使用 Powershell Limit-Eventlog 设置 Windows 记录最大大小

Question

旨在编写脚本来增加所有 Windows 日志的默认大小并更改其他一些属性。以前用 wevtutil 来做，但在 2016 年不能让它工作，所以切换到 Powershell 的 Limit-Eventlog。 Fresh Windows Server 2016 安装最新更新。

从默认日志属性开始：

PS> Get-Eventlog -List

+--------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+
| Max(K) | Retain |  OverflowAction   | Entries |          Log           |
+--------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+
|    300 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |   2,599 | Application            |
| 20,480 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | HardwareEvents         |
|    512 |      7 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | Internet Explorer      |
| 20,480 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | Key Management Service |
| 20,480 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |  10,390 | Security               |
| 20,480 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |   3,561 | System                 |
| 15,360 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |     360 | Windows PowerShell     |
+--------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+

一次更改一个日志，没有错误：

PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname Application -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname HardwareEvents -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname "Internet Explorer" -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname "Key Management Service" -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname Security -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname System -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Limit-Eventlog -Logname "Windows Powershell" -MaximumSize 200MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded
PS> Get-Eventlog -List

+---------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+
| Max(K)  | Retain |  OverflowAction   | Entries |          Log           |
+---------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |   2,599 | Application            |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | HardwareEvents         |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | Internet Explorer      |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | Key Management Service |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |  10,395 | Security               |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |   3,561 | System                 |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |     362 | Windows PowerShell     |
+---------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+

我想避免对日志名称进行硬编码。正如 Get-Help Limit-EventLog -example 所见，ForEach 有更好的方法。但是，在这样做时，它似乎只将 Limit-Eventlog 应用于第一个日志，而对其余 6 个日志失败。请注意，我稍微更改了该值（200MB 到 100MB），以便很容易看出失败的地方。

$Logs = Get-Eventlog -List | Foreach {$_.log} 
 Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded 
Get-Eventlog -List

+---------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+
| Max(K)  | Retain |  OverflowAction   | Entries |          Log           |
+---------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+
| 102,400 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |   2,606 | Application            |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | HardwareEvents         |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | Internet Explorer      |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |       0 | Key Management Service |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |  10,399 | Security               |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |   3,563 | System                 |
| 204,800 |      0 | OverwriteAsNeeded |     369 | Windows PowerShell     |
+---------+--------+-------------------+---------+------------------------+

和 6 个错误：

Limit-Eventlog : The value supplied for MaximumSize parameter has to be in the range of 64 KB to 4GB with an increment of 64 KB. Please enter a proper 
value and then retry.
At line:2 char:5
+     Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction  ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Limit-EventLog], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValueOutofRange,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.LimitEventLogCommand

Limit-Eventlog : The value supplied for MaximumSize parameter has to be in the range of 64 KB to 4GB with an increment of 64 KB. Please enter a proper 
value and then retry.
At line:2 char:5
+     Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction  ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Limit-EventLog], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValueOutofRange,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.LimitEventLogCommand

Limit-Eventlog : The value supplied for MaximumSize parameter has to be in the range of 64 KB to 4GB with an increment of 64 KB. Please enter a proper 
value and then retry.
At line:2 char:5
+     Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction  ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Limit-EventLog], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValueOutofRange,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.LimitEventLogCommand

Limit-Eventlog : The value supplied for MaximumSize parameter has to be in the range of 64 KB to 4GB with an increment of 64 KB. Please enter a proper 
value and then retry.
At line:2 char:5
+     Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction  ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Limit-EventLog], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValueOutofRange,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.LimitEventLogCommand

Limit-Eventlog : The value supplied for MaximumSize parameter has to be in the range of 64 KB to 4GB with an increment of 64 KB. Please enter a proper 
value and then retry.
At line:2 char:5
+     Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction  ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Limit-EventLog], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValueOutofRange,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.LimitEventLogCommand

Limit-Eventlog : The value supplied for MaximumSize parameter has to be in the range of 64 KB to 4GB with an increment of 64 KB. Please enter a proper 
value and then retry.
At line:2 char:5
+     Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 100MB -OverflowAction  ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Limit-EventLog], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValueOutofRange,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.LimitEventLogCommand

Answer 1

我已经尝试了这两种不同的方式，并且都按预期工作......两者都在做同样的事情，只是使用不同的语法。

正在将一组日志名称传递给 Limit-Eventlog:

$Logs = Get-Eventlog -List | select -ExpandProperty Log
Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Logs -MaximumSize 0.5Gb -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded -WhatIf

并使用 foreach 将每个日志名称分别传递给 Limit-Eventlog:

$Logs = Get-Eventlog -List | select -ExpandProperty Log
Foreach ($Log in $Logs) {
    Limit-Eventlog -Logname $Log -MaximumSize 0.5Gb -OverflowAction OverwriteAsNeeded -WhatIf
}

不测试时，您需要删除 -WhatIf。

使用 Powershell Limit-Eventlog 设置 Windows 记录最大大小

Set Windows Logs max size with Powershell Limit-Eventlog

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