I suggest psloglist.exe - it's a free MSFT utility, from the
Sysinternals guys. The whole suite of tools is nearly mandatory for
inclusion in a Windows administration toolkit.

http://www.microsoft.com/sysinternals 

Kurt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Wanda Prather
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 06:23
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backup Windows Eventlog / Systemlog for 2 years
> 
> There is a Windows utility (unfortunately I forget the name; 
> I think it's from one of the older Windows resource kits) 
> that lets you extract the event log to a flat file.
> 
> I'd run that every day, then have TSM archive the flat file 
> and delete from the hard drive.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:31 AM, Herrmann, Boris 
> <Boris.Herrmann AT arag DOT de>wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > today we got the request to daily backup the windows event 
> and windows 
> > system log and keep them for 2 years (from Windows 2003 Server). Is 
> > there a way to do this with the TSM Client to only backup this part 
> > from Systemstate / Systemservices and bound this to a special 
> > ManagementClass?
> >
> > Any help is appreciate,
> > Boris
> >
>