Redirecting output when starting the server as Service

Question

Hi,
I was wondering if there is any way to redirect the error to a log file if the
weblogic server has been started as Service. We are getting some crashes and we
are not sure what exactly the issue is. We have tried running it on the command
line and we have been able to capture some info but if there is a way to do the
same when starting it as service,it would be great
thanks
Sushil

Answer 1

wls8.1 sp3:
To redirect the output to log files you must redirsct standard out and standard error to a file.
This can be done by following steps:
1.     Create a backup copy of the WL_HOME\server\bin\installSvc.cmd master script.
2.     In a text editor, open the WL_HOME\server\bin\installSvc.cmd master script.
3.     In installSvc.cmd, the last command in the script invokes the beasvc utility. At the end of the beasvc command, append the following command option:
-log:"pathname "
where pathname is a fully qualified path and filename of the file that you want to store the server's standard out and standard error messages.
The modified beasvc command will resemble the following command:
"%WL_HOME%\server\bin\beasvc" -install
-svcname:"%DOMAIN_NAME%_%SERVER_NAME%"
-javahome:"%JAVA_HOME%" -execdir:"%USERDOMAIN_HOME%"
-extrapath:"%WL_HOME%\server\bin" -password:"%WLS_PW%"
-cmdline:%CMDLINE%
-log:"d:\bea\user_projects\domains\myWLSdomain\myWLSserver-stdout.txt"
4.     By default, every 24 hours the Windows service archives messages to a file named pathname-yyyy_mm_dd-hh_mm_ss. New messages collect in the file that you specified in the previous step.
For information on changing the default behavior, see Changing the Default Rotation Criteria <http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/adminguide/winservice.html>.
After you install the service and restart the Windows host, to view the messages that the server writes to standard out or standard error, do one of the following:
§     Make a copy of the file that you specified and view the copy. The Windows file system cannot write to files that are currently opened.
§     To view the messages as they are being printed to the file, open a command prompt and, using a DOS utility that supports the tail command, enter tail -f stdout-filename.