Enabling Debugging 

Use

Using the SAP MC, you can enable the debugging mode on a server process. When you enable debugging, a debug port on the application server opens where you can connect your debugger and debug your applications. By default, the debugging mode is disabled.

Procedure

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       1.      In the navigation pane of the SAP MC, expand the tree structure of the AS Java node and choose Process Table.

       2.      In the result pane, select the server process on which you want to open a debug port, and choose Enable Debug from the context menu.

       3.      Restart the process.

       4.      In the result pane, check if the debug port is open. When the port is open, the Debug state of the process is Switched on and the debug port is displayed.

If the Debug state of the process in the Process Table is Disabled, the respective process is not debuggable.

       5.      To disable debugging, that is, to close the debug port on the server process, navigate to the Process Table node, select the server process, and choose Disable Debug from the context menu. Restart the process.

Result

The debug mode is switched on and the debug port on the application server is open.