Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment.
In Default Client Settings, you enable Hardware Inventory and Software Inventory.
You discover that a group of client computers fails to report hardware inventory data. The client computers report software inventory data.
You verify that Configuration Manager can deploy applications to the client computers.
You need to identify what is causing the reporting issue.
Which two log files should you review? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
A. Hman.log
B. Filesystemfile.log
C. Dataldr.log
D. Mp_sinv.log
E. Inventoryagent.log
Correct Answer: CE
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
C: Configuration Manager Site Server Log Files – Site Server and Site System Server Logs
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.
Example of contents of dataldr.log:
E: Configuration Manager Client Logs – Client Operations
Inventoryagent.log Client log file
Records activities of hardware inventory, software inventory, and heartbeat discovery actions on the client.
Example: The InventoryAgent.log will show that four new attributes regarding the Class “Department_Name” need to be collected for hardware Inventory data and that info needs to be sent to server.
Content of inventoryagent.log:
Reference: A step-by-step guide to configuring NOIDMIF for Hardware Inventory in Configuration Manager 2012
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2014/07/02/a-step-by-step-guide-to-configuring-noidmif-for-hardware-inventory-in-configuration-manager-2012.aspx