Parallels Helm
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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 9
C H A P T E R 1 Preface In this chapter: Typographical Conventions... 4 Feedback... 5 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. Formatting convention Type of Information Example Special Bold Italics Monospace Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. Titles of chapters, sections, and subsections. 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 names of commands, files, directories, and domain names. Go to the System tab. Read the Basic Administration chapter. The system supports the so called wildcard character search. The license file is located in the http://docs/common/ licenses directory.
Preface 5 Preformatted Preformatted Bold On-screen computer output in your commandline sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages. What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output. # ls al /files total 14470 # 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 http://www.parallels.com/en/support/usersdoc/. Please include in your report the guide s title, chapter and section titles, and the fragment of text in which you have found an error.
C H A P T E R 2 About Parallels Helm Parallels Helm Web Hosting Control System is an extremely powerful hosting automation solution for Windows 2000 and Windows.NET servers. Parallels Helm is owned by Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation software. Web site: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/helm/.
C H A P T E R 3 About This Guide This guide explains how to install and use Event Viewer with Parallels Helm.
C H A P T E R 4 Installing the Windows Event Viewer Module To install the Windows Event Viewer Module in Parallels Helm: 1 Open the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on your server. Click the Installed Modules button to view all the available modules for Parallels 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 Parallels Helm build. Read on to learn how to use it in Parallels Helm.
C H A P T E R 5 Using Windows Event Viewer Parallels Helm allows you to view the Windows Event logs directly through your control panel 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 Parallels 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 drop-down 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 drop-down 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.