Location of OpsMgr 2012 installation logfiles

During installation of OpsMgr 2012 bad things can happen (sometimes). Then it's very useful to know where the installation logfiles are placed, to know what's going on. Yesterday I wrote a blogpost already about a Microsoft update which brakes the OpsMgr installation. That blogpost can be found HERE. Today I explain where the installation logfiles resides.

Just open Windows Explorer for that and browse to the
%LocalAppData%\SCOM\Logs directory. Then the following logfiles can be seen:

• FullPrereq.xml: Contains adjusted prerequisite check information
• OMConsole.log: Verbose logging of installation of the Operations console
• OMServer.log: Verbose logging of installation of the mgmt server role
• OpsMgrSetupWizard.log: Reports activity and progress of setup wizard
• SCOMPrereqCheck.log: XML output of the prerequisite checker
• Setup(x).log: Detailed logging of installation progress
• WebConsole.log: Verbose logging of installation of the Web console

Because of multiple installations yesterday, I also have multiple Setup(x).log files in my Logs directory.

On the SQL Server where I've installed the Reporting component the following logfiles can be seen:

• FullPrereq.xml: Contains adjusted prerequisite check information
• OMReporting.log: Logs progress of installation of the reporting feature
• OpsMgrSetupWizard.log: Reports activity and progress of setup wizard
• SCOMPrereqCheck.log: XML output of the prerequisite checker
• Setup(x).log: Detailed logging of installation progress

Because of these logfiles you know where to look for troubleshooting. In my opinion these logfiles are viewed best with Trace32.exe which can be found HERE. Just install the "System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Toolkit V2" and open Trace32.exe for making it the default viewer for logfiles. Hope to help other people this way!