Key Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Log Files
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ashish Sukhija and Rituraj Choudhary from Commercial Technical Support]
In SBS Essentials the location of the log files is under C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs. From a support perspective this can be very handy as you will always know where the log file will be located. We have compiled a list of important logs and their associated wizards below. Please note that there are a few wizards which refer to one or more logs. C:\ProgramData is hidden by default. Please use Folder Options in Windows Explorer to unhide it.
Log files on the Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Server:
Alert viewer | ProviderRegistryService.2.log | |
Server Settings | ProviderRegistryService.2.log |
GETTING STARTED TASKS | |
Set up Server Backup | Dashboard.log |
Set up Remote Web Access | Dashboard.log, SharedServiceHost-DomainManagerServiceConfig.log |
Set options for sharing | Dashboard.log |
Set up alert email notification | Dashboard.log |
Set up Microsoft Office 365 Integration | |
COMMON TASKS | |
Add a user account | Dashboard.log |
Add a shared folder | Dashboard.log |
Deactivate User Account/ Activate User Account | SharedServiceHost-O365ProviderServiceConfig.log, SharedServiceHost-O365ProviderServiceConfig.#.log and Dashboard.log |
Assign Office 365 account | SharedServiceHost-O365ProviderServiceConfig.log, SharedServiceHost-O365ProviderServiceConfig.2.log and Dashboard.log |
Unassign Office 365 account | SharedServiceHost-O365ProviderServiceConfig.log, SharedServiceHost-O365ProviderServiceConfig.2.log and Dashboard.log |
Add a user account | Dashboard.log |
Set the password policy | Dashboard.log |
Remove the user account | Dashboard.log |
Change the user account password | Dashboard.log |
View the server properties | ProviderRegistryService.2.log |
Restore files or folders for the server | SharedServiceHost-AlertServiceConfig.2.log |
Customize Backup of the server | SharedServiceHost-SystemServiceConfig.2.log |
View alerts for the server | ProviderRegistryService.2.log |
Additional client computer backup tasks | ProviderRegistryService.2.log |
Move a folder | storageservice2.log, Dashboard.log |
Add a folder | storageservice2.log, Dashboard.log |
View the folder properties | storageservice2.log, Dashboard.log |
Change the Office 365 administrator account | OIMGettingStartedWizard.log |
Link a domain to Office 365 | Dashboard.log |
Uninstall Office 365 Integration Module | OIMUninstallWizard.log |
Other log files:
Remote Web Access browsing | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs\WebApps\RemoteAccess.log |
My Home Server app on Windows 7 Phone | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs\WebApps\MobileData.log |
Active Directory Domain Setup Log | DCPromo_date_time.log |
Few relevant log files on the Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Client:
The log files for the Vista and later clients are located in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs. The log files on Windows XP clients are present under C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs.
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Launchpad | Launchpad.log |
Backup | BackupLaunchpad.log |
Opening the Dashboard from the client | DashboardClient.log |
Presence of Essential Server and configures the local DNS services | Launchpad.log |
Windows Firewall Configuration for Remote Desktops on Clients | RemoteDesktopClientConfig.log |
Backup Launchpad | BackupLaunchpad.log |
Added Scheduled Tasks | RunTask-AddScheduledTasks.log |
Scheduled Backup Task | RunTask-Backup.log |
Customer Experience Improvement Program | Run Task-SaveCEIPData.log |
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Connector | ComputerConnector.log |
Client Setup | ClientCore.msi.log, ClientDeploy.log |
For non-Windows client computers, the following log files are referred:
1. System.log
2. Library/Logs/Windows Server.log
3. Library/Logs/CrashReporter/LaunchPad-<nnn> (all of the LaunchPad-<nnn>.crash files)
4. Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/LaunchPad-<nnn> (all of the LaunchPad-<nnn>.crash files)
Windows Server Solutions Log Collector Tool is an efficient way to collect all of the logs and can be downloaded here.