Merge Log Files

Solution: Use the Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet.

The Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet is a wonderful process that consolidates the logs from all servers in the farm into one log file. This makes tracing and finding issues easier. Listing 4.14 shows a sample command line.

Listing 4.14. Merging Log Files

Merge-SPLogFile -Path E:LogsMergedLog.log -StartTime "1/19/2013"
-Overwrite

The Path parameter is the path and filename of the log file you want to create. If it already exists, the cmdlet will fail unless you include the Overwrite switch parameter. You should use the StartTime parameter (and/or the EndTime parameter) to specify the range of the log entries to gather and merge.

Several other parameters can help you narrow the log search:

• Area

• Category

• ContextFilter

• Correlation

• Level

• EventID

• Message

• Process

• ThreadID