Log File Locations

Vault server log files

There are primarily two different log files to look for in this location. Each of these is described in full detail below.

 

Folder location and file names:

Microsoft
Windows™ XP / Server 2003 - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\VaultServer\FileStore

Microsoft
Windows 7 / Server 2008 / Server 2008 R2 -
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\VaultServer\Filestore

Vlog-YYYYMMDD.txt

Any server-side problems relevant to
Check-in, Check-out, Get Latest Version, Undo Check-out, Advanced Search and other operations performed from within Vault Explorer or one of the supported product add-ins are written into these log files.

ADMSConsoleLog-YYYYMMDD.txt

Any server-side problems relevant to backup, restore, re-index, purge or other operations performed within Autodesk Vault Server Console are written into these logs.

Emaillog-YYYYMMDD.txt

Email sent from the server.

 

licensingLog.txt

Licensing errors

Autodesk Vault Server 2013 installation log files

During the installation of Autodesk Vault Server there may be errors reported the by the diagnostic tool or during the installation itself. These errors are recorded in log files.

Pre-check log:

%temp%\EDMlog

Prechecks.xml

Prechecks.xsl

Autodesk Vault <Version> 2013 client installation logs:

%temp%

Autodesk Vault <Version> 2013 Install.log

Autodesk Vault <Version> 2013 Setup.log

Autodesk Vault <Version> 2013 server installation logs:

%temp%

Autodesk Vault <Version> 2013 (Server) Install.log

Autodesk Vault <Version> 2013 (Server) Setup.log

Autodesk Server Diagnostic Tool Log files

If you run the Autodesk Server Diagnostic Tool, the log files are located in the %temp%\EDMLog directory.

%temp%\EDMLog

DiagTool.xml

DiagToolLog.xsl

 

Microsoft SQL Server log files

Folder location and file names:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\%SQL_INSTANCE%\LOG

OR

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.AUTODESKVAULT\MSSQL\Log

 

Errorlog

Errorlog.1

Errorlog.2

Errorlog.3

 

The SQL logs are named sequentially with the most recent (current) file being named errorlog followed by errorlog.1 then errorlog.2 and so on.

DWG iFilter Log files

There are log files maintained by the various iFilters used when performing some Vault operations like re-index. These log files can be helpful when troubleshooting problems with block attributes or properties not indexing as expected in Vault Explorer.

Folder location and file names:

Depending on your server setup, your iFilter log files may be contained in a different location.

C:\Windows\Temp\  OR %TEMP%

DWGFILT.*.log

WEB Logs

Extended Web Logging is not enabled by default. These are the default locations.

 

IIS 6 or earlier

C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 – for the Default Web site communication.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\HTTPERR – for IIS errors logs.

IIS 7 or later

C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1

 

Job Processor Log files

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Vault <version>\Explorer\JobProcessor.log