Simple way to backup event log on Windows Server

Is it possibile to create a simple way to backup the event log, with such as a batch file or a simple app ? I need to make it working on a customer's site, where the reference is an non-expert user. Thanks

From stackoverflow

• If you're using Windows 2008, use the built-in wevtutil command. Example:

  wevtutil epl Application c:\temp\foo.evtx

  Otherwise, get dumpel.exe from the resource kit, or psloglist from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897544.aspx

• The Microsoft Script Center has some sample code for Backing Up and Clearing Event Logs using VBScript and WMI.

  Frank-Peter Schultze's Scripting Site has some code to clear an event log ( http://www.fpschultze.de/uploads/clrevt.vbs.txt) that you can modify to backup or backup then clear.

  If you have access to the server you can backup from the Event Viewer by right-clicking on a log and using the "Save Log File As..." command. You can save to a binary, tab delimited or comma delimited file.

• Finally I made a little winapp using this method found on the internet:

  public void DoBackup(string sLogName)
  {
      string sBackup = sLogName;  // could be for example "Application"
      EventLog log = new EventLog();
      log.Source = sBackup;
  
      var query = from EventLogEntry entry in log.Entries
                  orderby entry.TimeGenerated descending
                  select entry;
  
      string sBackupName = sBackup+"Log";
      var xml = new XDocument(
          new XElement(sBackupName,
              from EventLogEntry entry in log.Entries
              orderby entry.TimeGenerated descending
              select new XElement("Log",
                new XElement("Message", entry.Message),
                new XElement("TimeGenerated", entry.TimeGenerated),
                new XElement("Source", entry.Source),
                new XElement("EntryType", entry.EntryType.ToString())
              )
            )
          );
  
      DateTime oggi = DateTime.Now;
      string sToday = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmmss");
      string path = String.Format("{0}_{1}.xml", sBackupName, sToday);
      xml.Save(Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, path));
  }
  

  this is the source link:

  It simply works great!

• With powershell and export-clixml its oneliner.

    get-eventlog -list | %{ get-eventlog $_.Log | export-clixml -path ($_.Log + ".xml") }