Get Restart log using PowerShell

I'm often curious about a restart on a Windows server system.

An easy way to get a list of the restart and what initiated it is to use the following powershell script.

$eventIDs = @(1074, 6008, 6009)

Get-EventLog -LogName System | Where-Object { $eventIDs -contains $_.EventID } | Sort-Object -Property TimeGenerated | Select-Object EventID, TimeGenerated, Message | Format-Table -AutoSize -Wrap

It will produce output similar to this: 

Reading Windows Event Log for Oracle Databases

Mythological creatures take many forms. Some have horns and hooves. Some have bodies combined from the union of different species. Some have scales and wings and breath fire.

I'm that rarest of all mythological creatures: The sort who runs production Oracle databases on Windows :-D