Administrator Guide

View event log
Description
View all or part of the contents of the event log file based on date range and logging level.
Command syntax
shmcli (view log | vlog) ([-startDate=<StartDate> -endDate=<EndDate> -
event=<EventType>] | [-event=<EventType> -count=<LatestEventCount>] | [-h])
Parameters
Table 23. View event log
Parameter Description
-h
Provides more information about the command, description, and usage.
-startDate
Display logs recorded on or after this date. Acceptable format is MM/DD/YY.
-endDate
Display logs recorded no later than this date. Acceptable format is MM/DD/YY.
-count
Display the latest number of events of a specified category. The viewable count
of latest events can be a value ranging from 1 through 1000.
-event
Display logs of the given event severity type. This could be either of the
following: INFO, CRITICAL, ERROR, WARN. Logs are printed irrespective of the
severity level, if this argument is not provided.
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