Parallels® Helm
Parallels Helm 4.2.0 Windows Event
Viewer Module Guide
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Contents
Preface 4
Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................... 4
Feedback ....................................................................................................................................... 5
About Parallels Helm 6
About This Guide 7
Installing the Windows Event Viewer Module 8
Using Windows Event Viewer in Helm 9
In this chapter:
Typographical Conventions ............................................................................... 4
Feedback .......................................................................................................... 5
Formatting convention
Type of Information
Example
Special Bold
Items you must select,
such as menu options,
command buttons, or
items in a list.
Go to the System tab.
Titles of chapters,
sections, and
subsections.
Read the Basic
Administration chapter.
Italics
Used to emphasize the
importance of a point, to
introduce a term or to
designate a command
line placeholder, which is
to be replaced with a real
name or value.
The system supports the
so called wildcard
character search.
Monospace
The names of
commands, files,
directories, and domain
names.
The license file is located
in the
http://docs/common/
licenses directory.
C H A P T E R 1
Preface
Typographical Conventions
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation
conventions used in it.
The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information.
Preface 5
Preformatted
On-screen computer
output in your commandline sessions; source
code in XML, C++, or
other programming
languages.
# ls –al /files
total 14470
Preformatted
Bold
What you type,
contrasted with on-screen
computer output.
# cd /root/rpms/php
CAPITALS
Names of keys on the
keyboard.
SHIFT, CTRL, ALT
KEY+KEY
Key combinations for
which the user must
press and hold down one
key and then press
another.
CTRL+P, ALT+F4
Feedback
If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to
improve this guide, please send your feedback using the online form at
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C HAP T E R 2
About Parallels Helm
automation solution for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers. Parallels Helm is
owned by Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation software. Website:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/helm/.
This guide explains how to install and use Event Viewer with Parallels Helm.
C H A P T E R 3
About This Guide
To install the Windows Event Viewer Module in Helm:
C H A P T E R 4
Installing the Windows Event Viewer Module
1 Open the Helm Configuration Tool on your server. Click the Installed
Modules button to view all the available modules for Helm.
2 Find the Windows Event Viewer module in the list and check the box, and
then click the Install/Uninstall Modules button to install it.
The Windows Event Viewer module is now installed on your Helm build. Read on to
learn how to use it in Helm.
Helm allows you to view the Windows Event logs directly through your control panel
C H A P T E R 5
Using Windows Event Viewer in Helm
interface, without the need to log in directly to the server. You can also filter the logs by
date and type.
To view the Windows Event logs for a particular Server:
1 In Helm go to Home > Helm System > Servers > SERVER NAME > Windows Event
Viewer
2 Here you will see a list of Windows Event Logs. You can see the
category, entry type, source and time of the event.
Windows Event Log Source: Choose the type of Windows Event log you wish to
view from the dropdown box. The options in here will be dependent on the
applications installed on your server, but they will include items such as System,
Security and Application. Click Apply Filter to then filter the results by your choice.
From Date: Pick the date you wish to start viewing logs from.
To Date: Pick the date you wish to view logs up to.
Windows Event Entry Type: Choose the type of Event entry you wish to view from
the dropdown box. These include Any Type, Error, Failure Audit, Information,
Success Audit and Warning. Click Apply Filter to then filter the results by your
choice.
Time: If you want to view an event in more detail, simply click the green
timestamp next to the event, and you will be taken to the information page for
that event. Once you have viewed an event entry, click Back to return to the
Windows Event Viewer main page.
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