Applications Manager Debug Matrix

Products

• CA Automic Applications Manager (AM)

Issue/Introduction

When and how do you set debugging for Applications Manager?

Environment

Release: ALL

Resolution

Applications Manager Debug Matrix

Type of Debug to Enable    Possible Issues	Agent Debug (checkbox)	RMI Debug (checkbox)	Agent Debug(backend)	RMI Debug(backend)	Job level BODY Debug	Client Trace	RA Debug	Condition Debug	aw_install.log
Automation Engine or Local agent will not start			X	X
Remote Agent Startup		X	X
Agent Crash(random)			X	X
Agent Crash(reproducible)	X	X
Automation Engine/Agent in Trouble status			X	X
UI Issue				X		X
Job Aborts(random)			X	X	X
Job Aborts(reproducible)	X	X			X
Standard Job goes to launch error	X	X
RA Job Aborts(random)				X			X
RA Job Aborts(reproducible)	X	X
RA goes to Launch Error	X	X
Performance Issues				X
License Issue				X
Condition not functioning		X						X
Failure during install/upgrade									X

  

X	Needed
*	Special Cases only*Check with AM tech*

 
 


























 
If there are  questions regarding what to do with regards to specific Agent/Automation Engine (master) statuses refer to the online documentation:

User Guide > Automation Engine/Agent Status Values

Task statuses:

User Guide > Task Status Values

Agent Debug(checkbox)

Edit the Agent having the issue in the GUI 
Check Agent Debug
Close the Window
Debug will be written to the AgentService<timestamp>.log file in the agent’s log directory

 

RMI Debug(check box)

Click on Help About Applications Manager from the AM client 
Click on Debug (upper left corner area)
Place a check mark in the box to the left of Server
Close the Window
Debug will be written to the RmiServer<timestamp>.log file in the Automation Engine’s log directory

 

Agent Debug and RMI Debug(backend)

Navigate to the $AW_HOME/site folder of the Agent or Automation Engine having the issue
Open the awenv.ini file in a text editor
Add the following line to the [default] section: Debug=true
Save the file
Restart the Agent/Automation Engine
Debugging is now enabled
Debug will be written to the RmiServer<timestamp>.log or AgentService<timestamp>.log file in the Automation Engine’s or Agent’s log directory 

 

Job Level BODY Debug

Navigate to the $AW_HOME/debug directory(Unix) or %AW_HOME%\debug directory (Windows) folder
(Create the debug folder if it is not there)
Create an empty file called BODY Examples:

​Unix: touch BODY
Windows: echo > BODY

Save the file with no extensions, and no content. It should be a zero byte file 
Job level debugging is now enabled. Debug information will be added to the job's output file ($AW_HOME/out). Once the BODY file is removed from the $AW_HOME/debug directory debugging will be disabled.
Debug logs will be added to the $AW_HOME/out folder of the agent assigned to the job. 

 

Client Trace 9.2.2 hf1 or below:

Open the Java Control Panel on the client machine
On the Advance Tab check:

Enable Tracing
Enable Logging
Show Console

Launch the client and a Java Console Window will Launch alongside the Applications Manager Client.
Before logging in with username and password, select Help > About Applications Manager > Debug > check client debug box > Close.
Reproduce the error.
In the Java Console, select the Copy button, open a text file to paste contents, save, and upload the text file.

 

RA Debug

Navigate to the $AW_HOME/site folder of the associated Agent
Locate and open the file called awenv.ini
Add the following line to the [default] section of the file: radebuglevel=99
Save the file
A restart is required when changes are made to the awenv.ini file.
Debug information will be added to the Job's output file located in the Agent's $AW_HOME/out directory
Comment out or remove the radebuglevel=99 from the awenv.ini file, and restart the agent processes to disable debugging

 

Condition Debug

Click on the Agent Icon (top tool bar)
Highlight the Masters Agent
Click on Edit
Click on the Automation Engine Options Tab
Click on the Debug tab
Place a check mark to the left of Enable Full Condition Debugging
To disable debugging uncheck the Enable Full Condition Debugging and logout and back into the client.
Debug will be written to the RmiServer<timestamp>.log file in the Automation Engine’s log directory 

 

aw_install.log

If an install or upgrade fails DURING the process we will need the:

These are the older versions we do not need. The most current is the aw_install.log file.
 aw_install.<timestamp>
This is located in the $AW_HOME/install directory of whatever was being upgraded or installed. There may be multiple copies of that log formatted as:
aw_install.log file

 

Text to search for in logs (Error Codes): 

AwE-   Our standard error code.
ERR    Generally a return code from script. Found mostly in job’s output file
ORA-  The -20000 and -20999 are reserved for the application while rest are Oracle errors.