Yusuf Ozturk » create event log powershell

Blogroll

Badges

Community

How to create event log folder with PowerShell

Posted in Windows Powershell | 4 Comments | 7,371 views | 28/05/2015 10:47

Following creates a new event log folder called “yusufozturk” in your Application Log Folder.

# Create Event Log
New-EventLog -LogName "yusufozturk" -Source "Hyper-V" -EA SilentlyContinue
 
# Limit Event Log Properties
Limit-EventLog -LogName "yusufozturk" -OverflowAction "OverWriteAsNeeded" -MaximumSize 100MB -EA SilentlyContinue

As you see, you can also set OverFlowAction and MaximumSize.