# Monitoring VM events

**prlctl monitor-events**

\[<*vm\_id* | *vm\_name*>] \[**--utc**] \[**--json**]

Lists events from a specified virtual machine, or, if a virtual machine name/ID is not provided, from all registered virtual machines. The default time in the timestamps is local time.

#### Optional Parameters

**--utc**

Prints the time stamp in UTC instead of local time (which is default).

**--json**

Prints the event data in JSON format instead of plain-text format (which is default).


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