Application Change Management Pack Best Practice

Log File Handling

Volker Eckardt

e-business consulting
volker.eckardt@cp-ebusiness.com www.cp-ebusiness.com

Best Practice Log File Handling

This Presentation outlines an excellent way to analyse log files written during Oracle e-Business Suite patching activities The utility ADLogViewer has been created to support especially Oracle ACMP installations, where you install and test CEMLI patches frequently Review also our other material created for ACMP. Please contact the author for further details.
ACMP = Application Change Management Pack for e-Business Suite 2

The Challenge with ADPatch Log Files

- Oracle e-Business Suite -

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How to put all that together?

Log File Hierarchy

ADPatch Logs
adpatch_100000000045.log
Main patch file

adpatch_100000000045.lgi
Primarily to report file copy operations

adwork001...006.log
Database operations

+ individual log files, such as

US_XXFND_MENU_COPY_RGE_ldt.log US_XXAPINVSEL_XMLP_ldt.log

Logfile 1: Adpatch_100000000045.log
- Default -

Multiple sessions in one file References to lgi and other log files Repeating information Can become very long!
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Logfile 2: Adpatch_100000000045.lgi
- Default -

Multiple sessions in one file References to lgi and other log files Repeating information Sometimes very long!

Logfile 3: Adwork001...006.log
- Default -

Often very long All sessions in such files References to other log files Repeating information

Logfile 4: US_XXFND_MENU_COPY_RGE_ldt.log
- Default -

Multiple sessions in one file No back reference to log or lgi file

Solution: The ADLogViewer

ADLogViewer

Direct Access Log File Selector

May show all Section Links Sections Separated

Filtered and condensed Log Highlighted Text

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ADLogViewer - Benefits
Direct Access
Log Data accessed directly, no buffer

Log File Selector

You can select any log which matches your criteria

Section Links
Direct jump points to sections within the file

Sections Separated
Section start highlighted

Highlighted Text
Text coloured for Warning, Error, ORA- etc.

Filtered and condensed Log

Optimized log (approximately 20% of original)

Show all lines

You can turn the custom filter off

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Filtered and Condensed Log

approximately 20% from original

Combined view including log, lgi, worker and additional log details.
From Worker 1 From Patch Log

From referenced Log File

Everything in one single view!

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Filtered and Condensed Log

approximately 20% from original

Also Java messages retrieved directy, and combined with standard log From Patch Log

From Worker 1

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Detailed ADpatch Status

No need to open multiple files anymore!

One single Application for all Logs

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ACMP Patch Handling Best Practice

Thank You!

Volker Eckardt

e-business consulting
volker.eckardt@cp-ebusiness.com www.cp-ebusiness.com