The following example shows VRRP log messages from a backup router.

vyatta@R1:~$ show log vrrp
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp: ------< Global definitions >------ 
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:  Router ID = dut4 
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:  Smtp server connection timeout = 30 
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:  Email notification from = root@dut4 
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp: ------< VRRP Topology >------ 
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:  VRRP Instance = vyatta-dp0p1p2-2
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Want State = BACKUP
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Runing on device = dp0p1p2
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Virtual Router ID = 2
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Priority = 100
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Advert interval = 3sec
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Virtual IP = 1
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:      172.16.117.100/32 dev dp0p1p2 scope global
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Backup state transition script = /opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta-vrrp-state.pl backup dp0p1p2 2 dp0p1p2 null 172.16.117.100
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Master state transition script = /opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta-vrrp-state.pl master dp0p1p2 2 dp0p1p2 null 172.16.117.100
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp:    Fault state transition script = /opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta-vrrp-state.pl fault dp0p1p2 2 dp0p1p2 null 172.16.117.100
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp: Using LinkWatch kernel netlink reflector...
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp: VRRP_Instance(vyatta-dp0p1p2-2) Entering BACKUP STATE 
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp: VRRP_Instance(vyatta-dp0p1p2-2) removing protocol VIPs.
Feb 14 21:31:27 vyatta Keepalived_vrrp: Opening script file /opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta-vrrp-state.pl