Configuration Manager maintains three types of log files:
the Configuration Manager session log, the Configuration Managererror log, and
the task status file.
- The Configuration Manager session
log file. The session log contains brief information about the tasks
that were run in the current session of the Configuration Manager graphical user
interface (GUI). As you run additional tasks for the same or a different
profile, new messages are added to the log. The messages in the session
log are not time-stamped. When you exit Configuration Manager, the
session log is cleared. You can view the session log from within the
GUI, or you can open the session log file in a text editor:
ce_install_path/tools/configure/logs/P8ConfigMgr_Console.log
For
more information about viewing the session log, see Checking the task status.
- The Configuration Manager error
log. The error log contains details about any error occurring during
execution of a task. The error messages are time-stamped, and include
more information than is displayed in the session log. Unlike the
session log, the error log is cumulative and contains data for more
than one session. You can open the error log file in a text editor:
ce_install_path/tools/configure/logs/P8Installer_common.log error.
- Task status file. When you run a task in Configuration Manager, the task execution
messages are displayed in the Console pane (GUI)
or on the command line (CLI), and the status messages are written
to a text file in the following directory:
ce_install_path/tools/configure/profiles/myprofile/status
The
file name is based on the task that was run. You can check the status
on a task at any time to review the status completion messages. For
more information about checking the task status from the GUI, see Checking the task status. For more information about checking
the task status from the CLI, see Running Configuration Manager commands.