Reading event log remotely with Get-EventLog in Powershell

Question

I\'ve a powershell script which runs on server(test-server) and reads the log file of his client(DC1).

• Both sides can ping to each other.
• On both side

Answer 1

Starting the RemoteRegistry service did not help in my case.

Apparently, there is a difference between the remoting that is accessed via the ComputerName parameter in some cmdlets such as Get-Service and the newer form of remoting accessed with cmdlets such as Invoke-Command.

Since traditional remote access is implemented by individual cmdlets, it is inconsistent (uses different techniques and demands different requirements) and available only in selected cmdlets. The technology used for remote access can vary from cmdlet to cmdlet and is not readily known to you. Each cmdlet uses whatever remoting technology its author chose. Most cmdlets use Remote Procedure Call (RPC), but might also require additional services and settings on the target system.

Beginning in Windows PowerShell 2.0, there is an alternate and more universal way of accessing remote systems: Windows PowerShell Remoting. With this type of remoting, Windows PowerShell handles remote access for all commands. It transfers your commands to the remote system using the relatively new and highly configurable WinRM service, executes the code in a separate session that runs on the remote system, and returns the results to the calling system.

http://powershell.com/cs/media/p/7257.aspx

When I swapped from this command

get-eventlog -LogName System -computername 

to this

invoke-command {get-eventlog -LogName System} -ComputerName 

I no longer got the following error

get-eventlog : The network path was not found.