Need to export IIS Logs & Tomcat Logs by day in zipped files on Windows 2008 R2

Question

I am trying to create a script that zips files according to date(one day of Tomcat logs & one day of IIS Logs), then moves the appropriate zip file to a share.

I have tried to use several powershell scripts and batch files(.cmd) to get this done, all with no avail.

I have also tried to use http://exchangeserverpro.com/powershell-script-iis-logs-cleanup but cannot get it to work on a daily basis.

Can anyone help? I got the following to work but cant seem to figure out how to get the files to be exported before they are deleted

$purge = (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)
$path = "D:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-7.0.39\logs"

# Delete files older than the $purge.
Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -Force | Where-Object { !$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.CreationTime -lt $purge } | Remove-Item -Force

Answer 1

You already have a script to retrieve the log files depending on the CreatonTime. Now you need to Zip the files and move them using the Move-Item cmdlet to the share (you don't need to copy them because you want to delete them anyway).

Answer 2

First, See how to Zip with Powershell:

How to create a zip archive with PowerShell?

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$FilesToPurge = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -Force | Where-Object { !$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.CreationTime -lt $purge }

Add the Files to ZIP:

$FilesToPurge | Write-Zip \\Server\Share\Archive.zip # or any other function.

Delete the Items:

$FilesToPurge | Remove-Item