Enable Ghost Solution Suite PXE Server configuration and PXE\MFTP logging

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

PXE Server configuration enable data logs to help  troubleshoot incidents on the PXE Servers. Enabling log files will help isolate issues with the network traffic, communication protocol, the PXE Server, and more. Each log has its own log file written to a directory path where you want to store the log files. Each log file lets you select a log level, such as errors, warnings, information, debug, or all. This is a valuable tool that should be used only for troubleshooting as it could impact the network in a production environment due to the amount of data that is written to the logs.

Environment

3.x

Cause

To know how to enable PXE \ MFTP and PXE Server Configuration logging and to know the logging levels

Resolution

Data log properties:

Use Shared properties	Select this option when you set the properties for a Shared Configuration. Once you set the properties, you cannot change this selection on the other pages.
Customize PXE Server: Shared Configuration	This option is available when you select a specific server from the File menu. You can also customize the properties for the PXE Server you selected.
Log File Location	This is the folder where all log files are stored. If no directory path is entered, log files are stored in the default Ghost Solution Suite Share folder of C:\Program Files\Altiris\express\Ghost Solution Suite Server\PXE.
Log Files	The following log files are specific to PXE Servers and, if enabled, log the information to the filename you specify and store it in the PXE folder on each PXE Server across the network. PXE Server Log PXE MTFTP Log Packet Parser Log DS Traffic Log Config Service Log PXE Manager Log Config Utility Log The PXE Manager Log writes data to the filename you specify and stores it in the PXE folder on the Ghost Solution Server.
Level	Select the type of data you want to write in the log files. Each level in the list includes more details to the log files of the previous level
Filename	Enter a name for the log file you enabled if you do not want to use the default name.

 

Log Level settings are defined as: 

Logging Level 1:  A cursory logging. Log only important functions and important errors.

Logging Level 2: Logs Database errors.

Logging Level 3: Logs Functional flow

Logging Level 4: Logs important requests and response

Logging Level 5: Logs all requests and responses in client and server communication

Logging Level 6: Not used at this point in time. (meaning that we do not use messages with this value in debug)

Logging Level 7: Logs client Server related important parameters like client ip, cookies etc.

Logging Level 8: Not used at this point in time. (meaning that we do not use messages with this value in debug)

Logging Level 9: Deepest log level. In this log level, the application will print all messages written for printing. It gathers almost all data.

 

Note:  Whenever log level is X, it will cover all logs from 1 to X.

Where X value is from 1 to 9

For example: If the current logging level is set at 4; Then all logs set from level 1 to level  4 will get printed in a log file