• Using Jacl:

  proc ton {} {
    global AdminControl   set ts [$AdminControl queryNames type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*]
    $AdminControl setAttribute $ts traceSpecification com.ibm.=all=enabled } 
  
  proc toff {} {
    global AdminControl   set ts [$AdminControl queryNames type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*]
    $AdminControl setAttribute $ts traceSpecification com.ibm.*=all=disabled } 
  
  proc dt {} {
    global AdminControl   set jvm [$AdminControl queryNames type=JVM,node=mynode,process=server1,*]
    $AdminControl invoke $jvm dumpThreads 
  } 

• Using Jython:

  def ton():
         global lineSeparator        ts = AdminControl.queryNames('type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*')
  
         AdminControl.setAttribute(ts, 'traceSpecification', 'com.ibm.=all=enabled')
  
  def toff():
         global lineSeparator        ts = AdminControl.queryNames('type=TraceService,node=mynode,process=server1,*')
  
         AdminControl.setAttribute(ts, 'traceSpecification', 'com.ibm.*=all=disabled')
  
  def dt():
         global lineSeparator        jvm = AdminControl.queryNames('type=JVM,node=mynode,process=server1,*')
         AdminControl.invoke(jvm, 'dumpThreads')

If you start the wsadmin tool with this profile script, you can use the ton command to turn on tracing in the server, the toff command to turn off tracing, and the dt command to dump the Java threads. For more information about running scripting commands in a profile script, see the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article.

Related concepts
AdminControl object for scripted administration

Related reference
Commands for the AdminControl object