From: Bruce A. <ba...@gr...> - 2004-09-16 08:08:01
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Manfred Schwarb wrote: > > Hi Don, > > > > Interesting idea. A patch to smartd that implemented this would get > > serious consideration. > > > > In the interim, consider sending USR1 signals to smartd. This will cause > > it to log a message to SYSLOG indicating that all is well. You can do > > this via a script. Another way to get regular reports from smartd is to > > use the scheduled self-test option (-s Directive). > > > > Cheers, > > Bruce > > Hi Bruce, > just an idea: > if you would extend the smartd "-s" option with an "T" (or whatever > you want to call it) test type, which just will do the equivalent to a > USR1 signal ? Without having looked at the code, this is probably easy. I'd probably call this type 'H' for 'Heartbeat'. > Then you have a status report in the logs in chosen intervals Sure enough... > and as well as email if you are using the "-m" option. I am confused about this. The -m option doesn't send email when -s has scheduled a test. > I think this would fulfill Don's monitoring needs. Don? Cheers, Bruce |