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      ugob
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      @ugob:

      But does PfSense supports software RAID?  I think a LiveCD + floppy is more reliable (at least for running) than a single disk.  The only RAID controller I have here is an HP NetRAID 1-M.  Will it work?

      I just tested and it works with th HP NetRAID 1-M.  I'll get 2 small SCSI disks and I'll use that.

      Anyone knows how to monitor for failed drives this way?  If it was on linux, I'd check /proc, but I don't know about freebsd.

      Thanks!

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        Matts
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        @ugob:

        @ugob:

        But does PfSense supports software RAID?  I think a LiveCD + floppy is more reliable (at least for running) than a single disk.  The only RAID controller I have here is an HP NetRAID 1-M.  Will it work?

        I just tested and it works with th HP NetRAID 1-M.  I'll get 2 small SCSI disks and I'll use that.

        Anyone knows how to monitor for failed drives this way?  If it was on linux, I'd check /proc, but I don't know about freebsd.

        Thanks!

        Yes for Linux I know it too, but I will check it.

        Were you able to monitor the controller for failing disks ?

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          ugob
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          @Matts:

          @ugob:

          I haven't checked really, but I think it sees only 1 CPU.  I don't really care if it sees only one though.

          No I don't care if it sees one, but I want to be sure it uses both.

          This is what I see:

          kern.smp.cpus: 1

          So if it sees one extra CPU for SMP or at total one.

          Mine sees and uses both.

          In top, I can sometimes see process using CPU1 when I hold the spacebar.

          From dmesg:```
          FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
          cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  1
          cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  0

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            ugob
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            @Matts:

            @ugob:

            @ugob:

            But does PfSense supports software RAID?  I think a LiveCD + floppy is more reliable (at least for running) than a single disk.  The only RAID controller I have here is an HP NetRAID 1-M.  Will it work?

            I just tested and it works with th HP NetRAID 1-M.  I'll get 2 small SCSI disks and I'll use that.

            Anyone knows how to monitor for failed drives this way?  If it was on linux, I'd check /proc, but I don't know about freebsd.

            Thanks!

            Yes for Linux I know it too, but I will check it.

            Were you able to monitor the controller for failing disks ?

            No, all I found is this:

            amrstat is available as a package, but since my pfsense is not connected to the 'net right now, I can't try.

            However, since there is no mta on pfsense, another system would have to run a script via ssh and send an e-mail if one drive is failing.

            It would be easier using snmp.

            Please let me know if you find anything.

            http://www.unixadmintalk.com/f41/monitoring-raid-arrays-51889/

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              ugob
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              I found something:

              # pkg_add -r http://ftp.id.freebsd.org/ports/packages/All/amrstat-20070216.tbz
              # rehash
              # amrstat
              Logical volume 0:       degraded (16.96 GB, RAID1)
              Physical drive 0:0      rebuild
              Physical drive 0:1      online
              
              

              Now you can use a remote server to execute amrstat remotely via ssh and grep for 'degraded'.  If grep returns 0, send an e-mail.

              Ugo

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                ugob
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                See this post to follow-up on the monitoring… http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,5263.0.html

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                  Matts
                  last edited by

                  I have installed the AMRSTAT Port, but I can;t get it working.

                  FreeBSD is actually quite new for me :) If it was Linux.. it was more simple ;)

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                    ugob
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                    Look http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,5252.msg31671.html#msg31671

                    3 simple commands.

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                      Matts
                      last edited by

                      @ugob:

                      I found something:

                      # pkg_add -r http://ftp.id.freebsd.org/ports/packages/All/amrstat-20070216.tbz
                      # rehash
                      # amrstat
                      Logical volume 0:       degraded (16.96 GB, RAID1)
                      Physical drive 0:0      rebuild
                      Physical drive 0:1      online
                      
                      

                      Now you can use a remote server to execute amrstat remotely via ssh and grep for 'degraded'.  If grep returns 0, send an e-mail.

                      Ugo

                      Hi,

                      I already installed it using this:

                      pkg_add -r amrstat
                      

                      This is what I get because I already installed the latest version I thought

                      # pkg_add -r http://ftp.id.freebsd.org/ports/packages/All/amrstat-20070216.tbz
                      Fetching http://ftp.id.freebsd.org/ports/packages/All/amrstat-20070216.tbz... Done.
                      pkg_add: package 'amrstat-20070216' or its older version already installed
                      #
                      
                      

                      And I get this now:

                      
                      # amrstat
                      open: No such file or directory
                      # where amrstat
                      /usr/local/sbin/amrstat
                      # /usr/local/sbin/amrstat
                      open: No such file or directory
                      # /usr/local/sbin/amrstat --help
                      amrstat: illegal option -- -
                      usage: /usr/local/sbin/amrstat [-a num] [-b] [-c ctlr|-f dev] [-g] [-l vol]
                                      [-p drive|-s bus[:target]] [-t usec] [-v]
                      
                              -a num          number of retries
                              -b              battery status
                              -c ctrl         controller ID
                              -f dev          device path
                              -g              print global parameters
                              -l vol          logical volume ID
                              -p drive        physical drive ID
                              -s bus[:target] SCSI bus (and optinal target)
                              -t usec         sleep time between retries
                              -v              verbose output
                      #
                      
                      
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                        ugob
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                        Maybe your RAID controller is not supported by this program.  How are labeled your disks?

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                          Matts
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                          @ugob:

                          Maybe your RAID controller is not supported by this program.

                          I will check it, I thought it was.

                          
                          How are labeled your disks?
                          
                          What do you mean by this ?
                          
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                            ugob
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                            Give me the output of 'df'

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                              Matts
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                              @ugob:

                              Give me the output of 'df'

                              /dev/idad0s1a  13133670 75896 12007082    1%    /
                              devfs                1    1        0  100%    /dev
                              /dev/md0          1710    26    1548    2%    /var/run
                              devfs                1    1        0  100%    /var/dhcpd/dev

                              Btw, I was thinking of using smartmontools. After installing this I see that libcam* is missing.

                              Or we have to get a full install tree, what not should be it.

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                                ugob
                                last edited by

                                @Matts:

                                @ugob:

                                Give me the output of 'df'

                                /dev/idad0s1a  13133670 75896 12007082    1%    /
                                devfs                1    1        0  100%    /dev
                                /dev/md0          1710    26    1548    2%    /var/run
                                devfs                1    1        0  100%    /var/dhcpd/dev

                                Your RAID controller doesn't use the amr driver, so you can't use amrstat

                                @Matts:

                                Btw, I was thinking of using smartmontools. After installing this I see that libcam* is missing.

                                Or we have to get a full install tree, what not should be it.

                                If you get smartmontools, how will you get notified of a failed disk?

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                                  Matts
                                  last edited by

                                  @ugob:

                                  @Matts:

                                  @ugob:

                                  Give me the output of 'df'

                                  /dev/idad0s1a  13133670 75896 12007082     1%    /
                                  devfs                 1     1        0   100%    /dev
                                  /dev/md0           1710    26     1548     2%    /var/run
                                  devfs                 1     1        0   100%    /var/dhcpd/dev

                                  Your RAID controller doesn't use the amr driver, so you can't use amrstat

                                  @Matts:

                                  Btw, I was thinking of using smartmontools. After installing this I see that libcam* is missing.

                                  Or we have to get a full install tree, what not should be it.

                                  If you get smartmontools, how will you get notified of a failed disk?

                                  Ow damn, just me… Brain Fart ? ;)

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                                    ugob
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                                    I think I found how to do it, using an Expect script.  I haven't tried it yet 'cause I don't have the pfsense machine close, but I will as soon as I can boot it up.

                                    Here is the script:

                                    http://bash.cyberciti.biz/security/sshlogin.exp.php

                                    This script is executed from a remote host, on which expect is installed.  I'm just beginning with expect, so I hard-coded all my values in the script.  I know this exposes the firewall root password in a file, but I think I can live with that until I find a better way to be alerted when a drive fails.

                                    #! /bin/bash
                                    
                                    RETVAL=0
                                    
                                    /home/user/expect_amrstat > /home/user/expect_degraded
                                    
                                    grep Degraded /home/user/expect_degraded >dev/null
                                    
                                    RETVAL=$?
                                    if [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ]; then
                                            echo "Array degraded on firewall"  |mail -s "Array Degraded" me@mydomain.com
                                    fi
                                    
                                    

                                    The script /home/user/expect_amrstat simply runs amrstat on the firewall and outputs the result.

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