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Monitoring collections
Because several Configuration Manager features are based on collections, you should know
how to monitor the collections. You might want to know when the collections are created,
modified, or deleted. You also might want to view status messages that pertain to members
of a specific collection. You can monitor collection-based tasks by using the following
methods:
■ Component Status The Component Status node, under the System Status node in
the Monitoring workspace, contains the SMS_COLLECTION_EVALUATOR component.
This component provides status information related to collections.
■ Log iles The Colleval.log file is associated with the SMS_COLLECTION_EVALUATOR
component and provides detailed status information related to collection evaluation
and management. This log file is located in the c:\Program Files\Microsoft
Configuration Manager\Logs folder.

Status Message Queries The Status Message Queries node, under the System node
in the Monitoring workspace, provides the following status-message queries to assist
in collection monitoring:
■ All Status Messages For A Specific Collection At A Specific Site
■ Collection Member Resources Manually Deleted
■ Collections Created, Modified, And Deleted

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Reports The Reports node includes several reports that pertain to collection-based
tasks. The reports include:
■ All Collections.
■ All Resources In A Specific Collection.
■ All Package And Program Deployments To A Specified Collection.
■ Inventory Classes Assigned To A Specific Collection.
■ Issues by incidence detail for a specified collection.

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