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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.

Table 1. Location of IBM Log Analysis logs
Region for your MQ on Cloud instance Location of IBM Log Analysis logs
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

Table 1. Key MQ log fields for debug
Label Explanation
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/9.3?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/9.3?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 example ibm_messageId:AMQ9999E