Re: monitor IBM serveraid
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:55:15 +0000, Glyn Astill wrote:
>> http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins
>>
>> (side note, I'm also using "aacraid" module and no monitoring possible
>> for my raid1 and raid5 inside OS, just BIOS, at least while using
>> aacraid
>> module which included in kernel).
>>
>> I would contact IBM and tell them about your options. They provide
>> drivers for RedHat and SLES linux distributions, so they can give you
>> updated and accurate advice on this.
>>
>>
> We use adaptec 5805 controllers in our servers with the debian aacraid
> kernel module, and adaptec provide a "storage manager" tool as an rpm
> package (perhaps IBM provide something similar, or perhaps the adaptec
> tool would be fine for you if it's a rebranded card). I just converted
> the rpm with alien and installed the storage manager.
Last time I installed ASM it required the use of aacraid driver from
Adaptec and so to be compiled on every kernel update.
I finally ditched and got the stock "aacraid" module provided by the
kernel. This was for my 2020SA sata raid controllers.
> With that I can fire up storeman and use the adaptec storace manager
> remotely, or use the embedded "chkconfig" tool to check the status of my
> raid arrays.
>
> I use a nagios script to call the "chkconfig" tool for monitoring - this
> has been working well for the past couple of years.
IIRC, ASM also allowed web monitoring.
But it's a pity these raid controllers do not have CLI based tools
integrated in the OS for manaing raid status without the needing of
having to drop the kernel module.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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