Resolution:
This problem is introduced and identified in Administrator 5.3, where non-default values set for the global variables DirTrace and DirLedger via Designer, if they are not over-ridden at the Service Level, these global variables' value are not written to .tra file.

This problem only affects DirTrace and DirLedger, as the other GVars such as RvDaemon, the values configured in Designer are passed
to the deployed applications via the project dat files.

Workarounds:
1. Change DirTrace and DirLedger from Deployment Settable to Service Settable (via
checkboxes in the global variable editing).
2. Modify DirTrace and DirLedger via Administrator GUI Advanced tab.
3. Manually modify DirTrace and DirLedger in the tra file.
4. Export the deployed configuration, modify DirTrace and DirLedger in the configuration xml file generated from the export.  use Appmanage to perform automated scripted deployment.

TIBCO Administrator 5.3.0: After upgrading from Administrator 5.1.3 to 5.3, the log files and ledger files were created under the default directory instead of what we specified for global variables DirTrace and DirLedger in Designer