Which log file should you review?

Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment.
You deploy the Configuration Manager client to all client computers.
You enable Hardware Inventory and Software Inventory for all of the client computers.
You discover that one of the client computers fails to report inventory data.
You confirm that the inventory files are copied correctly to the site server.
You discover, however, that the site server does not contain any data from the client computer.
You need to identify what is causing the reporting issue.
Which log file should you review?

Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment.
You deploy the Configuration Manager client to all client computers.
You enable Hardware Inventory and Software Inventory for all of the client computers.
You discover that one of the client computers fails to report inventory data.
You confirm that the inventory files are copied correctly to the site server.
You discover, however, that the site server does not contain any data from the client computer.
You need to identify what is causing the reporting issue.
Which log file should you review?

A.
Dataldr.log

B.
Mp_hinv.log

C.
Inventoryagent.log

D.
Contenttransfermanager.log

Explanation:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh427342.aspx
Technical Reference for Log Files in Configuration Manager
dataldr.log
Site Server log file
Records information about the processing of Management Information Format (MIF) files and
hardware inventory in the Configuration Manager database.
Further information 1:
MP_Hinv.log
Site system server log file Records details about the conversion of XML hardware inventory records
from clients and the copy of those files to the site server.
InventoryAgent.log
Client log file
Records activities of hardware inventory, software inventory, and heartbeat discovery actions on the
client.
Contenttransfermanager.log
Client log file Schedules the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) or the Server Message
Block (SMB) to download or to access packages.
Further information 2:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb932206.aspx
Troubleshooting Configuration Manager Performance
Slow Hardware Inventory Processing – Solution
If you suspect that hardware inventory report processing is slow for a Configuration Manager 2007
site, the following actions should be taken:
Inspect the client inventoryagent.log log file to determine whether the client is sending delta
hardware inventory reports or full reports. After initial client deployment, a very high percentage of
hardware inventory reports should be deltas, which contain much less data than full inventory
reports. If you are seeing a significant number of full inventory reports, this could be caused by
inconsistent inventory report processing by the site server. For example, a delta hardware inventory
report could be processed before a full inventory report for the same system has been processed. In
this situation, a hardware inventory resynchronization request will be sent to the client and an
additional full inventory report will be generated. To determine whether this is happening, review
the dataldr.log log file on the site server.
Inspect the size of the hardware inventory files in the site server’s inbox directory to determine
whether the software inventory files have grown significantly from previous inventory reports. If
hardware inventory report file sizes have grown beyond an initial hardware inventory report file size
baseline, you should determine the cause and whether the larger inventory report files are expected
to be larger. One possibility is that the site’s SMS_def.mof file has been modified to collect more
inventory information from clients. Determine whether there is a consistent SMS_def.mof hardware
inventory reporting file in use throughout the hierarchy. If not, the hardware inventory processor
might be running very slowly because of changes in the database schema caused by the different
SMS_def.mof files throughout the hierarchy. The dataloader.log log file will record instances of
database schema changes and should be reviewed when investigating this issue.

This article was originally written for SMS, but the same principles should apply to SCCM 2012:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc723597.aspx
Chapter 20 – Hardware and Software Inventory Flowcharts
If a backlog of MIF files accumulates at the site server (that is, if MIF files are not being processed):
Examine the Inventory Data Loader status messages or the Dataldr.log file to determine whether the
Inventory Data Loader has been able to connect to the SMS site database server. Inventory Data
Loader might be unable to write a discovered client’s MIF to the database.
If the MIF files are not being processed on the site server:
Verify that Inventory Data Loader successfully parsed the MIF file by checking Inventory Data Loader
status messages or the Dataldr.log file. If the MIF file cannot be processed, it will be transferred to
the \Badmifs directory.
If inventory from clients is not being reported to a new parent site:
Examine the Dataldr.log file to verify that Inventory Data Loader has read the *.sha file, stopped all
new MIF file processing, and is creating MIF files for each client’s data in the site database to
forward to the parent site.



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NoOne

NoOne

This should be C since they are reffering to ONE client

InventoryAgent.log
Client log file
Records activities of hardware inventory, software inventory, and heartbeat discovery actions on the client.

greg

greg

The next sentence “You confirm that the inventory files are copied correctly to the site server.” gives the idea that it is not a client problem, because the log file is created and sended to the server

Eric WH

Eric WH

[Update]

New 70-243 Exam Questions and Answers Updated Recently (6/Mar/2017):

NEW QUESTION 167
You have a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) deployment. Configuration Manager has Asset Intelligence enabled. You do not have an Asset Intelligence synchronization point. In the Configuration Manager Console, you discover that a number of Inventoried Software entries are listed in an uncategorized state. You need to change the state of the items that are listed as uncategorized. What are two possible ways to achieve the goal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

A. Assign a validated family to each entry.
B. Click Request Catalog Update for each entry.
C. Click ResolveConflict for each entry.
D. Assign a user-defined label for each entry.
E. Assign a user-defined family to each entry.

Answer: BE
Explanation:
B: To request a catalog update for uncategorized software titles:
– In the Configuration Manager console, clickAssets and Compliance.
– In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence, and then click Inventoried Software.
– Select a product name or select multiple product names, to be submitted to System Center Online for categorization. Onlyuncategorized inventoried software titles can be submitted to System Center Online for categorization.
– On Home tab, in the Product group, click Request Catalog Update.
Etc.
E: The Asset Intelligence validation state of uncategorized represents that a catalog item has not been defined by System Center Online researchers, the item has not been submitted to System Center Online for categorization, and the administrator has not assigned a user-defined categorization value.
To modify the categorizations for software titles:
– In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance.
– In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence, and then click Inventoried Software.
– Select a software title or select multiple software titles for which youwant to modify categorizations.
– On the Home tab, in the Properties group, click Properties.
– On the General tab, you can modify the following categorization information:Product Name: Specifies the name of the inventoried software title.Vendor: Specifiesthe name of the vendor that developed the inventoried software title.Category: Specifies the software category that is currently assigned to the inventoried software title.Family: Specifies the software family that is currently assigned to the inventoried software title.

NEW QUESTION 168
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same or similar answer choices. An answer choice may be correct for more than one question in the series. Each question is independent of the other questions in this series. Information and details provided in a question apply only to that question.
Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1(SP1) environment. You discover that information about installed applications fails to appear in the report named Software registered in Add Remove Programs on a specific client computer. You need to ensure that information about installed applications appears in the report. What should you do?

A. Modify the Enable hardwareinventory on clients setting.
B. Enable a default WMI class in the Hardware Inventory Classes list.
C. Modify the Enable software inventory on clients setting.
D. Add a file name to the Hardware Inventory configuration.
E. Add a WMI class to the HardwareInventory Classes list.
F. Add a file name to the Software Inventory configuration.
G. Add a file name to Software Metering.
H. Add a WMI class to the Sms_def.mof file.
I. Select Collect NOIDMIF files in Hardware Inventory.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 169
You have a test network that contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) deployment. You create an operating system deployment task sequence that deploys an image of Windows 8.1. You deploy the task sequence to the All Systems collection. You discover that client computers in the test environment are not being re-imaged automatically. You need to ensure that all of the client computers are re-imaged automatically. What should you do?

A. Modify the deployment verification settings for the site.
B. For the operating system deployment task sequence deployment, set the Make available to the following option to Only media and PXE.
C. For the operating system deployment task sequence deployment, set the Make available to the following options to Only Configuration Manager Clients.
D. Create a new operating system deployment task sequence deployment that uses a custom collection, and then set the purpose to Required.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 170
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NEW QUESTION 171
Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. You plan to refresh all of the client computers that run Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 by using Configuration Manager. You need to recommend a method to maintain the user state information after the refresh completes. What should you include in the recommendation?

A. Create a task sequence that copies the C:\Users folder to the server that runs Microsoft SQL Server.
B. Createa WIM image of all the client computers before the refresh.
C. Create and configure a state migration point.
D. Create a task sequence to rundism.exeon the client computers before the refresh.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 172
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NEW QUESTION 173
Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. You discover that the last logon user details are not being updated for all of the client computers. You need to ensure that the last logon user details are updated. Which Configuration Manager discovery method should you use?

A. Active Directory User Discovery
B. Network Discovery
C. Heartbeat Discovery
D. Active Directory System Discovery

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 174
You have a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) stand-alone primary site. You have an administrator named Admin1. You discover that Admin1 can create collections that contains servers, laptops, and desktop computers. You create a collection named Collection1. Collection1 contains only desktop computers on the network. You need to ensure that Admin1 can create only collections that contain desktop computers. Which settings should you modify?

A. Security Scopes for Admin1
B. Membership Rules for Collection1
C. Security Roles for Admin1
D. Security for Collection1

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 175
Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. The environment contains a primary site server named Server1 and a server named Server2 that runs Microsoft SQL Server 2012. Server2 contains the Configuration Manager database. Server2 fails. You install SQL Server 2012 on a new server. You name the server Server3. You need to restore the Configuration Manager database to Server3. What should you do?

A. Register the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service account of Server3. From Server1, run the Configuration Manager Setup Wizard.
B. From Server3, run Microsoft SQL Server Managements Studio, and then restore the backed up SQL Server database and log files.
C. Register the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server Service account of Server3. From Server1, run the Site Repair Wizard.
D. From Server3, run Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, and then attach the backed up SQL Server database and log files.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 176
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