About the installer and Console logging

Symantec High Availability Console installer logs contain details about the installation tasks and the overall progress status. These logs are useful for resolving common installation related issues.

The installer creates the log directory as soon as you launch the wizard.

The log file is located at the following location:

%AllUsersProfile%\Veritas\VPI\log\<date_timestamp>

\HighAvailability_Console601_Installer_A.log

Here, %AllUsersProfile% is the Windows variable that typically expands to C:\ProgramData.

To collect the Symantec High Availability Console logs, use the hagetcf utility. This utility retrieves and writes detailed diagnostic information about the monitoring configuration. These details are useful for debugging configuration related issues.

After you install the Symantec High Availability Console the hagetcf utility is available in the following directory on the Console host:

%AllUsersProfile%\Symantec\ApplicationHA\Logs

Perform the following steps to collect the Symantec High Availability Console logs

  1. On the Symantec High Availability Console host, navigate to the following directory from the command prompt:

    %AllUsersProfile%\Symantec\ApplicationHA\Logs

  2. Run the hagetcf utility from the directory.

    Type the following command:

    hagetcf

    The hagetcf utility writes the output to %systemdrive%\hagetcf\mmdd_uniquenumber directory.

    For example, C:\hagetcf\0819_2316.

    The directory contains several folders and log files representing various components.