Learn where to find various log files and other files used for troubleshooting potential issues with Vault.
For the purposes of this section, we refer to the %temp% folder. This is the temp folder location defined for the Windows user account that is logged in on the computer.
By default, the location of the folder is: C:\Users\ACCOUNTNAME\AppData\Local\Temp.
In this example, ACCOUNTNAME is the name of your user account in Windows.
The following are the two different log files to look for in this location, as described here.
Folder location and file name:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Vaultserver\Filestore
Vlog-YYYYMMDD.txt
Any server-side problems relevant to Check-in, Check-out, Get Latest Version, Undo Check-out, Advanced Search and other operations performed from within Vault Client or one of the supported product add-ins are written into these log files.
ADMSConsoleLog-YYYYMMDD.txt
Any server-side problems relevant to backup, restore, re-index, purge or other operations performed within Autodesk Vault server Console are written into these logs.
Emaillog-YYYYMMDD.txt
Email sent from the server.
AVFS-log-YYYYMMDD.txt
Any file server problems or other operations relevant to the Autodesk Vault File server are written to these logs.
Audit-log-YYYYMMDD.txt
Track files downloaded/deleted from Vault.
Below is a list of application codes that appear in the log. The "App Code" has the following meanings:
| Product | App Code |
| AutoCAD | A |
| ADMS Console | ACON |
| Autoloader | ALDR |
| AVFS Console | FSCON |
| Copy Design | CD |
| Inventor | I |
| Job Processor | JOBP |
| Navisworks | NW |
| Revit | R |
| Vault | V |
| Vault Professional | VP |
| Workspace Sync | WSYN |
| Thin Client | TC |
During the installation of Autodesk Vault server there may be errors reported the by the diagnostic tool or during the installation itself. These errors are recorded in log files.
Pre-check log:
%temp%\EDMlogPrechecks.xml Prechecks.xsl
Autodesk Vault
%temp%Autodesk Vault
Autodesk Vault
%temp%Autodesk Vault
If you run the Autodesk server Diagnostic Tool, the log files are located in the %temp%\2\EDMLog directory.
Autodesk server Diagnostic Tool:
%temp%\2\EDMLogDiagTool.xml, DiagToolLog.xsl
Folder location and file names:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL server\ MSSQL#.AUTODESKVAULT\MSSQL\Log where # represents the number assigned to the AUTODESKVAULT instance folder.
Errorlog
Errorlog.1
Errorlog.2
Errorlog.3
The SQL logs are named sequentially with the most recent (current) file being named errorlog followed by errorlog.1 then errorlog.2 and so on.
There are log files maintained by the various iFilters used when performing some Vault operations like re-index. These log files can be helpful when troubleshooting problems with block attributes or properties not indexing as expected in Vault Client.
Folder location and file name:
Depending on your server setup, your iFilter log files may be contained in a different location. C:\Windows\Temp\ OR %TEMP%
DWGFILT.*.log