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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
            last edited by

            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
                      last edited by

                      @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
                          last edited by

                          @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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