NAME
Write-EventLog
SYNOPSIS
Writes an event to an event log.SYNTAX
Write-EventLog [-LogName]
[-Source] [-EventId] [[-EntryType] {Error | Information | FailureAudit | SuccessAudit | Warning}] [-Message]
[-Category ] [-ComputerName ] [-RawData ] [ ] DESCRIPTION
The Write-EventLog cmdlet writes an event to an event log.
To write an event to an event log, the event log must exist on the computer and the source must be registered for the event log. The cmdlets that contain the EventLog noun (the EventLog cmdlets) work only on classic event logs. To get events from logs that use the Windows Event Log technology in Windows Vista and later versions of the Windows operatingsystem, use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet.
PARAMETERS
-Category
Specifies a task category for the event. Enter an integer that is associated with the strings in the category message file for the event log. Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-ComputerName
Specifies a remote computer. The default is the local computer. Type the NetBIOS name, an IP address, or a fully qualified domain name of a remote computer.This parameter does not rely on Windows PowerShell remoting. You can use the ComputerName parameter of the
Get-EventLog cmdlet even if your computer is not configured to run remote commands.
Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-EntryType
Specifies the entry type of the event. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Error, Warning, Information, SuccessAudit, and FailureAudit. The default value is Information. For a description of the values, see System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryTypehttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143599 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143599) in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) library. Required? false Position? 3 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-EventId
Specifies the event identifier. This parameter is required. The maximum value for the EventId parameter is 65535. Required? true Position? 2 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-LogName
Specifies the name of the log to which the event is written. Enter the log name. The log name is the value ofthe Log property, not the LogDisplayName . Wildcard characters are not permitted. This parameter is required.
Required? true Position? 0 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-Message
Specifies the event message. This parameter is required. Required? true Position? 4 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-RawData
Specifies the binary data that is associated with the event, in bytes. Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-Source
Specifies the event source, which is typically the name of the application that is writing the event to the log. Required? true Position? 1 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? falseThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTS
None You cannot pipe input to this cmdlet.OUTPUTS
System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntry This cmdlet returns objects that represents the events in the logs.NOTES
To use Write-EventLog *, start Windows PowerShell by using the Run as administrator option.
*
Example 1: Write an event to the Application event log
PS C:\>Write-EventLog -LogName "Application" -Source "MyApp" -EventID 3001 -EntryType Information -Message "MyApp
added a user-requested feature to the display." -Category 1 -RawData 10,20
This command writes an event from the MyApp source to the Application event log.Example 2: Write an event to the Application event log of a remote computer
PS C:\>Write-EventLog -ComputerName "Server01" -LogName Application -Source "MyApp" -EventID 3001 -Message "MyApp
added a user-requested feature to the display."
This command writes an event from the MyApp source to the Application event log on the Server01 remote computer.RELATED LINKS
Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=821651Clear-EventLog
Get-EventLog
Limit-EventLog
New-EventLog
Remove-EventLog
Show-EventLog
Write-EventLog