How To Use The SPULSRetriever.GetULSEntries Method

Question

This is the method in question:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/office/microsoft.sharepoint.diagnostics.spulsretriever.getulsentries.aspx
I recently found this method and was interested in using it for a solution. However, the count is always 0 when executed. I create an instance of the SPULSRetriever class with the start time as 180 minutes ago, the forward check time of 300 minutes,
and 1000 max entries.
I then call GetULSEntries with a correlation ID that I found in the logs within the timeframe, but it never finds anything.
I am simply running the code from visual studio on the same server as the SharePoint instance.
Any suggestions?
SPULSRetriever ulsRetriever = new SPULSRetriever(300, 1000, DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(-180));
IList<LogFileEntry> ulsLogEntries = ulsRetriever.GetULSEntries(new Guid("8c65f19c-0237-605e-e12e-53328ffb7868"));

Answer 1

I tried your code and I have no trouble getting entries back. Looking at the internal code, if and exception occurs the method just returns an empty IList. So you  need to check for something like this in the ULS logs "Cannot access ULS share
on \\{0}\logs", appears to  be a permissions issue.
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