Get-Event

Get-Event

Gets events.

Syntax

Parameter Set: FromCriteria
Get-Event [[-Path] <String[]> ] [[-Criteria] <String> ] [[-Recurse]] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: FromId
Get-Event [-Id] <Guid> [[-Path] <String[]> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: FromMonitoringObject
Get-Event [-MonitoringObject] <MonitoringObject> [[-Criteria] <String> ] [[-Recurse]] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

Gets events for all connected management groups. Can also be used to retrieve only events for a specified management group or to retrieve a particular event by GUID. Criteria, expressed in the System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) criteria expression syntax, can be used to further filter the events retrieved.

Parameters

-Criteria<String>

Specifies criteria using syntax designed for use with System Center Operations Manager. Only events that meet the specified criteria will be retrieved. To learn about the syntax, consult the SDK topic, "Criteria Expression Syntax", in the System Center Operations Manager 2007 SDK. You can find the SDK by search Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) online at https://msdn.microsoft.com.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

4

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Id<Guid>

Specifies the GUID of the event to retrieve.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-MonitoringObject<MonitoringObject>

Specifies the monitoring object. If you use this parameter, only events associated with the specified monitoring object will be retrieved.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

2

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Path<String[]>

Specifies the path or paths to monitoring objects for which to retrieve events. To enter more than one path, separate each by using commas.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

3

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Recurse

Determines whether to retrieve events for contained monitoring objects or only for the current monitoring object.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

5

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters

Notes

  • For more information, type "Get-Help Get-Event -detailed". For technical information, type "Get-Help Get-Event -full".
    When specifying multiple values for a parameter, use commas to separate the values. For example, "<parameter-name> <value1>, <value2>".

Examples

-------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------

This command gets events with Fabrikam set as the logging computer.

C:\PS>get-event -criteria 'LoggingComputer = ''Fabrikam'''

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