Logs that needs to be checked for Software update in SCCM

Q. Which log to check on client side and server side to get the information about Software Updates?

Client Side :   Location under the %Windir%\System32\CCM\Logs folder or the %Windir%\SysWOW64\CCM\Logs.

·         UpdatesHandler.log :Provides information about software update compliance scanning, and the download and installation of software updates on the client.

·         WUAHandler.log : Provides information about when the Windows Update Agent on the client searches for software updates. Show the rwesult of searching wsus updated and of installed updates

·         UpdatesStore.log: Provides information about the compliance status for the software updates that were assessed during the compliance scan cycle. Example whether they have been downloaded , missing and have been sucessfully installed.

·         UpdatesDeployment.log : Provides information about the deployment on the client, including software update activation, evaluation, and enforcement. Verbose logging shows additional information about the interaction with the client user interface.

·         ScanAgent.log: Provides information about the scan requests for software updates, what tool is requested for the scan, the WSUS location, and so on.

·         SdmAgent.log: Provides information about the process for verifying and decompressing packages that contain configuration item information for software updates.

Server Side :  Located under  <InstallationPath>\LOGS folder

·         ciamgr.log: Provides information about the addition, deletion, and modification of software update configuration items.

·         smsdbmon.log : Provides information about when software update configuration items are inserted, updated, or deleted from the site server database and creates notification files for software updates components.

·         SUPSetup : Provides information about the software update point installation. When the software update point installation completes, Installation was successful is written to this log file.

·         WCM.log : Provides information about the software update point configuration and connecting to the WSUS server for subscribed update categories, classifications, and languages.

·         WSUSCtrl.log : Provides information about the configuration, database connectivity, and health of the WSUS server for the site.

·         PatchDownloader.log : Provides information about the process for downloading software updates from the update source specified in the software updates metadata to the download destination on the site server.

·         Note : On 64-bit operating systems and on 32-bit operating systems with no Configuration Manager 2007 installed, PatchDownloader.log is created in the server logs directory. On 32-bit operating systems, if the Configuration Manager 2007 client is installed, PatchDownloader.log is created in the client logs directory.

·         wsyncmgr.log : Provides information about the software updates synchronization process

WSUS Server logs :   Location cation - %ProgramFiles%\Update Services\LogFiles

  

·         Change.log: Provides information about the WSUS server database information that has changed.

·         SoftwareDistribution.log : Provides information about the software updates that are synchronized.

ITMU Log Files on client end :

·         ScanWrapper.log:Provides information about the prerequisite checks and the scan process initialization for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates on Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 clients. will show you which patches are installed or applicable

Search from the bottom up for "Software Updates Scan Tool Started" for the most current attempt to run the scan engine. Look for the lines that begin with **. They indicate the various phases of the scan process. If there is a problem when the scan package, program, or pre-reqs the errors will show up in the appropriate section of the log

·         Patchinstall.log: If a patch is to be installed it is logged here. If it fails, it gives the eror code here.

·         smswushandler.log: This shows how the machine strips the monthly cab file for scanwrapper to use. If this fails, scanwrapper can' t find what patches are applied or missing.

·         PatchDownloader.log:Provides information about the process for downloading software updates from the update source to the download destination on the site server. This log is only on the client computer configured as the synchronization host for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates.

 Please let me know if i missed any log file or any of the information is incorrect. List of  SCCM LOGS files on technet.

 Regards,
Amarpal Singh