SharePoint 2010: Read ULS LOGS

February 14, 2012 at 12:47 pm · Filed under error, SharePoint 2010 ·Tagged SharePoint 2010, ULS Logs, ULS Viewer

Method I:

The easiest but most difficult way to go to LOGS folder [usually located @ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS]. Open the log file and try to find the error using correlation ID or error description

Method II:

Download ULS Viewer provided by Microsoft to read from log files

Method III:

Use power shell command Get-SPLogEvent to read from log files.

Method IV:

Use third party tools for reading log files

1. SharePoint Correlation ID View Webpart
   
2. SharePoint ULS Log Viewer
   
3. SharePoint Log Reader
   
4. SharePoint LogViewer
   
5. SPTraceView – Lightweight Tool For Monitoring The SharePoint Diagnostic Logging In Real-Time

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