Using log files

A log file is created during both install and uninstall. It contains environment information and logs of most of the actions performed during the install or uninstall. If the install or uninstall is unable to create the log file, the application exits.

By default, the log files are located in <user_profile> \Application Data\BMCInstall and named <systemname><timestamp>.log. If the installer fails to create that directory, the log file is written to %TEMP% and is named <systemname><timestamp>.log. You can override the location of the log file using VIS_LOG_OVERRIDE to set the environment variable.

For example, if you set VIS_LOG_OVERRIDE=D:\Temp\log1.txt , the log file is written to D:\temp\log1.txt. 

The installation does not append to the log. It overwrites the existing file.