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danman226
PostPosted: Mon Nov 19 14:19:14 PST 2007 Top
IIS >> different types of web server logs What are the different types of IIS logs generated and where can I find them
?

I have heard about the following types of logs

W3C, IIS, NCSA, Centralized Binary Logs, HTTP Error logs, URLScan logs, ODBC
logs

Where can I find them and how different are they.. say W3C, IIS,HTTP Error
logs ?

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Kristofer
PostPosted: Mon Nov 19 14:19:14 PST 2007 Top
IIS >> different types of web server logs I would recommend you to read the following section about loging in the
IIS 6 Technical Reference:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/3e27a577-a6e3-4b0b-9379-68efb5d52ee9.mspx

But basically, you have three logs you want to check:

- IIS log file (systemroot\System32\LogFiles\W3...)
- http.sys log file (systemroot\System32\LogFiles\httperr)
- Event log

The IIS log file supports different formats, for example:
- W3C
- IIS Log File Format
- NCSA
- Centralized Binary


URLScan log file is a log file created by URLScan, an add-on to IIS.

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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


Hassan wrote:

>What are the different types of IIS logs generated and where can I find
>them ?
>
>I have heard about the following types of logs
>
>W3C, IIS, NCSA, Centralized Binary Logs, HTTP Error logs, URLScan logs,
>ODBC logs
>
>Where can I find them and how different are they.. say W3C, IIS,HTTP Error
>logs ?
 
 
GuyLevinger
PostPosted: Sat Nov 24 12:49:00 PST 2007 Top
IIS >> different types of web server logs system errors you can find at the Server system event log.
application errors in asp/asp.net you can find at application event log.

web analytics logs, the IIS logs of the web site/FTP sites can be configures
as W3C, IIS or ODBC, the location of the text logs can be configured in the
properities of any site in the IIS manager, the default location is
%windir%\system32\logfiles\
if you want to write logs to SQL database you need to configure logs to ODBC
and provide a coonection to the database.
read more about ODBC log here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/245243

UrlScan logs, if urlscan is installed on the server, can be can be configured
in %windir%\system32\inetsrv\urlscan\urlscan.ini

read motre about urlscan here http://www.urlscan.net/configure-urlscan.html

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Guy


"Hassan" wrote:

> What are the different types of IIS logs generated and where can I find them
> ?
>
> I have heard about the following types of logs
>
> W3C, IIS, NCSA, Centralized Binary Logs, HTTP Error logs, URLScan logs, ODBC
> logs
>
> Where can I find them and how different are they.. say W3C, IIS,HTTP Error
> logs ?
>
>
>
 
 
 
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