Handling Setup Failures
MMSSetup.log is the primary log used to investigate setup issues. This file is located in %ProgramFiles%\Windows Essential Business Server\Logs. You can analyze MMSSetup.log by using Notepad at any time during setup. Doing so is often useful to determine whether a task is repeatedly failing, to determine whether setup is hanging, or to determine troubleshooting outcomes.
Setup also copies relevant component application logs to the Logs directory. Setup attempts to capture critical events from other applications and report them in MMSSetup.log.
For post mortem analysis, you should capture the entire contents of the Logs folder, all subfolders, and event logs.
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