Event logs saved on network share

network-sharewindows-event-logwindows-server-2008-r2

I'm currently working on a project and having problems with saving event logs where i specify them.

My problem is i want to have them saved on our file-server in a specified folder, however they wont save changes there and keeps using its already existing file, so far I've changes the log path to \FS\Domain\Logs[name of log], made the folder shared for administrators and even tried giving everyone access to the folder, however none of these are working

I have access to the file share with read/write privileges and have created the path and files manually

I would like to know if what I'm trying is even possible or what I'm doing wrong

Best Answer

The better solution to trying to save your event logs to an SMB path (which, as you've seen, won't work) is to build a central log server and set up event forwarding.