Script to Purge IIS Logs on Servers
Scenario: Some applications, such as IIS, will create daily logs on your server. These IIS logs can be big in size and will not automatically purge off. The script below will purge all but 7 days worth of IIS logs for each server listed in the $servers variable.
PowerShell Script (PurgeIISLogs.ps1)
$servers = "MBX01","MBX02"
$servers | %{
dir \\$_\c$\inetpub\logs\logfiles -recurse | Where { ((get-date)-$_.LastWriteTime).days -gt 5 } | Remove-Item -Force
}
To schedule this script to run as a daily task, setup a second script (a batch script) that calls the Powershell script and executes it. The batch script is below.
Batch Script (PurgeIISLogs.bat)
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'c:\TASK\PurgeIISLogs.ps1'"
PowerShell Script (PurgeIISLogs.ps1)
$servers = "MBX01","MBX02"
$servers | %{
dir \\$_\c$\inetpub\logs\logfiles -recurse | Where { ((get-date)-$_.LastWriteTime).days -gt 5 } | Remove-Item -Force
}
To schedule this script to run as a daily task, setup a second script (a batch script) that calls the Powershell script and executes it. The batch script is below.
Batch Script (PurgeIISLogs.bat)
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'c:\TASK\PurgeIISLogs.ps1'"