Using the Windows Event Viewer and Task Scheduler.ppt

Using the Windows Event Viewer and Task Scheduler Chapter 5 Using Windows Vista Event Viewer Use the Event Viewer to find application and system warnings, errors, and informational events. Four types of objects Windows logs Applications and service logs Views Subscriptions Events and Logs Events are records of something that occurred on the computer Contains detail such as Event ID, description, level of severity, source component, etc. Event logs store events in corresponding logs Logs built on XML Make it easy to find specific events Logs broken into categories: Windows logs, which includes: Application log, Security, Setup, System, Forwarded events Application and Service logs, which includes: Admin, Operational, Analytic, Debug Create custom views to find events from multiple logs Event Forwarding with Subscriptions Event forwarding allows you to send events from multiple machines to a single machine’s log (the collector) Event subscriptions are which events to look for and send All computers involved must be configured to send or receive events Event Viewer Using the Task Scheduler Task Scheduler schedules and runs tasks Replaced Task Scheduler Tasks can be configure to run as another user and with certain elevated privs Can run tasks on a schedule or use triggers Trigger is an event that will cause the task’s actions to begin Trigger can have conditions set, so that conditions must be true in order for the trigger to fire Idle conditions, network conditions, and power conditions are available as well Task Details Task settings available on the Settings tab such as: Allow task to be run on demand, if task fails restart every, if the task is already running then the following rule applies, etc Each task has a detailed history of each step taken to complete the task This is very helpful when troubleshooting a task related issue Manage tasks with the MMC snap-in SCHTASKS.EXE You can create folders to manage tasks, just like file folders Create Basic Task Wizard wi