Get-Eventlog hangs when using EntryType

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1

Hi!
I’m working on a script that I’m going to run as a daily scheduled task. The script creates a htm-file with information from several servers. Among other things, I want to list error logs for the last 7 days from servers listed in $servers.

My case is this. When I run the following command, it’s all good, and it gives me the logs I’m asking for:

Get-EventLog -ComputerName $servers -LogName System -After (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) -Before (Get-Date) -Newest 5|
    Select-Object MachineName, TimeWritten, EntryType, Source, Message

If I add “-EntryType Error”, PowerShell hangs, and after a while it times out:

Get-EventLog -ComputerName $servers -LogName System -EntryType Error -After (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) -Before (Get-Date) -Newest 5|
    Select-Object MachineName, TimeWritten, EntryType, Source, Message

Why is this happening? Is there a better way to get error logs from several servers?

2

You’re trying to pull too much data. Try to pull data in smaller chunks…

3

Probably. Any suggestion how to pull the data in smaller chunks?

4

I’ve just successfully run your data gathering part of the code
Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType Error -After (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) -Before (Get-Date) -Newest 5

As you’re only pulling the newest 5 records I don’t think its too much data. I’d try to run the command on individual servers to see if there is an issue with one machine that’s causing the problem.

5

Thank you Richard, I will check that out!