In SBS 2008 we have centralized the location of log files, all log files will now be placed in C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs.  From a support perspective this is a big plus in simplifying troubleshooting as you will always know where the log file will be located.  We have compiled a list of important logs and their associated wizards below.

C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs

Console.log

SBS Console Log

CTIW.log

Logs events of the "Connect to the Internet" wizard

DCPromo_yymmdd.xxxxxx.log

DCPromo that ran during SBS install

DPCW.log

Logs events of the "Set up your Internet address" wizard

ERRORLOG.TXT

Logs any errors that occurred during SBS setup

ExtSchemaTask.log

Logs result of SBS AD schema additions

FinishSetup.log

Logs the completion of the SBS 2008 install

GPOTask.log

Logs the creation of the SBS Group Policy objects

olsignupwiz.log

Logs events of the "Set up your Microsoft Office Live Small Business Web site" wizard

pop3connectorinstall.log

Install log for the POP3 Connector

SBSHook.log

Logs hooking of SBS install shell to Windows install and runonce modification

SBSSetup.log

Logs all events that occurred during SBS setup

adduser.log

Logs events of the "Add a new user account" wizard

addgroup.log

Logs events of the "Add a new group" wizard

CreateUserRole.log

Logs events of the "Add a new user role" wizard

CopyConnectComputer.log

Logs events of the "Connect computers to your network" wizard

SBCW.log

Logs events of the "Configure server backup" wizard

fncw.log

Logs events of the "Fix My Network" wizard

AddMultipleUsers.log

Logs events of the "Add multiple user accounts" wizard

FaxRoleInstallation.log

Install log for Fax

FaxCW.log

Logs events of the "Configure the fax service" wizard

MoveData.log

Logs events of the "Move Exchange Server Data", "Move Windows SharePointServices Data", "Move User's Shared Data", "Move User's Redirected Documents Data", and "Move Windows Update Repository Data" wizards 

CIMW.log 

Logs events of the "Configure a Smart Host for Internet e-mail" wizard

TrustedCert.log

Logs events of the "Add a trusted certificate" wizard

VPNCW.log

Logs events of the "Configure a virtual private network" wizard

C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs\MonitoringServiceLogs

Contains logs for SBS Monitoring and it's associated data collection tasks

C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs\pop3connector

Pop3service.log

POP3 Connector log

C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs\WebWorkplace

W3WP.log

IIS worker process log for RWW

Please note that you will also find many event log (*.evt) files in the SBS log directory.  These files are a snapshot of the event logs at the completion of the SBS install.  These are kept for historical purposes and for trouble-shooting installs.

 

 

 

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