Re: mail notification of raid problems on 2.6.12

["Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld@dkuug.dk>]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 03:41:43PM +0000, Twigathy wrote:
> >From the mdadm manpage, you need to do "mdadm --monitor --test --scan"
> (Or possible an md device name) to get it to send you some test mails.
> I just checked it on my ubuntu server machine and it performs as
> expected with the following software:
> kernel 2.6.24-21-generic
> mdadm - v2.6.3 - 20th August 2007 (Yikes! That's pretty old. I really
> ought to dist-upgrade!)

Thanks, that worked, even on my old old setup.

I will add info on this on the wiki.

Best regards
keld

> Tom
> 
> 2008/11/15 Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>:
> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 09:54:13AM -0500, berk walker wrote:
> >> Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> >> >On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 03:40:00PM +0200, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Hi list
> >> >>
> >> >>how do I get mail notification on kernel 2.6.12, mdadm v1.12.0?
> >> >>I have looked in the man pages and tried various ways, but
> >> >>without luck till now.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >I got no answers for this. Is it really not possible, or is this
> >> >irrelevant to this list?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Look a bit deeper into mdadm manage -m (mail)  the delivery of the mail,
> >> sound effects, etc need to be excecuted by your system.
> >
> > Well, --manage -m did not work, mdadm says:
> >
> > mdadm: option m not valid in manage mode
> >
> > mdadm - v1.12.0 - 14 June 2005
> > That is the version I run as this is maintained by my OS vendor.
> >
> > And I did test mdadm --manage -m before asking my first question.
> >
> > Now mdadm --monitor --scan did not complain about my MAILADDR
> > line in /etc/mdadm.conf . But I would like to test it, and
> > mdadm --manage -t is not allowed. How do I trigger a message?
> >
> > Best regards
> > keld
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