How to turn on logging for the LANDESK PXE service

Purpose

This article covers how to enable PXE logging. This can be helpful when troubleshooting PXE representatives.

Steps

• Modify the following registry key on the PXE Representative:
  • x86 - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Intel\PXE\
  • x64 - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Intel\PXE
• Change the following values [0 = off, 1 = on]
  • PxeMtftp_DebugOutToFile_On
    • Creates PXEMTFTP.LOG
  • PxeServices_DebugOutToFile_On
    • Creates PXESVC.LOG
• Restart LANDesk(R) PXE MTFTP Service
• Restart LANDesk(R) PXE Service
• The log files can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\LANDESK\PXE\System