arrayprobe(1)

arrayprobe1

Command line hp (compaq) smartarray status checker

Usage

arrayprobe [-f device] [-r] [-o] [-i]

Overview

This program is capable of checking the status HP (Compaq) array controllers (devices using the Linux cciss and ida drivers). By default it runs in a non verbose mode that can be used as a nagios check or periodic cron job.

Options

-f <device>

Device to open.

-r

Report (verbose) mode.

-o

Only read new events (since last run, CCISS devices only).

-i <host>

Force ida ioctls. (use with -f if the device is supported by the ida driver)

Status

The output is a single line of information about the worst state found. (If one logical drive is recovering and a second drive is in interim recovery mode. It will only report the failing drive.) The exitcodes can be used to determine the severity. The following exit values are returned:

0

Normal.

1

Warning.

2

Critical.

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

  1. 4.0–6.0

Bugs

None known.

Authors

Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>

From arrayprobe 2.0-3.1 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.