# Monitor Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager policies
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You can use the following features to monitor the lifecycle of your snapshots and AMIs.

**Topics**
+ [Console and AWS CLI](#monitor-console-cli)
+ [Monitor Data Lifecycle Manager policies using EventBridge](monitor-cloudwatch-events.md)
+ [Monitor Data Lifecycle Manager policies using CloudWatch](monitor-dlm-cw-metrics.md)
+ [Logging Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager API Calls Using AWS CloudTrail](logging-using-cloudtrail.md)

## Console and AWS CLI
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You can view your lifecycle policies using the Amazon EC2 console or the AWS CLI. Each snapshot and AMI created by a policy has a timestamp and policy-related tags. You can filter snapshots and AMIs using these tags to verify that your backups are being created as you intend.