You could write a script that will notify you if the status changes. I do something like this with my Apple G5 (also running software raid). Here is an example of something similar, you would of course, modify it to use with raidctl. Basically the script would run raidctl -s raid0 and you would grep it for information. If the script didnt return the information you desire, it would mail you. You can then set it to run from cron every 30-60 minutes. In addition, if you have some sort of systems monitoring in place (like Nagios), you could call the script from Nagios, and tie it into your existing notification system. I had to modify this script to work with Tiger (the output changed between panther and tiger). Here is that example (for apple, but you get the idea):
#!/bin/sh ## This script is designed to get the status of a mirror set and send an email notice on fail ## to test, change the "good=2" below to "good=1" and you should receive a warning email ## Dean Shavit, MOST Training & Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.macworkshops.com ## This is for servers using software RAID mirror sets only ## ## Step 1: Define a variable for a functional raid by counting the number of good disks status=`diskutil checkraid disk3|grep -c OK` ## Step 2: Define a number for comparison against a failed raid good=2 ## Step 3: Define the warning message for the body of the email warning="houston we have a problem!" ## Step 4: Define a variable for the computer name box=`/usr/sbin/scutil --get ComputerName` ## Step 5: Define a variable - email address of person to notify admin="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ## Step 6: compare current status with good status, if a match, echo, if not, notify if [ $status == $good ]; then echo $status else echo From: $box- $warning!!! > /tmp/houston.txt| mail -s "RAID Alert Report"\ $admin < /tmp/houston.txt fi --- Tim Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a box here running 3.8 which I have just set > up raidframe to > mirror the two 80gb drives (which works fine). > However, the only way > that I get notified of a component failure is if I > run raidctl -s raid0. > > Is there an option that I have missed or a way to > monitor it via > something like bioctl? > > Thanks > > Tim > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - > http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDvgVVFljnMgL4+tQRAhTMAKCZjf+0Mf5qYIdTgMClPJxwvi+CGwCeIyL4 > 2f9f0ayt32q6NdMQzzyPX5E= > =PS/U > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
