Viewing Commands Issued by Administrators

To search the server activity log for messages, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. 

You can search for messages based on criteria such as a range of time or dates. If you do not make any selections, all messages that were generated in the last hour are displayed.  All of the dates and times used are server date and time.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date of the range for the messages to be displayed. It displays all the messages meeting the time range criteria that occurred after this date. The default is  Today.

Enter one of the following for Begin Date:

mm/dd/yyyy Begin with a specific date.  Example: 01/31/2000
TODAY Begin with records created on the current date. 
TODAY-n 
or 
-n
Begin with records created on the current date minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To display information beginning with records created a week ago, you can specify Today-7 or simply -7.

Begin Time

Enter the beginning time of the range for messages to be displayed. It displays all the messages meeting the date range criteria that occurred after this time. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, all messages that occurred in the last hour are displayed.

Enter one of the following for Begin Time:

hh:mm:ss Display information beginning with records created at a specific time on the specified begin date.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Begin with records created on or before the current time on the specified begin date.
NOW+hh:mm 
 or
+hh:mm
Begin with records created on or before the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified begin date.

Example: If you query the activity log at 9:00 a.m. with the Begin Time entered as NOW+3,  the server displays records with a time of 12:00 p.m. or later on the specified begin date.

NOW-hh:mm  
or 
-hh:mm 
Begin with records created on or before the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified begin date.

Example: If you query the activity log at 9:00 a.m. with the Begin Time entered as NOW-3:30, the server displays records with a time of 5:30 a.m. or later on the specified begin date.

End Date

Enter the ending date of the range for messages to be displayed. All messages meeting the time range criteria that occurred before this date are displayed. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, the current date is used. All the dates and times used are server date and time. The default is the Current Date.

Enter one of the following for End Date:

mm/dd/yyyy Ending with records created on a specific date.

Example: 02/28/2000

TODAY End with records created on the current date. 
TODAY-n
or 
-n
End with records created on or before the current date minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To display all activity log information created up to yesterday,  enter Today-1, or simply -1.

End Time

Enter the ending time of the range for messages to be displayed. It displays all the messages meeting the date range criteria that occurred before this time. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, all messages are displayed up to the time when you issued this command.

Enter one of the following for End Time:

hh:mm:ss End with records created on or before a specific time on the specified end date.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW End with records created on or before the current time on the specified end date.
NOW+hh:mm or
+hh:mm
End with records created on or before the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified end date.

Example: If you query the activity log at 9:00 a.m. with End Time entered as NOW+3, the server displays records with a time of 12:00 p.m. or earlier on the specified end date.

NOW-hh:mm
or
-hh:mm
Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created on or before the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified end date.

Example: If you query the activity log at 9:00 a.m. with End Time entered as NOW-3:30, the server displays records with a time of 5:30 a.m. or earlier on the specified end date.