Change Log

This is a specific log file concerning configuration changes made by a SAP NetWeaver user. Changes are located and logged by the Change Log when:

a user has made a persistent configuration change on the AS Java.
a user has changed an important runtime state that remains valid after AS Java restart.

Note Note

Change Log has been adopted by most major components within AS Java, but not all of them yet.

End of the note.

Features

Who has changed? – Shows the relevant user name. It does not record changes made by the system.

What change? – Specifies the change type: whether it concerns the AS Java configuration or its runtime state.

What values? – Shows the previous and the new values set.

What server component(s)? – Shows the AS Java services/managers involved in the change.

Activities

Change Log records information only in case the configuration change is successful.
It logs information per instance, not per server process (node).
The log file path is: <SAP_install_dir>\system_name>\<instance_number>\j2ee\cluster\change\log
To view and search for all log files containing Change Log, use the SAP NetWeaver Administrator tool Log Viewer. More information: Predefined General Views

Example

Output Output

#2.0#2008 04 15 16:43:09:687#+0300#Info#
/System/Changes/configtool####C0000A37462200010000000301BE2893###
configtool########Thread[Thread-5,5,main]#Plain##
Value of property ArchiveOldLogFiles was changed from OFF to ON 
for Instance - ID543210, manager - LogManager.#

#2.0#2008 04 15 18:47:29:778#+0300#Info#/System/Changes/configtool#
###C0000A37462200020000000201BE2893###
configtool########Thread[Thread-6,5,main]#Plain##
Number of debug nodes was changed from 0 to 1 for Instance - ID543210#

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