ETW, .NET 4.5 - how to write to the event log?

Question

I am trying to wrap my head around ETW and how to integrate t into a high Performance application.

We all know the old dreaded EventLog with it\'s non structured (and th

Answer 1

This is very interesting as I have been working on the similar requirements off late. Firstly, you can generate manifest from EventSource class using its static method GenerateManifest(typeof(MyEvents), null). This will provide you with the manifest of your events etc but it does not contain details about the channels. You will need to define the channels yourself in the manifest and then register is using wevtutil.exe, mc.exe and rc.exe utilities. This will create you the event logs as per your provider name in the manifest.

Interestingly, I could manage to get the Debug and Analytic logs to show me the events generated via EventSource. I could also use Perfmon's Tracing Session to record the events for certain period with filters on keywords and levels. Provider does appear in the Trace Session provider list as well.

The only thing I am looking at present is to bring the events in Admim and Operation's channels. Please shout if you need samples etc.

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