OSD SCCM 2012 R2: 1 logfile per deploy?

Question

Hi,
I followed this guide to have central logfiles for OS deploy:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/newthread?category=systemcenter2012configurationmanager&forum=configmanagerosd
This created a folder with smsts.log, smsts-dateofdeploy.log and wpeinit.log.
My questions:
1.I probably don't need wpeinit.log(?)
2.what's the difference between smsts-dateofdeploy.log and smsts.log?
3.can I use the smsts-dateofdeploy.log through the whole task sequence as reference log?
That would mean I' d use this command cmd.exe /c copy %_smstslogpath%\smsts-*.log L:\SuccessFull\%_smstsmachinename% to gather the logfile
and that option (3.) would be the solution for me?
Please advise.
J.
Jan Hoedt

Answer 1

Hi,
The link you provided doesn't work.
1. no..
2. Without the link I assume that SMSTS.log is the last part of the SMSTS.log file and that the SMTS+date.log file is that the SMSTS.log that was cycled due to the log file limitation.
3. Normally you would not have the whole OS deployment is those two logfiles as the logfiles are cycled. Here is a great post on how the extend it.
http://gregramsey.net/2012/12/05/how-to-enable-debug-logging-for-an-os-deployment-task-sequence/
Regards,
Jörgen
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