Question

I can easily read the SQL Error Logs using the below code but cannot find a way to read the Agent Error Logs. Does anyone know if it is possible?

    $sqlServer = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") $server
    $sqlServer.ReadErrorLog() 

I’ve searched through the namespaces and there isn’t anything obvious pointing me to the logs. I have tried this without success.

    $sqlAgent = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent") $server
    $sqlAgent.ReadErrorLog() 

Answer 1

@Pondlife was correct. For anyone else facing this problem, this worked for my purposes.

    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO') | out-null

    $sqlServer = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") $server
    $jobServer = $sqlServer.JobServer;
    $jobServer.ReadErrorLog() | 
    where { ($_.ErrorLevel -lt 3) -and ($_.LogDate -ge $(Get-Date).AddDays($EventLogDaysToReview))  } |
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