raid-guard 0.1.6

Description

Monitoring hard discs in a raid system on linux servers. Raid Guard runs as a daemon and will send mails on specific events.

License

MIT License

Notes

• Only tested on a linux server

Features

• runs as a daemon.
• send a mail if a hard drive loss.
• setup via configuration file.

Installation

Dependences

• deiman (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/deiman/)
• iniparse (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/iniparse/)

Installation / Deinstallation

with pip

pip install raid-guard

pip uninstall raid-guard

or setup.py

1. Unpack your package.
2. Open a terminal and change to the folder which contains the setup.py and type

python setup.py install

Setup

• edit the /usr/share/raid_guard/raid_guard.ini an copy it to /root/.raid_guard.ini or start the prog the first time and the ini file will copied automaticly to root.
• Add an entry into the /etc/rc.local file: /usr/local/bin/raid_guard start

Usage

raid_guard [options]

options are: start, stop, status, help, test, logfile

Hints

• The logfile is stored at /var/log/raid_guard.log