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Reputation: 91

Write Event to Eventlog with powershell

I have a powershell script which i would like to add to the eventlog.

When i type in the Write-Eventlog command i get a error message.

Write-EventLog -Logname autosnapshot -Source 'D:\script autoSnapshots.ps1' -EventId 8000 -Entrytype Information -Message 'Creates Snapshots and deletes snapshots older than 1 day'

I though the syntax was correct but I get a error message.

Write-EventLog: The term 'Write-EventLog' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.

Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Does anybody know what I am doing wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 6435

Answers (2)

Max
Max

Reputation: 3

I used the following workaround for moving from PowerShell Version 5 to 7 by creating a simple wrapper function:

function Write-EventLog ([parameter(position=0,Mandatory=$true)][String] $Message,[String] $LogName,[String] $Source,[String] $EntryType, [int] $EventId)
{
    eventcreate /ID $EventId /L $LogName /T $EntryType /SO $Source /D $Message
}

I got this from How to create Windows EventLog source from command line?

It does not work for existing Sources and requires administrative permissions, as it is to create a source and not entries.

I do not have enough reputation to write this in a comment but I hope this can help someone having the same issue looking for a simple solution.

Upvotes: 0

Darin
Darin

Reputation: 2368

The answer was given in the comments to the question, but as Jonathan pointed out, it should be an answer. Especially for the sake of anyone that might fail to read the comments.

Mathias' comment "Write-EventLog is only available in Windows PowerShell (version 5.1 or older)" is correct.

I found this: Due to the use of unsupported APIs, the -EventLog cmdlets have been removed from PowerShell. Get-WinEvent and New-WinEvent are available to get and create events on Windows on this page.

Upvotes: 2

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