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How to Collect Logs for Absolute

Summary: Logs may be collected for Absolute by following these instructions.

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Symptoms

This article describes how to collect logs for Absolute. It is highly recommended to collect logs for Absolute before troubleshooting or contacting Dell Data Security ProSupport. For more information, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.

Affected Products:

  • Absolute

Affected Operating Systems:

  • Windows

Cause

Not applicable

Resolution

Install Logs and Agent Logs may be manually captured when troubleshooting Absolute. Select the appropriate section below for the steps to gather logs.

To collect install logs:

  1. Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.

Run option

  1. In the Run UI, type %temp% and then click OK.

Run UI

Note: %temp% is the Windows variable for C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp.
  1. Capture the MSI logs named MSIXXXXX.LOG.

Example log files

Note: The XXXXX is randomly generated letters and numbers.

To collect agent logs:

  1. Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.

Run option

  1. In the Run UI, type %programdata%\ctes and then click OK.

Run UI

Note: %programdata% is the Windows variable for the programdata directory.
  1. Right-click the logs folder, select Send to, and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.

Compressed zipped folder option

To contact support, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.
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Additional Information

 

Affected Products

Absolute