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1. WINDOWS SERVER 2008 SECURITY EVENT LOG LOCATION ARCHIVE
2. WINDOWS SERVER 2008 SECURITY EVENT LOG LOCATION WINDOWS

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 SECURITY EVENT LOG LOCATION WINDOWS

If there is a problem with your Windows system, the Event Log service has logged it. Windows event logs are the core metric of Windows machine operations. For instructions on using the Splunk Add-on for Windows to get data into Splunk Cloud Platform, see Get Windows Data Into Splunk Cloud in the Splunk Cloud Admin Manual. As a best practice, use the Splunk Add-on for Windows to simplify the process of getting data into Splunk Cloud Platform. To monitor Windows Event Log channels in Splunk Cloud Platform, use a Splunk universal or heavy forwarder to collect the data and forward it to your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment. The event log monitor runs once for every event log input that you define. You can monitor event log channels and files that are on the local machine or you can collect logs from remote machines. Programs such as Microsoft Event Viewer subscribe to these log channels to display events that have occurred on the system. It gathers log data that installed applications, services, and system processes publish and places the log data into event log channels. The Windows Event Log service handles nearly all of this communication. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rigTts.Windows generates log data during the course of its operations. Setup %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Setup.evtx 1028 MB Note: The default maximum log size is 131072 MB on domain controllers and 20480 MB on member servers. Windows then creates a new log for storing current event.įor your reference, I have list some of the Event log service names, their default directory for save the event logs, and the maximum event log file size. In thisĬonfiguration, when the maximum file size is reached, Windows archives the events by saving a copy of the current log in the default directory.

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 SECURITY EVENT LOG LOCATION ARCHIVE

If desired, we can have Windows automatically archive logs. So, when the log reaches its maximum size, the operating system overwrites old events with new events. Windows Server 2008 logs are configured to overwrite old events as needed by default. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Setup %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Setup.evtx 1028 MBĭFS Replication %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\DfsReplication.evtx 15168 MB DNS Server %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\DNS Server.evtx 16384 MB Hardware Events %SystemRoot%\System32\Confi g\HardwareEvents.evtx 20480 MB For your reference, I have list some of the Event log service names, their default directory for save the event logs, and the maximum event log file size.Īpplication %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Application.evtx 20480 MB Forwarded Events %SystemRoot%\System32\Confi g\FordwardedEvents.evtx 20480 MB Security %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Security.evtx 1 31072 MB/20480 MB Windows then creates a new log for storing current event. In this configuration, when the maximum file size is reached, Windows archives the events by saving a copy of the current log in the default directory.

Hello OldTechGuy, Windows Server 2008 logs are configured to overwrite old events as needed by default.