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Stephane Lalancette
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May 05, 2020

SetupDiag information next release of Windows 10

Is the auto generation of setupdiag results, when upgrade failures happen,  still scheduled for the next release of Windows 10 like it was talked about at Ignite and if yes, will we be able to leverage it in ConfigMgr from the get go?

 

Thks in advance.

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  • gwblok's avatar
    gwblok
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    May 06, 2020
    Is there any additional documentation on how it will work? Will we be able to control the options in the setup command line? Like, can I force it to run setupdiag on ALL upgrades, even successful, can I redirect the output logs to a specific folder? Are there any new options like redirecting the registry keys to a different location as well? Did you work with the CM Team to have these Key automatically inventoried? Would really like that if these were automatically inventoried then a new report / dashboard in CM to surface the data easily.
    • Steve_DiAcetis's avatar
      Steve_DiAcetis
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      May 06, 2020

      gwblok 

       

      When setup launches setupdiag, the parameters are:

      /ZipLogs:False
      /Format:xml
      /Output:%windir%\logs\SetupDiag\SetupDiagResults.xml
      /RegPath:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\SetupDiag\Results

       

      These are documented at:

      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/deployment-troubleshooting-and-log-files

       

      We're working with Dune Desormeaux to get ConfigMgr integration, it is on their roadmap, but I'm not aware of a release date. Dune may have more. 

       

      Regarding setup parameters, no new parameters, but glad to discuss more your ideas (as well as ConfigMgr plans). 

       

       

      • gwblok's avatar
        gwblok
        Iron Contributor
        May 06, 2020

        Steve_DiAcetis 
        Thanks Steve

        We currently run SetupDiag on each upgrade.  We grab the setup time for reporting metrics on how long it takes for the upgrade to run.
        If upgrade fails, we then inventory some of the keys which are populated into custom reports I've written for our upgrade process. 
        Based on some of the SetupDiag output, we also flag some machines for reimage as we've learned some SetupDiag return codes point to issues that aren't worth resolving (or able to resolve) and the best course is Wipe / Load.
        Very excited for SetupDiag to be integrated.

        Question, if SetupDiag is integrated into the upgrade, will we still be able to call it standalone?  Where will the upgrade process place it?  During upgrade does it get copied into a specific folder?  Does it get autoatmically "cleaned up" after upgrade, (windows.old folder?), or will it stick around forever? Panther folder?

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