<div class="content" name="GenerateClusterLogInLocalTime" uuid="ffb3d4e2-d508-495b-b0e3-8d28bdd35774"><p>The <b>GenerateClusterLogInLocalTime</b> method<a id="Appendix_A_Target_39"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 39" href="6ea29e14-9c33-4927-90a8-258fd1d6d042#Appendix_A_39" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;39&gt;</a> writes a file that contains
diagnostic information about <span><a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_acd8b49c-8762-48fd-9272-26a03643322b" data-linktype="relative-path">failover clusters</a></span>
for the server on which it executes. The file uses local time instead of GMT.
The content and format of the file are implementation-specific but SHOULD
contain diagnostic information.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> HRESULT GenerateClusterLogInLocalTime {
   [ out ] BSTR* LogFilePath
 };
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>LogFilePath:</b> Upon successful completion of this
method, the server MUST set this parameter to the location where the server has
exposed a file containing the diagnostic log data. The path is relative to the
machine and starts with a <span><a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_a49a79ea-dac7-4016-9a84-cf87161db7e3" data-linktype="relative-path">share</a></span> name. The
format is &#34;&lt;share&gt;\&lt;filename&gt;&#34; where &lt;share&gt; is a
share name and &lt;filename&gt; is the name of the file or <span><a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_4712ded2-d927-4930-9450-29499f98cef4" data-linktype="relative-path">device</a></span>.
The <i>LogFilePath</i> parameter MUST form a valid <span><a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_d5a07545-a023-45ad-89a6-0b5c944bcfd4" data-linktype="relative-path">UncPath</a></span> if
\\&lt;servername&gt;\ is prepended to its contents. On unsuccessful completion
of this method, the client MUST ignore this value.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>A signed 32-bit value that
indicates return status. If the method returns a negative value, it has failed.
Zero or positive values indicate success, with the lower 16 bits in positive
nonzero values containing warnings or flags defined in the method
implementation. For more information about Win32 error codes and <span><a href="../ms-dtyp/a9046ed2-bfb2-4d56-a719-2824afce59ac" data-linktype="relative-path">HRESULT</a></span>
values, see <span><a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a></span>
sections <span><a href="../ms-erref/18d8fbe8-a967-4f1c-ae50-99ca8e491d2d" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2</a></span>
and <span><a href="../ms-erref/0642cb2f-2075-4469-918c-4441e69c548a" data-linktype="relative-path">2.1</a></span>.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>0x00000000 S_OK</td>
  <td>The call was successful.</td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>For any other condition, this method MUST return a
value that is not one of the values listed in the preceding table. The client
MUST behave in a consistent, identical manner for all values that are not
listed in the preceding table.</p>
</dd></dl><p>Exceptions Thrown: No exceptions are thrown beyond those
thrown by the underlying <span><a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_8a7f6700-8311-45bc-af10-82e10accd331" data-linktype="relative-path">RPC</a></span> protocol <span><a href="../ms-rpce/290c38b1-92fe-4229-91e6-4fc376610c15" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-RPCE]</a></span>.</p><p>The <span><a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_e127848e-c66d-427d-b3aa-9f904fa4ada7" data-linktype="relative-path">opnum</a></span> field value
for this method is 5.</p><p>When processing this call, the server MUST do the following:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Place a file in a shared location on the machine.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Generate the server-relative path to the file.</p>
</li></ul><p>The server returns the following information to the client:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>The server-relative path to the file.</p>
</li></ul></div>