SCCM Log File Description
SCCM Log File Description
File Name CAS.log Description Provides information about the process of downloading software updates to the local cache and cache management. Provides information about processing configuration items, including software updates. Provides information about the location of the WSUS server when a scan is initiated on the client. Provides information about the process for downloading software updates from the update source to the download destination on the site server. Note On 64-bit operating systems and on 32-bit operating systems without Configuration Manager 2007 installed, PatchDownloader.log is created in the server logs directory. On 32-bit operating systems, if the Configuration Manager 2007 client is installed, and on the synchronization host computer for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates, PatchDownloader.log is created in the client logs directory. PolicyAgent.log Provides information about the process for downloading, compiling, and deleting policies on client computers. Provides information about the process for evaluating policies on client computers, including policies from software updates. Provides information about the process for coordinating system restarts on client computers after software update installations. Provides information about the scan requests for software updates, what tool is requested for the scan, the WSUS location, and so on. Provides information about the prerequisite checks and the scan process initialization for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates on Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 clients. Provides information about the process for verifying and decompressing packages that contain configuration item information for software updates. Provides information about the process for evaluating configured maintenance windows. Provides information about the Configuration Manager Control Panel user interactions, such as initiating an Software Updates Scan Cycle from the Configuration Manager Properties dialog box, opening the Program Download Monitor, and so on. Provides information about the scan process for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates on SMS 2003 client computers. Provides information about when software updates state messages are created and sent to the management point. Provides information about the deployment on the client, including
CIAgent.log
LocationServices.log
PatchDownloader.log
PolicyEvaluator
RebootCoordinator.log
ScanAgent.log
ScanWrapper
SdmAgent.log
ServiceWindowManager.log
smscliUI.log
SmsWusHandler
StateMessage.log
UpdatesDeployment.log
UpdatesStore.log
WUAHandler.log
WUSSyncXML.log
WindowsUpdate.log