Log File Mining
Anyone who has dealt with ConfigMgr knows that the log files are invaluable for troubleshooting issues and day-to-day monitoring. One of ConfigMgr’s strengths is that nearly everything, in detail, is in a log file—somewhere.
The problem that often crops up is knowing which log file to look in; although the main purpose of each log file is documented here in this appendix and on TechNet, it’s often difficult to narrow down exactly which log file to dig through. Log files also roll (by default) every 2MB: For some log files, this is a lot; for others, like ccm.log, this might last only a couple of hours or minutes especially during a large client push.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a single, searchable repository for all your log ...
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