2 Jul
2008
2 Jul
'08
9:46 a.m.
hi friends.
In interview i was asked a question that. If a server is located at some remote place
and in a server one of the hard disk had failed. Then how do we find which hard disk
had failed from the several hard disk in the server remotely.
we need to hav certain command for this in linux.
in IBM AIX there is certain command but in linux i dont't know.
does any 1 know this than plz reply.
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2 Jul
2 Jul
11:29 a.m.
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, ravi kuamar wrote:
Then how do we find which hard disk had failed from
the several hard
disk in the server remotely. we need to hav certain command for this
in linux.
Individual disks or hardware RAID?
in IBM AIX there is certain command
what is the
command in AIX?
-- Arun Khan
2:01 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Arun Khan <knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
errpt -a or diag (or smitty diag)
Regards,
NMK.
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First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.
Then you win. -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
in IBM AIX
there is certain command
what is the command in AIX?
2:05 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Arun Khan <knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, ravi kuamar wrote:
If the disk is a member of a raid array, you can do a cat /proc/mdstat
to know its health.
If its an individual disk, I don't know of any direct, linux native
way of finding it. Your hardware vendor might provide some daignostic
software that can be run without rebooting the system.
Regards,
NMK.
--
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.
Then you win. -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Then how do we find which hard disk had failed
from the several hard
disk in the server remotely. we need to hav certain command for this
in linux.
Individual disks or hardware RAID? 
2:16 p.m.
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008 19:35, Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Arun Khan
<knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
grep syslog and dmesg.
--
Rgds
JTD
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, ravi kuamar wrote:
If the disk is a member of a raid array, you can do a cat
/proc/mdstat to know its health.
If its an individual disk, I don't know of any direct, linux native
way of finding it. Then how do we find which hard disk had failed
from the several
hard disk in the server remotely. we need to hav certain command
for this in linux.
Individual disks or hardware RAID?
2:23 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:16 PM, jtd <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> wrote:
grep syslog and dmesg.
True. This was a typical case of me thinking of complicated solutions
and ignoring the most basic and simple one. :-)
Does an amber light on the disk always trigger an alert in the syslog?
Regards,
NMK.
--
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.
Then you win. -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
2:40 p.m.
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Arun Khan
<knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
This will work only for sw raid. In the hardware raids I have come
across the array is presented as a monolith device e.g. /dev/sda
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, ravi kuamar wrote:
If the disk is a member of a raid array, you can do a cat
/proc/mdstat to know its health. Then how do we find which hard disk had failed
from the several
hard disk in the server remotely. we need to hav certain command
for this in linux.
Individual disks or hardware RAID? If its an individual disk, I don't know of any
direct, linux native
way of finding it. Your hardware vendor might provide some daignostic
software that can be run without rebooting the system.
If the disk does not show up in "fdisk -l " certainly rip'd. This is
the easy one. If it is on it's way out, there will be timeouts or read
errors.
But detecting such errors (OP) from a remote location. Hmmm, may be
some kind of SNMP report?
-- Arun Khan
2:44 p.m.
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008 20:10, Arun Khan wrote:
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
remote syslog n nagios might be a lot simpler.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Arun Khan
<knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
This will work only for sw raid. In the hardware raids I have come
across the array is presented as a monolith device e.g. /dev/sda
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, ravi kuamar wrote:
If the disk is a member of a raid array, you can do a cat
/proc/mdstat to know its health. Then how do we find which hard disk had failed
from the
several hard disk in the server remotely. we need to hav
certain command for this in linux.
Individual disks or hardware RAID? If its an individual disk, I don't know of
any direct, linux
native way of finding it. Your hardware vendor might provide some
daignostic software that can be run without rebooting the system.
If the disk does not show up in "fdisk -l " certainly rip'd. This
is the easy one. If it is on it's way out, there will be timeouts
or read errors.
But detecting such errors (OP) from a remote location. Hmmm, may
be some kind of SNMP report?
-- Arun Khan
--
Rgds
JTD
25 Nov
25 Nov
5:05 a.m.
ravi kuamar wrote:
In interview i was asked a question that. If a server
is located at some remote place
and in a server one of the hard disk had failed. Then how do we find which hard disk
had failed from the several hard disk in the server remotely.
we need to hav certain command for this in linux.
in IBM AIX there is certain command but in linux i dont't know.
does any 1 know this than plz reply.
For hardware RAID, you could use the RAID manager software. IBM's Raid
Manager disks have RPMs for RHEL. You would have to hunt a bit to find
the solution for other vendors.
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Regards,
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