IJ51008: UNINTENTIONAL DEBUG LOGS ON WOACTIVITY IN SYSTEMOUT LOG

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The Maximo application is generating a high volume of DEBUG
  logs; typically generating 20GB of logs daily.
  All Maximo root loggers/loggers are at INFO level or ERROR level
  and this is also confirmed by the following SQL statements:
  
  Select * from MAXLOGGER;
  
  Select * from MAXLOGAPPENDER;
  
  In a non-replicated issue environment, the logger is
  instantiated by the slf4j-api lib and  set to level INFO, unlike
  the environment where the DEBUG mode logger is instantiated by
  the mas-data-dictionary-lib-1.0.0 lib which is at DEBUG level.
  
  The issue is two-fold:
  
  
  1) Maximo FldWOEstTotalCost.java has three debug statements
  that always get submitted and need to be wrapped with an
  isDebugEnabled() check
  
  		myLogger.debug("WOTOTAL: entered
  FldWOEstTotalCost.initValue");
  		myLogger.debug("WOTOTAL: EstTotalCost init'ed to " +
  totalTotal);
  		myLogger.debug("WOTOTAL: exiting
  FldWOEstTotalCost.initValue");
  
  
  2) mas-data-dictionary-1.0.0.jar contains a Log4j.properties
  file that when loaded prior to Maximo Server start up will
  override the Maximo Logging rootLogger and can override the Log
  Level of all Maximo logging.
  
  
  The Log4j.properties file should be removed from the jar file.
  
  
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE: N/A
  
  RESULTS:
  High volume of logs generated at DEBUG level by lib files.
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS:
  
  No DEBUG logging should be generated beyond what is configured
  via the Maximo  Loggers application
  
  PRODUCT VERSION:
  7.6.1.3
  

Local fix

• Developer to provide fix
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

• A fix for this APAR will be included in a future release.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO ASST MGM

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46AM

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