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Stephane Lalancette's avatar
Stephane Lalancette
Brass Contributor
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 levera...
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gwblok
Iron Contributor
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?

      • greglin's avatar
        greglin
        Copper Contributor
        May 12, 2020

        gwblok Setup extracts all its sources files to %SystemDrive%\$Windows.~bt\Sources, including setupdiag.exe.

         

        If upgrade is successful, this directory is moved to Windows.old\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources and the setupdiag.exe binary remains there unless deleted.

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