Apple Server Diagnostics - Viewing Saved Logs

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Viewing Saved Logs

When you start up Server Diagnostics EFI from a volume in MS-DOS (FAT) format,
it automatically creates a log of its test results in the /AppleServerDiagnosticsLogs/
folder of the volume with Server Diagnostics EFI installed. This log is continually
updated as tests complete. If the server crashes during tests, you can review the log
to see which test it crashed on.

If you run the preinstalled Server Diagnostics EFI or Server Diagnostics EFI from the
Admin Tools disc, a NetBoot disc image, or a volume that isn’t in MS-DOS (FAT) format,
logs aren’t saved.

The logs are named AppleServerDiagnostics_date_time_serialnumber.txt.

The date and time indicate when Server Diagnostics EFI started up. The time is in
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), using a 24-hour format.

The values use this format:

Value

Format

Example

date

DDMonYear

15Jul2009

time

HH_MM_SS

19_23_46

serialnumber

###########

AB12345CD6E