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1. OBIEE 11G Logs and Configuration Files
Troubleshooting Log Name Log Location Location Example Increase Log
Usage Log Level configuration
file
InstallDe-installPatch
Examples: ■ Linux and UNIX: C:Program FilesOracleInventorylogs Q: Is this ?
deinstall2010-08-15_09-01-33PM.out USER_HOME/oraInventory/logs/ possible ?
deinstall2010-08-15_09-01-33PM.log ■ Windows: C:Program
installProfile2010-08-15_09-01-33PM.log FilesOracleInventorylogs
oraInstall2010-08-15_09-01-33PM.out
oraInstall2010-08-19_01-21-49AM.err
OPatch2010-08-19_02-15-05-AM.log
2010-08-19_01-21-49AM.log
installProfile2010-08-19_01-21-49AM.log
StartupShutdownExecu
tion
WLS Admin Server AdminServer.log <Middleware_HOME>user_projectsdoma C:OBIEE11Guser_projectsdomains In WLS Console > ?
bifoundation_domain.log insbifoundation_domainserversAdminSe bifoundation_domainserversAdminSe biFoundation_dom
AdminServer-diagnostic.log(BI JEE log rverlogs rverlogs ain > servers >
(Action Services and Security Services), - AdminServer
review in FMC)
access.log Logging Tab has a
logsbipublisher bipublisher.log ????? General and an
HTTP sub-tab
General (general
settings for logs
for this server)
By default all
messages are
published
By default all
messages go to
the log file.
WLS Managed Server bi_server1.log <Middleware_HOME>user_projectsdoma C:OBIEE11Guser_projectsdomains biFoundation_dom ?
bi_server1.out insbifoundation_domainserversbi_server bifoundation_domainserversbi_server ain > servers >
bi_server1.out00001 etc 1logs 1logs bi_server1
bi_server1-diagnostic.log (BI JEE log
(Action Services and Security Services), - Logging Tab has a
review in FMC) General and an
access.log HTTP sub-tab
logsbipublisher bipublisher.log ?????
General sub-tab
(general settings
for logs for this
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2. Troubleshooting Log Name Log Location Location Example Increase Log
Usage Log Level configuration
file
server)
By default all
messages are
published
By default all
messages go to
the log file.
BI System Components
(BI instance)
OracleBIServerCompon nqserver.log <ORACLE_INSTANCE>diagnosticslogs C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2dia Use FMC ORACLE_INSTANC
ent Nqquery.log OracleBIServerComponentcoreapplicatio gnosticslogsOracleBIServerCompone Diagnostics tab > Econfigcomponent
Administrator_NQSAdminTool.log n_obis1 ntcoreapplication_obis1 Log Configuration _typebi_component
Administrator_nQUDMLExec.log to set a higher _name
“Log Level” OracleBIServerCom
(For detailed info : See System ponentcoreapplicati
Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Log Levels on_obis1logconfig.x
Intelligence Enterprise Edition, 8.2 ■ Incident Error ml
Understanding Diagnostic Log and Log option
Configuration Files) ■ Error option
■ Warning option
■ Notification
option
■ Trace option
such as set Trace
to “FINEST”
(performance
impact!)
For nqquery.log,
set level 0 thru 5 in
BI Admin Tool >
Manage Security
for each user
OracleBIPresentationSer sawlog0.log <ORACLE_INSTANCE>diagnosticslogs C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2dia As above ORACLE_INSTANC
vicesComponent webcatupgrade0.log OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent gnosticslogsOracleBIPresentationSer Econfigcomponent
catalogcrawler coreapplication_obips1 vicesComponentcoreapplication_obip _typebi_component
sawcatalogcrawlerlogsys0.log s1 _name
OracleBIPresentatio
nServicesComponen
tcoreapplication_
obips1instanceconfi
g.xml
OracleBISchedulerComp nqscheduler-<n>.log <ORACLE_INSTANCE>diagnosticslogs C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2dia ORACLE_INSTANC
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3. Troubleshooting Log Name Log Location Location Example Increase Log
Usage Log Level configuration
file
onent OracleBISchedulerComponentcoreapplica gnosticslogsOracleBISchedulerComp Econfigcomponent
tion_obisch1 onentcoreapplication_obisch1 _typebi_component
_name
OracleBIScheduler
Componentcoreappl
ication_obisch1insta
nceconfig.xml
OracleBIJavaHostComp Jh.log <ORACLE_INSTANCE>diagnosticslogs C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2dia As above ORACLE_INSTANC
onent Jh-n.log OracleBIJavaHostComponentcoreapplicat gnosticslogsOracleBIJavaHostComp Econfigcomponent
ion_obijh1 onentcoreapplication_obijh1 _typebi_component
_name
OracleBIJavaHostC
omponentcoreapplic
ation_obijh1logging
_config.xml
OracleBIClusterControlle Nqcluster-<n>.log <ORACLE_INSTANCE>diagnosticslogs C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2dia As above ORACLE_INSTANC
rComponent OracleBIClusterControllerComponentcore gnosticslogsOracleBIClusterControlle Econfigcomponent
application_obiccs1 rComponentcoreapplication_obiccs1 _typebi_component
_name
OracleBIClusterCon
trollerComponentcor
eapplication_obiccs1
ccslogconfig.xml
OPMN Debug.log C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2dia As above ORACLE_INSTANC
Opmn.log gnosticslogsOPMNopmn Econfigcomponent
Service.log etc _typebi_component
_name
OPMNopmnopmn.
xml
Troubleshooting Java
Components
As above plus
EmbeddedLDAP (can be EmbeddedLDAP.log DOMAIN_HOME/servers/server_name/dat C:OBIEE11Guser_projectsdomains ? ?
used in conjunction with EmbeddedLDAPAccess.log a/ldap/log/EmbeddedLDAP.log bifoundation_domainserversbi_server
the access.logs, as DOMAIN_HOME/servers/server_name/dat 1dataldaplogEmbeddedLDAP*.log
above a/ldap/log/
Miscellaneous
Repository log <Repository Name> .rpd.log <ORACLE_INSTANCE>OracleBIServerC C:OBIEE11Ginstancesinstance2bifo ? ?
omponentcoreapplication_obis1repositor undationOracleBIServerComponentc
y oreapplication_obis1repositorySampl
eAppLite.rpd.Log
Upgrade ua<timestamp>.log BI_ORACLE_HOMEupgradelogs ? ?
Usage Tracking (Only if NQAcct.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.log STORAGE_DIRECTORY parameter in the ? ?
redirected to logs) Usage Tracking section of the
NQSConfig.INI file determines the location
of usage tracking log files
BI Agent Log Agent-JobID-InstanceID.xxx The default location for log files is the Log ? ?
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4. Troubleshooting Log Name Log Location Location Example Increase Log
Usage Log Level configuration
file
directory in the Oracle Business
Intelligence installation directory on the
computer where the Oracle BI Scheduler
is
installed.
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