Troubleshooting
A general methodology for investigating issues with the 1E Client Deployment Assistant, as well as identifying key issues and their resolutions.
Note
If you are experiencing problems with client agents that have been deployed to devices already then please refer to documentation for the relevant product version.
1E Support contact details
Support Web portal
Maintenance support customers can log onto the 1E Support Web Portal at https://support.1e.com/ using the login details provided with their maintenance contract. This provides issue tracking, product hotfixes, and knowledge base articles related to each product.
Telephone support
Maintenance support customers can contact the technical support department at 1E through the following support numbers. Just phone the relevant number for your area, so your call can be routed quickly and efficiently to the correct support group:
| 1-866-349-4032 (Toll-Free) 1-917-339-2360 (Standard) | |
| +44 (0)208 326 3499 | |
| +91 120 402 4002 | |
| +61 739 111 118 |
Email support
Maintenance customers can use the following email for additional support. Evaluation customers can also use this email with the temporary access code that is provided through customercare@1e.com as part of their evaluation.
The technical support process
Read through the Troubleshooting pages to see if there are known issues, or quick resolutions to any problems you may have encountered.
Maintenance support customers can use the 1E Support Web Portal to review knowledge base articles and download hotfixes.
If still encountering problems, create a technical report (log files and details) and then contact the 1E technical support team.
Creating a technical report
If possible, please obtain the following details and log files before contacting 1E, to include in your technical report.
Version details
The OS, version number, and patch level for:
1E Servers
1E Client
Configuration Manager - if used
Other 1E Server software, for example, Shopping, Nightwatchman, and WakeUp.
For Content Distribution and Shopping, please provide OS, version number, and patch level for:
Configuration Manager DPs
Content Distribution extensions used on Configuration Manager Consoles
ActiveEfficiency Server.
Environmental details
If there were any recent changes made to your configuration
The name of the machines, Configuration Manager Application and/or Package IDs for when the issue occurred
Problem details
When did the issue occur, ensure log files cover this period
The scope of the issue – did it affect a particular geographical location, group of users, or client machines
Details of any self-help troubleshooting steps you carried out
In the event of a service crash or if you are experiencing high CPU or memory usage, provide us with the dump file, event viewer logs, and traces. We will provide you with FTP details to upload these files.
Log files
1E needs details of the recorded time when the issue took place. To ensure logs contain relevant details, please try to rerun the steps to replicate the issue.
Copies of the AppImport.xml files found in the folder where you ran 1E Client Deployment Assistant .
Copies of log files from: C:\ProgramData\1E\Client Deployment Assistant\LogFiles
1E Client logs on Windows%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\1E\Client\1E.Client.log (used by 1E Client and Tachyon features, and Shopping client) %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\1E\Client\NomadBranchUninstall-YYYY_MM_HHTMM_HH_SS_000Z.log 1E Client logs on macOS/Library/Logs/1E.Client.Daemon.log (shows any service start errors) /Library/Logs/1E.Client.log (shows the current operation of the 1E Client) 1E Client logs on other non-Windows platforms/var/log/1E/Client/1E.Client.log |
Nomad client log%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\1E\NomadBranch\LogFiles\NomadBranch.log |
PXE Everywhere Agent log%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\1E\PXEEverywhere\PXEEverywhere.log |
Shopping WSA client log%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\1E\Client\WSA.log |
WakeUp client log%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\1E\Agent\WakeUpAgt.log |
Note
By default, Windows resolves %ALLUSERSPROFILE% as C:\ProgramData\
Known issues
Issue | Description | Workaround |
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When Creating a Device Collection on the Agent screens the Limiting Collection may be missing | On an Agent screen an existing collection may be selected using the Browse button, but if a name is then typed into the Create/Select Device Collection field, the Limiting Collection will initially be missing. | Clicking or tabbing to another field will resolve the issue. |
The CDA wizard may terminate with a program exception under certain circumstances. | If the connection to Configuration Manager is dropped after the initial connection test in the wizard has succeeded a program exception may occur if the connection is re-established. | You will need to check the status of Configuration Manager and confirm that it is up and running before re-trying to run the CDA wizard. |
1E Clients are not being installed on Windows 11 devices. | Applcations > Deployment Types and Packages > Programs do not have the Windows 11 Operating System enabled by default in Configuration Manager. | The Windows 11 (64-bit) needs to be manually enabled in order to allow 1E Clients to be installed on these devices. |