Follow below to see how you can use the event viewer to review your logs and investigate issues. The first step in accessing the Event Viewer is to connect to your server.
Gaining access to the server is accomplished through the Console button in Manage, or through a manual RDP connection. Once you have connected to your Windows server , you will need to log in to your administrator account. Once logged in, click the Start menu, then Event Viewer. The event viewer is a system application included on all versions of Windows servers. This program allows you to view logs recorded to it by applications and the system.
The event viewer has four main views you will see when you first launch the application:. For this article, we will focus mainly on the Windows Logs. The project you are hosting may have you reference the application logs for programs you use, which may be outside the scope of this article. All logs are assigned an event level.
This event level denotes the severity or seriousness of any issues noted in the logs. The default view of the list below is by acuity. You will also notice that Windows logs are broken down into categories.
These classifications are listed below, along with some quick info about each section. Application - Logs related to drivers and other system components. Security - Logs pertaining to successful and failed logins, and other authentication requests.
Setup - Logs associated with Windows install and updates. System - Logs linked to uptime, service status changes, and other messages generated by the operating system.
Forward Events - Logs from a remote server, forwarded to this server. Clicking on any of the categories above will load all of the saved logs for that category. Setup Logs are available for computers with domain controllers. Windows 7 will show this Setup Logs along with the other logs in menu. Step 1 : Go to Start menu and then click Control Panel.
Here in the Control Panel click on Administrative Tools. Step 2 : Another Pop-up opens up with a menu of services. Event Viewer will be one of the options; double-click it to proceed.
Step 3 : In the left panel console-tree of Event Viewer , go to Windows log and expand it. Step 4 : Go for the Event log , you want to view and double-click it.
For instance, here we will check the Application log. This will enlist all the events in Application log. Select any event and double click it to view Event Properties. Note : An online link is provided to tackle such kind of error events in the display of event properties in More Information section.
Step 5 : Go to Details tab to view more details. Friendly View will show details like below;. Event Properties comprises of the header information about the event happened.
Windows Server General Forum. Sign in to vote. Hi all, I am trying to view the application event logs which are 3 months back but the event viewer is showing the events only for last few days.. Tuesday, November 22, AM. Regards, Milos. Set longer circulation time?!!
Sunday, March 17, AM. You just need to click on each log properties : But anyway, windows updates like recent may completely clear old events whatever your settings are very useful
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