Best IIS log practices on webfarm

This is possible, but this scary me...
Is any tool for doing this?

Thank you.

Richard


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 >Can't you just log into log files and merge those before
analyzing?
 >
 >Jerry
 >
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  >> Hi,
  >> can anybody help me with web logging on webfarm?
  >> I'm using 2 IIS servers (based on WS2K3) with NLB as a
  >> webfarm. Is possible to log all activities on both
  >> servers to one data storage for web analysis? I set
ODBC
  >> logging, but after few short tests with Application
  >> Center Test has the SQL database hundreds of megabytes.
  >> From 100 to 200 users uses our website at one time, so
if
  >> I run ODBC logging during a month, I predict log
database
  >> will have few gigabytes...
  >> So is any another good idea how to log activities?
  >>
  >> Thank you.
  >>
  >> Regards,
  >>
  >> Richard Bukovansky
  >> bukovansky RemoveThis @atcomp.cz
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You might investigate Log Parser, found here: <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=8cde4028-
e247-45be-bab9-ac851fc166a4>

And, you don't have to use ODBC now to log to a remote server. We changed that so now the w3c extended format to accept a unc
path, so you can use that now. I would suggest setting up a logfiles folder on your unc, and then set folders in there, say nlb1 and
nlb2, and then map each one accordingly. It will then create w3svc1 (or whatever the site may be in the metabase for that machine)
and log in that directory. Now, remember that you will need to add the computer(s) account on the sharing and NTFS permissions. I
would give them full control to start.

Thank you. I hope this information is helpful.

Tim Coffey [MSFT]

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| Hi,
| can anybody help me with web logging on webfarm?
| I'm using 2 IIS servers (based on WS2K3) with NLB as a
| webfarm. Is possible to log all activities on both
| servers to one data storage for web analysis? I set ODBC
| logging, but after few short tests with Application
| Center Test has the SQL database hundreds of megabytes.
| From 100 to 200 users uses our website at one time, so if
| I run ODBC logging during a month, I predict log database
| will have few gigabytes...
| So is any another good idea how to log activities?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Regards,
|
| Richard Bukovansky
| bukovansky RemoveThis @atcomp.cz
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