Count how many errors in the system log?

Question

I'd like to count how many errors the are the system event log of a remote server(s) Is there a way of scripting this using Powershell or something similar to count how many errors have occurred and then save it in a file?

Answer 1

To list all Error types from the System log on someremotehost:

Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType Error -ComputerName someremotehost

To count them:

Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType Error -ComputerName someremotehost | Measure-Object