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Portal Search trace and log files

Portal Search provides logging and tracing so that you can get additional information for resolving possible problems.

Portal Search has the following trace strings:

  • com.ibm.portal.search

    Use to turn on all Portal Search messages.

  • com.ibm.portal.search.notIndexed

    Enable to obtain messages about URLs that are discovered by the crawler but could not be fetched and indexed for different reasons.

  • com.ibm.portal.search.crawler

    Enable to obtain messages about the crawling process.

  • com.ibm.portal.search.crawler.failure

    Enable to obtain messages about failures that happen during a crawl.

  • com.ibm.portal.search.index

    Enable to obtain messages about the indexing process.

  • com.ibm.portal.search.index.failure

    Enable to obtain messages about failures that happen during the indexing process.

Enabling logging for a remote search configuration

If you have set up Portal Search in a remote configuration on a WebSphere® Application Server server, the log messages are filtered and printed out according to the WebSphere Application Server logging and tracing configuration. In this case refer to the WebSphere Application Server Help Center.

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