WebSphere environment troubleshooting commands

This article helps to troubleshoot the issues/difficulties facing while applying hotfix in WebSphere environment .

From backend (using terminal) we can check the status of WebSphere server with the help of below command. We will able to know that if application server is in running or stopped state.

./serverStatus.sh server1
 

WebSphere server can be started/stopped by running below shell script.

--To Start the server :

./startServer.sh server1
 
--To stop the server :

./stopServer.sh server1
 
here 'server1' is the default name of server.
 
These scripts are available at location : /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/bin/

We oftenly need to check the WebSphere application logs for troubleshooting during applicaton/installation issues.

WebSphere application logs are available at location : /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/server1

Log file name : "SystemOut.log" and "SystemErr.log"

Post applying hotfix we need to clear JSP cache for WebSphere application server. This can be done by running "clearClassCache.sh" file.

This file is present at location like : /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/bin/
 

Also, clean restart of WebSphere application server can be done by removing "temp" and "wstemp" folders of WebSphere application server.

these folders can be found at locations like below :

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/wstemp 
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/temp