Checking the IIS logs on the management server

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Created: 2010-01-08

Updated: 2010-01-20

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You can check the IIS logs on the management server. The logs show GET and POST commands when the client and the server communicate.

To check the IIS logs on the management server

On the management server, go to the IIS log files directory. A typical path to the directory is:
\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1
Open the most recent log file with a text application such as Notepad. For example, the log file name might be ex070924.log.
Review the log messages.
The file should include both GET and POST messages.

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