LogDNA Logs
IBM MQ on Cloud generates platform services logs that are displayed in your LogDNA instances.
For information about how to configure LogDNA instances to receive platform services logs, see Configuring IBM Cloud service logs.
IBM MQ on Cloud generates platform services logs that are displayed in your LogDNA instances for the following specific cases:
- When the queue manager error logs are updated
Where to look for IBM Log Analysis logs
The region in which an MQ on Cloud log entry is available corresponds to the region of the queue manger that generated the log.
The following table shows the location of MQ on Cloud logs.
Region for your MQ on Cloud instance | Location of IBM Log Analysis logs |
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us-south |
Dallas (us-south) |
us-east |
Washington DC (us-east) |
eu-de |
Frankfurt (eu-de) |
eu-gb |
London (eu-gb) |
MQ Queue Manager log analysis
Key MQ log fields for debug
Label | Explanation |
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ibm_messageId |
Starting AMQ - this value refers to the category of the IBM MQ diagnostic message, see reference https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/latest?topic=codes-amq-messages-multiplatforms for further detail |
ibm_version |
The MQ version in the form 9.3.4.0 |
loglevel |
The level of log, for example WARNING or ERROR |
ibm_serverName |
The name of the QueueManager |
For a full reference on all of the available fields for MQ log messages, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/latest?topic=codes-json-format-diagnostic-messages
You can filter on a particular field by either:
- expanding a log line, clicking on a value, then clicking the search icon
- using the search bar directly and applying a search for
field:value
for exampleibm_messageId:AMQ9999E