QoreStor 6.1.0 - User Guide

Monitoring clients

Monitoring clients through the QoreStor CLI

You can monitor client status through the CLI by using either the rda or ost commands.

To monitor clients, complete the following steps:

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2. View client information with the appropriate client command

   stats –clients[--type <NFS|CIFS|OST|RDS|NDMP|ISCSI|FC>]

   Refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide for more information.

Monitoring system events

You can easily view and filter current system events in the QoreStor GUI. To monitor QoreStor events, follow these steps:

1. In the navigation menu, click Events.

   The Events page displays a summary table of events listed by index number, severity (Informational, Warning, or Critical), timestamp of the event, and brief message describing the event.

2. To filter the list of events, do any of the following:
   • In the Date Range field, click to select a range of dates.
   • In the Message field, enter a word or string of words for which to search in Event messages. (The system is not case-sensitive)
   • In the Filter Events field, select the severity level for which to search as Info, Warning, or Critical.
   • Click Filter. Search results appear in the Events summary table.

Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting

The QoreStor GUI provides various information and tools that can help you better understand the current state of your system and that provide basic, support, maintenance, and troubleshooting functionality.

Using the QoreStor support options

In the QoreStor GUI, the Diagnostics page provides the ability to generate and view diagnostics bundles used by Quest Support to troubleshoot QoreStor problems.