This topic introduces the QoreStor CLI commands for configuring, managing, and viewing the current status of a QoreStor server. For example, the QoreStor CLI alerts and system commands both contain options that provide administrators with the capability to configure, manage, and display the status of the a QoreStor server. 
The following list of commands provide the functionality for configuring, managing, and displaying QoreStor status:
- Alerts 
- Email_alerts 
- OST (OpenStorage Technology) 
- RDA (Rapid Data Access) 
- Stats (statistics) 
- Storage Group 
- System 
- User 
 
    
This topic introduces the set of QoreStor CLI commands that enable you to perform the following tasks:
- Display system alerts and events. 
 
    
This topic introduces the alerts command usage:
- alerts --show [options] 
- alerts --help 
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Description 
Displays the current list of system events.
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 | NOTE: The default is to display the 30 most recent events (this example is intentionally brief). The count and index options can also be used to filter the list of events (alerts --show --events --count <number>). | 
 
Syntax 
alerts --show [--events] [--index <[-]number>] [--count <number>] [--all]
	       [--alerts] [--index <[-]number>] [--count <number>] [--all]
	       [--summary]
Where
--events    Display events.
--alerts    Display alerts.--index     Starting index to display / -num recent events to skip.
--count     Count of alerts or events to display.
--all       Display all events / alerts.
--summary   Displays total number of alert messages.
 
Result 
alerts --show --events
Index  Severity  Time                 Event Message
188    INFO      2018-06-07 18:07:28  Successfully authenticated User admin.
187    INFO      2018-06-07 18:03:54  Optimization initialized on container "NVBU1".
186    INFO      2018-06-07 18:03:54  Container "NVBU1" is configured to access over RDS by the following clients: * ('*' means access for everyone).
185    INFO      2018-06-07 18:03:54  Container "NVBU1" created successfully.
184    INFO      2018-06-07 18:02:34  Successfully authenticated User admin.