OSD log file locations

While deploying the TS on the targeted machine we are experiencing Task Sequence failure on various steps. like before format the Hard Disk, after format the Hard Disk or post-Win-PE stage.

Below are the scenarios from where you can gather the required log file for further troubleshooting.

OSD log file locations:

Phase -Windows PE (Before the hard disk are formatted)

Location - "x:\windows\temp\smstslog\smsts.log"

Phase -Windows PE (After the hard disk are formatted)

Location - "x:\smstslog\smsts.log" and copied to "c:\_SMSTaskSequence\Logs\Smstslog\smsts.log"

Phase -Windows Operating System (Before the SCCM client is installed)

Location - "c:\_SMSTaskSequence\Logs\Smstslog\smsts.log"

Phase -Windows Operating System (After the SCCM client is installed)

Location - "c:\windows\ccm\logs\Smstslog\smsts.log"

Phase -Windows Operating System (When the Task Sequence is complete)

Location - "c:\windows\ccm\logs\smsts.log"

If you have booted the machine through the USB bootable media then open the command prompt by hitting the F8 key and copy the logs on the USB drive. else you can map network drive by net use P: \\networklocation path\folder path.

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