WindowsEventLog: MaximumSizeInBytes change maximum limit to exceed 4GB

Bắt đầu từ tham số MaximumSizeInBytes của resource WindowsEventLog và kiểm tra ràng buộc ValidateRange của tham số này. Xác minh phạm vi được chấp nhận bằng cấu hình Invoke-DscResource được cung cấp, sau đó xác nhận rằng các giá trị lớn hơn 4GB và tối đa đến giới hạn được yêu cầu được chấp nhận mà không có lỗi xác thực.

Problem description

Currently the MaximumSizeInBytes is limited to a max of 4GB. This should be expanded to 2TB. Cannot find the official documentation about this but there is a recent blog post about it where it mentions that it can be set to 2TB

You can set a maximum log size value of between 1024 and 2,147,483,647 kilobytes in multiples of 64 kilobytes. That's an approximate maximum log file size of 2 TB if you're feeling relaxed about the amount of storage you have. Microsoft’s current recommendation for how to configure this setting is 4GB.

Verbose logs

PowerShell DSC resource DSC_WindowsEventLog  failed to execute Set-TargetResource functionality with error message: Cannot validate argument on parameter
'MaximumSizeInBytes'. The 21474836480 argument is greater than the maximum allowed range of 4294967296. Supply an argument that is less than or equal to 4
294967296 and then try the command again

DSC configuration

$InvokeParams = @{
    Method     = 'Set'
    ModuleName = 'ComputerManagementDsc'
    Name       = 'WindowsEventLog'
    Property   = @{
        LogName            = 'System'
        IsEnabled          = $true
        LogMode            = 'Circular'
        MaximumSizeInBytes = 21474836480
    }
}
Invoke-DscResource @InvokeParams

Suggested solution

Change the ValidateRange in the MaximumSizeInBytes parameter from [ValidateRange(64KB, 4GB)] to [ValidateRange(64KB, 2TB)]

Operating system the target node is running

Windows server 2016-2025

PowerShell version and build the target node is running

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.26100.6584
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.26100.6584
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

ComputerManagementDsc version

ComputerManagementDsc 10.0.0  C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ComputerManagementDsc\10.0.0\ComputerManagementDsc.psd1