You can trace the activity described in this flowchart by studying the status messages and optional log files for the server components, and the automatically generated log files for client agents listed in the following tables.
For server components, you can view status messages, or you can enable the log files for these components. You can then study the log files and status messages associated with these components to trace the activity that is actually occurring on your SMS system and compare it to the activity described in the flowchart. For more information about how to access status messages for a specific component and how to enable logging, see “Status Messages Versus Logging” in Chapter 16, “Introducing the SMS 2.0 Flowcharts.”
Table 22.5 Status Message Components and Log Files on the Site Server forSoftware Metering: License Return
| Server components | Log files |
|---|---|
| License Server Manager | SMS\Logs\Licsvcfg.log |
| License Metering component | SMS\Logs\Licsrvc.log |
SMS automatically generates log files for processes that occur on SMS clients. You can examine the client log files to identify the problems occurring on clients.
Table 22.6 Log File on the Client for Software Metering: License Return
| Client agent | Log file |
|---|---|
| License metering client agent | %Windir%\MS\SMS\Logs\Liccli95.log or %Windir%\MS\SMS\Logs\LiccliNT.log |