DBAs - Do you increase the Log Size of your Event Viewer?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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Change the defaults from 20480KB to 64000KB and Overwrite as needed. This will allow the users to view Security audits and errors much further into the past with a minimal increase in space - and it will never bloat your server.

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❌ Figure: Bad Example - Using a small log size

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✅ Figure: Good Example - Using a reasonable log size

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