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| Subject | Saving windows Event log automatically |
| Date | 01/19/2006 |
| Message | Hello,
We are current users of Automate and we have a question; We want to save the windows event files and thought we could use automate to do it. Basically we want to setup a schedule task to automatically we want to "save log file as" under the file menu in event viewer ~ not export as we lose critical information. we found that we can't backup windows system event files as they are corrupted I believe we can use automate to do it but I'm not sure how.... |
| Reply1 |
Hi David,
Thanks for using Automize. In the event viewer, right mouse click on the log you are interested in (i.e. application or security or system) . A popup menu will show up. Click on the Properties menu item. In the "Application log properties" , check the Log Name. This gives you the full path to the event log file. In Automize, Create a new copy task to copy the log file using the log file directory and filename(case sensitive) sincerely, melvin desilva hitek software |
| Reply2 |
Melvin, I tried your sugestion manually, and it doesn't work... When I try and open the file with event viewer I get a corrupt event log error message. You have to be able to use Event viewer to save the log file to create a useable version. I think there are some PERL scripts that i can use but I got to believe there are some simple elegant ways to do it... Most tools export it as a "text" file but you lose to much information. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! |
| Reply3 |
Hi David,
Yes, i got the same corrupt message. 1) I guess it is some form of security to prevent copying the event logs. When you make a copy (either through dos or automize) the file sizes are off by a few bytes, which I guess is done purposely by the operating system 2) If you can use a perl script , you could run that script using the WinCommand or Command tasks -- Sincerely, Melvin Desilva Hitek Software
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