INFO: IIS 6.0 Log Management Documentation

This article outlines important information about how to collect information on user activity by enabling logging for your Web sites using Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. The links in the "More Information" section direct you to the online documentation for IIS 6.0. You can also access the IIS 6.0 documentation through the IIS Manager.

For additional information about how to access this Help feature through the IIS Manager, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For more information about how to capture user activity logging for your sites in IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Logging Site Activity
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/ab7e4070-e185-4110-b2b1-1bcac4b168e0.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/ab7e4070-e185-4110-b2b1-1bcac4b168e0.mspx)
• Enabling Logging
  http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/66990e6c-39b6-48d7-a2ad-9da7a10b930c1033.mspx (http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/66990e6c-39b6-48d7-a2ad-9da7a10b930c1033.mspx)
• Customizing W3C Extended Logging
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/96af216b-e2c0-428e-9880-95cbd85d90a1.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/96af216b-e2c0-428e-9880-95cbd85d90a1.mspx)
• Saving Log Files
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5057366a-eb7a-4d41-a1a4-5495f3ac047d.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5057366a-eb7a-4d41-a1a4-5495f3ac047d.mspx)
• Centralized Binary Logging
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/13a4c0b5-686b-4766-8729-a3402da835f1.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/13a4c0b5-686b-4766-8729-a3402da835f1.mspx)
• Custom Logging Modules
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/174b0649-d1ab-4f25-bc8c-e6493a09b4d3.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/174b0649-d1ab-4f25-bc8c-e6493a09b4d3.mspx)
• Remote Logging
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/a6347ae3-39d1-4434-97c9-5756e5862c61.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/a6347ae3-39d1-4434-97c9-5756e5862c61.mspx)
• Substatus Error Codes in Log Files
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/9c9a88fd-ceea-4a68-b0e3-cb1f27c93cbd.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/9c9a88fd-ceea-4a68-b0e3-cb1f27c93cbd.mspx)
• Capacity Planning Tracing
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/f90eba6f-ea20-4138-8bde-781e2e40d067.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/f90eba6f-ea20-4138-8bde-781e2e40d067.mspx)

Related Topics

• For information about monitoring tools other than logging, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb742517.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb742517.aspx)
• For information about generating, viewing, or understanding security logs (auditing), visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/088e8314-1362-4f3a-8452-2302ee78341f.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/088e8314-1362-4f3a-8452-2302ee78341f.mspx)

For additional information about IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web Site: