Troubleshooting System Center Configuration Manager

Log files

For those who have spent any time trying to troubleshoot Configuration Manager, by now they will probably have noticed that there are lots of log files, in fact at last count there are in excess of 360 across clients and servers. The information we find in these log files is also not the most detailed there is available as there are options to enable more verbose logging for deeper troubleshooting requirements. We can find an exhaustive list in the Microsoft TechNet library at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh427342.aspx.

Client log files

In this section, we are going to run through some of the client log files and indicate what we need to be looking at when troubleshooting a Configuration Manager client. Throughout other chapters, ...