Understanding IDDA Logging

System administrators typically use numerous monitoring and logging utilities to diagnose system issues and internet applications. Such logging utilities include:

• TCPMON

• ieHttpHeaders

• Access log

• Heap dump

• Thread dump

All of these utilities provide different information, but each helps an administrator gain insight and detailed information related to specific system behavior. PeopleSoft provides a variety of logging and tracing mechanisms as well, enabling you to gather vital information at various levels of the architecture, including database server, application server, web server, and so on.

The PeopleSoft Instrumented Development Diagnostic Aid (IDDA) logger, enables you to gather specific information about various areas within the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture and PeopleSoft Interaction Hub, including:

• PeopleSoft Internet Architecture processing.

• Integration Broker.

• Reporting, Report Repository.

• Portal.

• Caching.

• File processing.

• Security, authentication.

• Performance Monitor.

• Jolt.

• Email attachment viewing.

Typically, administrators only run IDDA traces when instructed to do so by Oracle support contacts, looking for specific information. However, it can also be a useful troubleshooting tool.

Note:

Whenever tracing or logging is enabled, you should always expect a certain degree of performance degradation as the system incorporates the overhead involved with logging. Disable logging when you finish troubleshooting.