A commonly asked question the forums these days is – “anybody seen the SMSPXE.log?”
With ConfigMgr SP1 the log is placed on the distribution point in <X>\SMS_DP$\SMS\Logs where X is the location of the contentlibrary.
The log files contains a bit more useful information compared to Cm07 and CM2012 RTM. Below is a snippet of the log file where an unknown computer performs a PXE boot and runs an “advertisement” (what ever that is”)
Client lookup reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="0" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID/><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification></ClientIDReply>
SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:33 AM 5640 (0x1608)
00:15:5D:01:75:20, B9291B40-5182-4CAB-BFFF-ADF05C1C4663: device is not in the database. SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:33 AM 5640 (0x1608)
Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820352 SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:33 AM 5640 (0x1608)
Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="2046820352" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID>31bebede-287b-4918-a05d-09e54b99bdbb</ClientID><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="PS120007" OfferIDTime="10/11/2012 3:35:00 AM" PkgID="PS10001E" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="http://CM03.SC2012.local/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/PS100005" BootImageID="PS100005" Mandatory="0"/></ClientIDReply>
SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:34 AM 5640 (0x1608)
00:15:5D:01:75:20, B9291B40-5182-4CAB-BFFF-ADF05C1C4663: found optional advertisement PS120007 SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:34 AM 5640 (0x1608)
Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820353 SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:37 AM 5640 (0x1608)
Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="2046820353" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID>6e22664f-e6d6-4b9c-a1d9-7fef753def41</ClientID><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="PS120007" OfferIDTime="10/11/2012 3:35:00 AM" PkgID="PS10001E" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="http://CM03.SC2012.local/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/PS100005" BootImageID="PS100005" Mandatory="0"/></ClientIDReply>
SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:37 AM 5640 (0x1608)
00:15:5D:01:75:20, B9291B40-5182-4CAB-BFFF-ADF05C1C4663: found optional advertisement PS120007 SMSPXE 10/11/2012 5:35:37 AM 5640 (0x1608)
Hi Kent,
After upgrading to R2 I have found that the log files were moved from SMS_DP$SMSLogs to SMS_CCMLogs directory on a DFS share !
Regards,
Hanna
Advertisement is the legacy name of a Task Sequence. This used to be called Advertisement in SCCM2007
in program file there are 2 folder Microsoft Configuration ManagerLogs and SMS_CCMlogs
search on the first one
and Good luck