Now that you have designed and implemented your environment, the biggest challenge you will face is the maintenance of the environment and troubleshooting when things go wrong. In general, Configuration Manager will not manage by itself; it often requires your administrative input. As part of this process, you will need to learn how to troubleshoot your environment when things go wrong.
Anyone who is familiar with Configuration Manager will already know that the logging capabilities are immense. Any error you need to find will almost certainly be found in one of the numerous logfiles. A number of tools are available from both Microsoft and third parties to help with the diagnostic and troubleshooting process. In this chapter, we will look at the troubleshooting process and the use of free tools and help you troubleshoot your environment:
How to trace errors using logfiles
Using toolkit resources for troubleshooting
Using the service manager utility
Real-world...