LogFilePeriod

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The LogFilePeriod property specifies how often IIS creates a new log file. This property can be set to the following values as seen in the Bitmask Values section: 1 (daily), 2 (weekly), 3 (monthly), or 4 (hourly). If this property is set to 0, a new file will be created when the maximum size designated in LogFileTruncateSize is reached.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name

Value

ADSI/WMI Data Type

DWORD

ABO Data Type

DWORD_METADATA

Schema Default

1

Internal Default

1

Upper Bound

4

Lower Bound

Not specified

Internal ID

4003

Friendly ID

MD_LOGFILE_PERIOD

Property Attributes

INHERIT

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path

IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC

IIsWebService

/LM/MSFTPSVC

IIsFtpService

/LM/W3SVC/n

IIsWebServer

/LM/MSFTPSVC/n

IIsFtpServer

/LM/NNTPSVC

IIsNntpService

/LM/NNTPSVC/n

IIsNntpServer

/LM/SMTPSVC

IIsSmtpService

/LM/SMTPSVC/n

IIsSmtpServer

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

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