Collecting DHCP scope logs


This topic provides information to troubleshoot DHCP scope issues on Windows 2012 and above servers. The table below lists few common DHCP scope issues, and commands for collecting the corresponding log files.

  1. From the command prompt, change to the %PATROL_HOME%\bin directory
  2. Execute the commands and collect the %PATROL_HOME%\log\PtDHCPCollector.log file

If you face this issue

Use this command to get debug

Scope discovery fails

PtDHCPCollector -scopeList true

Scope collection fails

PtDHCPCollector -scopeStats true

Collection fails for IPv6 scope statistics of a DHCP server

PtDHCPCollector -serverStats true

 

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