Write-Eventlog source name missing

[Tom Grassi]

Wrote a small script to write to my System Event Log and restart my servers

$Server = hostname
New-Eventlog -logname System -source “System Restart”
Write-EventLog -Logname System -source ” System Restart” -EntryType Information -EventId 99 -Message “System Restart for Security updates.”

Write-EventLog : The source name ” System Restart” does not exist on computer “localhost”.
At line:1 char:1
+ Write-EventLog -Logname System -source ” System Restart” -EntryType I …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Write-EventLog], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteEventLogCommand

I ran this command

[system.diagnostics.eventlog]::SourceExists(“System Restart”)
True

 

 

Any Ideas?

 

Thank you

Tom

• This topic was modified 3 months ago by Tom Grassi.

[Gnart Participant Topics: 6 Replies: 16 Points: 47Rank: Member]

Hi Tom,

I saw a couple of errors, after fixing I tested and it worked.
1st. The codes as posted used smart quotes (as in MS-Word quotes). Change them to straight double-quotes or single-quote.
2nd. You have a leading space ” System Restart” in the Write-EventLog

$Server = hostname
New-Eventlog -logname System -source "System Restart"
Write-EventLog -Logname System -source "System Restart" -EntryType Information -EventId 99 -Message "System Restart for Security updates."

[Tom Grassi Participant Topics: 32 Replies: 105 Points: 533Rank: Major Contributor]

Hi GNART

OMG a little space in the wrong place.

Thanks for the quick response.

 

Tom

 

 

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