If your having problems installing Citrix AppDNA (former App-DNA Apptitude) you’ll might struggle to find installation log files. This is because the logfiles aren’t created by default, you need to enable it by placing a marker file.
The installer checks if the file %Temp%\ActivateAppTitudeVerboseLog.txt exists:
If it finds the marker file, it will write verbose logging in the file %Temp%\AppTitudeBusinessLogicVerboseLog.txt .
The content of the file will start with something like this:
11-7-2012 14:16:54: IsIISInstalled() returned FALSE 11-7-2012 14:16:56: Web site name: AppDNA application: AppDNA port: 3500 application pool: 11-7-2012 14:16:56: IsIISInstalled() returned FALSE 11-7-2012 14:17:13: IsIISInstalled() returned FALSE 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Getting app pool for site AppDNA 11-7-2012 14:17:16: IsIISInstalled() returned FALSE 11-7-2012 14:17:16: App pool could not be retrieved due to an error. Details: Cannot get application pool as IIS is not installed 11-7-2012 14:17:16: IsIISInstalled() returned FALSE 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Entering method IIS::SaveWebConfigFile in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Entering UpdateWebConfigFileWithPreviousSettings: previousWebConfig: web.config.old newWebConfig: web.config 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Website Directory is: E:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\AppDNA\Server\ 11-7-2012 14:17:16: previousConfig path: E:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\AppDNA\Server\web.config.old 11-7-2012 14:17:16: newConfig path: E:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\AppDNA\Server\web.config 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Calling PreserveWebConfigSetting on nc:appTitudeDatabasesConfiguration... 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Calling PreserveWebConfigSetting on nc:identity... 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Calling PreserveWebConfigSetting on nc:appSettings... 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Leaving method IIS::SaveWebConfigFile in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Entering method Database::PrepareForDatabasePopulation in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Entering method Database::CreateScripts in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Leaving method Database::CreateScripts in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Leaving method Database::PrepareForDatabasePopulation in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:16: Entering method Database::RestoreDatabaseFromStockBackup in [] line:0 11-7-2012 14:17:55: >> 2012-07-11 14:17:55Z : Executing 11-7-2012 14:17:55: --*********************************************************** --* (C) App-DNA Ltd 2006 All rights reserved * --*********************************************************** CREATE DATABASE [AppDNA] COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS 11-7-2012 14:17:56: >> 2012-07-11 14:17:56Z : Executed Successfully 11-7-2012 14:17:56: >> 2012-07-11 14:17:56Z : Executing 11-7-2012 14:17:56: ALTER DATABASE [AppDNA] MODIFY FILE (NAME = N'AppDNA', SIZE = 150MB, MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 10% ) 11-7-2012 14:17:56: >> 2012-07-11 14:17:56Z : Executed Successfully 11-7-2012 14:17:56: >> 2012-07-11 14:17:56Z : Executing 11-7-2012 14:17:56: ALTER DATABASE [AppDNA] MODIFY FILE (NAME = N'AppDNA_log', MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 10% )