Now that we have two application servers it would be nice to be able to view the events of both servers in one view.

I thought it would be possible using a custom view (since you have the possibility it seems to enter more than one server) to view all events on both servers without needing to switch.

But that doesbn't seem to work.

Does anyone have a solution for this = viewing the events of both application servers in o

Hi Isabelledc,

What I understand your query, you want to open the remote(another computer's) event viewer on one machine.

If Yes,

Please follow below steps;

1. Open Event Viewer.
2. In the console tree, right click Event Viewer (Local), and then click Connect to another computer (right side panel)
3. Click Another computer, type the name of the computer, and then click OK. You can also find another computer on the network by clicking Browse.

You can go with the suggestion as posted by others, but with standard windows you can only customize one viwe per server Unless you want a merged view, go for a product (AdvancedEventViewr or nirsoft event viwer).. 

K

Use Powershell:

Get-EventLog -Newest 50 -LogName Application -Source Biz* -ComputerName computer1

Get-EventLog -Newest 50 -LogName Application -Source Biz* -ComputerName computer2

Morten la Cour

Hi,

In BizTalk You can only see the EventViewer of a single server at a time. You can connect to the EventViewer of the other server by following below steps:

• Right Click "EventViewer" tab in the Admin Console
• Click connect to Another Computer
• Add the server and see the logs

This option will not let you see the EventViewer of the local server then.

You can create a MMC Snap in to view multiple Event Viewers in a single console:

• In the Run -> Type MMC
• File -> Add/Remove Snap Inn
• In the "Available Snap In" box click "Event Viewer"
• Add local computer Event Viewer and in similar way add the other server and then click OK
• You can then "Save" the Snap on the server to check it everytime.

Other option is to look for a free or paid software.

Please indicate "Mark as Answer" or "Mark as Helpful" if this post has answered the question

Rahul

• Marked as answer by isabelledc 17 hours 19 minutes ago

Please refer below article;

Using the Event Viewer to Examine Remote Event Logs

Hi,

1) Right Click Event Viewer and click Connect to another Computer Option and write computer name by selecting another computer option.

2) You can export a csv file of your servers event log by firing some queries in PowerShell.

>> Get-Eventlog -LogName application -EntryType Error,Warning | Export-CSV "FilePath To Save"

You need to look outside of plain and simple event viewer for this scenario. You need to look at enterprise event consoles such as SCOM or HPOV where you can consolidate event triggers across multiple systems and factors into business events or support calls... for example a storage failure would result in a resource group non-availability which would affect one or more BizTalk databases and manifest in service failures at the application level.

Regards.

Hi Isabelledc,

There are three ways you can go about it.

1) You can Work with Event Logs on a Remote Computer.

In this case you can have more than two windows of event viewer open on the same server. One, will show you the local event viewer and second, you can connect to the remote server. By this you will able to see event logs of both the server without connecting to another.

2) You can use SCOM.

Refer: Application Event Monitoring from a Remote Host

How to monitor events logged by another computer or cluster

3) If the business permits you can use third party tools like:

Advanced Event Viewer 2 or Event Log Consolidator

These tools allow you to View all Event Logs, from all your servers in a single consolidated view.

This tool will become your central screen to view the Event Logs of your servers. Advanced Event Viewer automatically consolidates repeating events and therefore shows you exactly what Event Logs have occurred on your server, in a single list.

Thank you for all your reply's.

well  we (will) have scom in place but that's monitored by our systems people.I really don't want to take their place ;-)     

I didn't want to each time switch between  local and 'connect to another computer' (lazy I guess)

Actually I just want something where I can easily open up the eventlogs of both servers and the MMC snapin that holds the eventviewer of both servers is exactly what I was looking for!

Hi,

In BizTalk You can only see the EventViewer of a single server at a time. You can connect to the EventViewer of the other server by following below steps:

• Right Click "EventViewer" tab in the Admin Console
• Click connect to Another Computer
• Add the server and see the logs

This option will not let you see the EventViewer of the local server then.

You can create a MMC Snap in to view multiple Event Viewers in a single console:

• In the Run -> Type MMC
• File -> Add/Remove Snap Inn
• In the "Available Snap In" box click "Event Viewer"
• Add local computer Event Viewer and in similar way add the other server and then click OK
• You can then "Save" the Snap on the server to check it everytime.

Other option is to look for a free or paid software.

Please indicate "Mark as Answer" or "Mark as Helpful" if this post has answered the question

Rahul

• Marked as answer by isabelledc Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:44 PM

Hi,

In BizTalk You can only see the EventViewer of a single server at a time. You can connect to the EventViewer of the other server by following below steps:

• Right Click "EventViewer" tab in the Admin Console
• Click connect to Another Computer
• Add the server and see the logs

This option will not let you see the EventViewer of the local server then.

You can create a MMC Snap in to view multiple Event Viewers in a single console:

• In the Run -> Type MMC
• File -> Add/Remove Snap Inn
• In the "Available Snap In" box click "Event Viewer"
• Add local computer Event Viewer and in similar way add the other server and then click OK
• You can then "Save" the Snap on the server to check it everytime.

Other option is to look for a free or paid software.

Please indicate "Mark as Answer" or "Mark as Helpful" if this post has answered the question

Rahul

• Marked as answer by isabelledc Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:44 PM