PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Merge Log Files

Scenario/Problem: You need to trace an issue but don’t want to have to review the logs on each server in the farm.

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:\Logs\MergedLog.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 ...