Updated log collection to aid DDM-based policies

[jwainwrightjc]

macOS - Update Patch Management Logging

Updated patch management logs to collect and function to aid with new DDM-based policies. Along with creating a new directory path to house all related PM logging.

Issues

• SUP-1555 - SUP-1555

What does this solve?

Includes logs to assist with troubleshooting DDM-based patch policies.
Improves log collation for improved navigation.

Is there anything particularly tricky?

N/A

How should this be tested?

Run the log collection script on a macOS device

Screenshots

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Note

Medium Risk
Moderate risk because it changes a root-run support script’s collection commands and output paths, which could affect troubleshooting output or fail on certain macOS versions/filesystems if paths/commands differ.

Overview
Updates the macOS log_collection.sh to better support troubleshooting DDM-based patch policies by introducing a dedicated systemLogs/patchManagement/ output folder and relocating patch-management artifacts into it.

Adds new patch-management captures (e.g., SoftwareUpdateMacController system log entries, DDM state persistence plist reads, and SoftwareUpdateDeviceID from mdmclient when a user is logged in) and adjusts where profile and softwareupdate --list outputs are written. Also bumps the script version to 1.2.9.

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