I am attempting to write custom events to a custom event log on two different servers. One server is 2012, the other is 2008R2. Both servers have PowerShell ver3.0 installed. I used the following command on both servers to create the custom log:
New-EventLog -LogName MyPowerShellLog -Source MySource
On both servers, the MyPowerShellLog appears in the Event Viewer MMC. To write to the new log I use the following on both servers:
Write-EventLog -LogName MyPowerShellLog -Source MySource -Event 51234 -EntryType Information -Message “I am writing to my custom event log”
On the 2012 server, the log entry appears in the MyPowerShellLog in the MMC. On the 2008R2 server, the log entry appears in the Application log, and the MyPowerShellLog remains empty in the MMC. I run the following command to view entries in the log:
Get-EventLog -LogName MyPowerShellLog
On the 2012 server, I see just the entry from MyPowerShellLog. On the 2008R2 server, I see all entries from the Application Log.
Is this a difference between the type versions of Server, a bug, or am I doing something incorrect?
Regards,
KarbonFybar