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Logging and Troubleshooting

The installation process of OS writes some files back to the boot server which possibly helps to detect installation problems. The files are available in the OSIM-targets folder in the used OS image of the image store on the boot server. A folder representing the target computers MAC address contains these files:

canpc.dat

Lists all boot parameters that are defined for the OS installation process.

setup.bat

Defines the boot parameter replaced script that is executed in the Linux PE boot phase.

ks.cfg /xens61.xml/autoinst.xml/preseed.cfg

Defines the boot parameters (auto answer file for unattained installation) which are replaced by Linux PE boot phase and used by native OS installation.

Ks.cfg for RHEL and ESXi.

xen<OSVersion>.xml like xen61.xml for XenServer.

autoinst.xml for SUSE and OpenSUSE.

Preseed.cfg for Kubuntu

preinst.log

Contains a log of the OSIM pre-installation process (Linux PE boot phase) on the target computer.

postXinst.log

Contains a log of the OSIM post-installation process (OS customization, Agent Installation, and Signaling) on the target computer.

syslinux.cfg/ boot.cfg

Indicates the boot-loader configuration file to specify the location of the auto-answer file for the unattained installation.

custom.cmd/xensfail.sh/xenspost.sh

Indicates post-install script to execute for OS customization Agent Installation and Signaling.