{"id":248,"date":"2012-05-10T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/2012\/05\/powershell-script-to-log-to-event-viewer-and-reboot\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:47:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:47:03","slug":"powershell-script-to-log-to-event-viewer-and-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/05\/10\/powershell-script-to-log-to-event-viewer-and-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell Script to Log to Event Viewer and Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently needed to create a PowerShell script to log to the event viewer and reboot the machine on a schedule.  This is what we came up with.<\/p>\n

The PowerShell<\/h2>\n

$evt=new-object System.Diagnostics.EventLog("Application")
$evt.Source="itgroove Scheduled Reboot"
$infoevent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::Information
$vdate=Get-Date
$val="itgroove Scheduled Reboot Event at: ["+$vdate+"]"
$evt.WriteEntry($val,$infoevent,70)
Restart-Computer \u2013Force<\/font><\/p>\n

You simply put this into a file (such as C:TOPSharePointreboot.ps1)<\/p>\n

Basically, the script breaks down as this:<\/p>\n

Line 1 \u2013 Choose the \u201cApplication\u201d event log (you can see this in the screen capture below at the very top)
Line 2 \u2013 The event source (the name of the script logging the event \u2013 this can be whatever you want it to be)
Line 3 \u2013 This is just an Information event (as opposed to a Warning, Error, Critical)
Line 4 \u2013 Get the current date stamp
Line 5 \u2013 Assemble the line we\u2019re going to log as the \u201cdetails\u201d of the event
Line 6 \u2013 Actually write the event to the log (the last parameter is the application specific Event ID \u2013 in our case we choose the number 70 \u2013 this is a number you choose as the writer of this script)
Line 7 \u2013 Reboot the machine<\/p>\n

This is how it maps to the event viewer:<\/p>\n

1 = $evt.Source="itgroove Scheduled Reboot<\/strong><\/font>" (line 2 in the code above)<\/font><\/p>\n

2 = $val="itgroove Scheduled Reboot Event at: ["+$vdate+"]<\/strong><\/font>" (line 5 above)<\/font><\/p>\n

3 = $evt.WriteEntry($val,$infoevent,70<\/strong><\/font>) (line 6 above)<\/font><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Shell Script<\/h2>\n

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Performing Reboot
POWERSHELL "& ‘C:TOPSharePointreboot.ps1’"<\/p>\n

You simply put this into a file (such as C:TOPSharePointreboot.cmd)<\/p>\n

The Schedule<\/h2>\n

The last step you have to do is add the above shell script (reboot.cmd) to the task scheduler, and you\u2019re off to the races. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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