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IIS log management Powershell script?

Would somebody help me out with a Powershell script to manage IIS log files? What I want to do.

Start at \\webserver1\logfile - loop through each folder.
File path c:\logfiles\domain.org\w3svc[X]

If the files date isn't equal to today date
then move the file \\webserver1\ domain.org\w3svc[X] to \\archiveserver\domain.org\w3svc[X] and
then rename the file u_ex100713.log to w1u_ex100713.log
else do nothing

if the files been moved and renamed then write or append the filename to \\webserver1\tracking.txt
file.

Meir Rivkin

do u mean to check all log files dates under \\webserver1\logfile\domain.org\w3svc[X].
and if the file date isn't equal to today date then move to the archive server?

>>then rename the file u_ex100713.log to w1u_ex100713.log
is this an example of a log file?
so the renaming should be just the prefix of file name?
from 'u_' to 'w1u_'?

Westez

ASKER

Yes, sorry for not being clear.

Meir Rivkin

do u mind having it as vb script?

Meir Rivkin

file date you mean creation time or last modified time?

Meir Rivkin

here you go in powershell

foreach ($i in gci \\webserver1\logfile\domain.org\w3svc[X]){
	if(!$i.psiscontainer){
		if ((Get-Date $i.CreationTime).ToShortDateString() -eq (Get-Date).ToShortDateString()){
			move-Item $i.FullName \\archiveserver\domain.org\w3svc[X]
		}
	}
}

gci \\archiveserver\domain.org\w3svc[X] | rename-item -newname { $_.name -replace 'u_','w1u_' }

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Westez

ASKER

Thanks for your help.

The w3svc[X] - that X is a number. So my file structure looks like this.
domain.org\w3svc7
domain.org\w3svc22
domain.org\w3svc23

We currently host 41domains. Is it possible to treat the w3svc[X] as a variable so one script would loop through each domains log folder and move the files?

Westez

ASKER

Do we have to tell it where to move the file too?

At the moment it doesn't work.
I'm trying to make it work with a single domain. And I can move the files with this cmd in a DOS shell on the web server where the log files are stored. Of course the cmd moves everything, so the date thing comes back to bite me, LOL.

move c:\logfiles\domain.org\w3svc17\*.* \\archiveserver\weblogs\domain.org\w3svc17

weblogs is a share sitting on the archive server.

Westez

ASKER

My bad, you are telling it where to move the file to. It doesn't throw any error msg's it just don't move the files.
One thing I never figured out in DOS was the date thing. If the files creation date is not equal to todays date then move the file, or delete the file, etc. Could you help me out with an example using DOS?

Meir Rivkin

it doesn't move the files cause the script looking for folder:
w3svc[X]
which as u said doesn't exists cause the [X] reflect different numbers.
so basically it should look for all subfolders which start with 'w3svc'.
is that correct?

Meir Rivkin

i'm not big DOS fan but i can post you a vb script in no time, whatever you feel comfortable with.

Meir Rivkin

check now

foreach ($it in gci \\meirpc\temp){
	if($it.psiscontainer -and $it.Name.ToLower().StartsWith("w3svc")){
		foreach ($i in gci $it.FullName){
			if(!$i.psiscontainer){
				if ((Get-Date $i.CreationTime).ToShortDateString() -eq (Get-Date).ToShortDateString()){
					Move-Item $i.FullName \\meirpc\temp\output
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

gci \\meirpc\temp\output | rename-item -newname { $_.name -replace 'u_','w1u_' }

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Westez

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Let me get back to you tomorrow on this, and many thanks for your help.

Westez

ASKER

Sedqwick - I'm having problems getting the script to run. Most likely something I'm doing. But I've another problem that demands attention, we're a small shop and we all wear many hats. Maybe we can pick back up on it in a day or two. Thanks for taking the time to help us out here though, it's certainly enough to get us started.