Having seen how to view the log properties lets see how we can change them. One possibility is with WMI. Lets start by viewing the event logs
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NTEventLogFile
one thing to note is that the property with the log file name is LogFileName rather than name
Listing 12.4
$applog = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NTEventLogFile -Filter "LogFileName = ‘Application’"
$applog.MaxFileSize = 26214400
$applog.psbase.Put()
Use get-wmiobject to access the log file. Set the maximum file size and use .psbase.put() to write back the change. If you need to configure the size on a number of computers – create a csv file with the computer names then use
Import-csv | foreach{
$applog = Get-WmiObject -computername $_.Computer -Class Win32_NTEventLogFile -Filter "LogFileName = ‘Application’"
$applog.MaxFileSize = 26214400
$applog.psbase.Put()
}
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