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Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment.
In Default Client Settings, you enable Hardware Inventory and Software Inventory.
You discover that a group of client computers fails to report hardware inventory data. The client computers report software inventory data.
You verify that Configuration Manager can deploy applications to the client computers.
You need to identify what is causing the reporting issue.
Which two log files should you review? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

Suggested Answer: CE 🗳️
C: Dataldr.log is a site server log file that records information about the processing of Management Information Format (MIF) files and hardware inventory in the
Configuration Manager database.
Example of contents of dataldr.log:


E: Inventoryagent.log is aclient log file that records activities of hardware inventory, software inventory, and heartbeat discovery actions on the client.
Example: The InventoryAgent.log will show that four new attributes regarding the Class "Department_Name" need to be collectedfor hardware Inventory data and that info needs to be sent to server.
Content of inventoryagent.log: