Working with Event Logs - Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell - page 137

Figure 6-26
Windows PowerShell also provides two other cmdlets, New - EventLog and Remove - EventLog ,whichare
widely used for creating custom event logs. These cmdlets are not discussed here because they are not
useful for SQL Server administration.
The Clear-EventLog cmdlet deletes all of the entries from the specified event logs on either the local
computer or remote computers.
The next example attempts to clear the events from the Application event log using the -confirm switch.
Execute the following command, as shown in Figure 6-27. Select ''No'' when asked for confirmation.
Clear-EventLog -Logname "Application" -confirm
Figure 6-27
Now clear the event log related to Windows PowerShell using the -confirm switch. This time, select
''Yes'' when it prompts for confirmation, as shown in Figure 6-28.
Now use Event Viewer to see whether all the information in the Windows PowerShell event log has
been cleared. Launch EventVwr using one of the methods illustrated in the beginning of this chapter (see
Figure 6-29).
Another useful cmdlet is Show-EventLog , which when executed opens the EventVwr on the local
machine. If you want to see the event logs of a remote computer using EventVwr , you could execute the