Monitoring HP Smartarray (cciss) with nagios

Question

I'm trying to monitor an HP Smart Array controller using nagios. I have 4 disks on 2 RAID1 arrays, so 2 disks per RAID1.

I installed nrpe-server and nrpe-plugins and I'm using the almighty check_raid plugin, but it seems to only be seeing my first array and not the second:

# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_raid
OK: cciss:[/dev/cciss/c0d0: (Smart Array E200i) RAID 1 Volume 0 status: OK, /dev/cciss/c0d0: (Smart Array E200i) RAID 1 Volume 1 status: OK]

cciss_vol_status reports correctly for both arrays:

# cciss_vol_status /dev/cciss/c0d0
/dev/cciss/c0d0: (Smart Array E200i) RAID 1 Volume 0 status: OK. 
/dev/cciss/c0d0: (Smart Array E200i) RAID 1 Volume 1 status: OK. 
# cciss_vol_status /dev/cciss/c0d1
/dev/cciss/c0d1: (Smart Array E200i) RAID 1 Volume 0 status: OK. 
/dev/cciss/c0d1: (Smart Array E200i) RAID 1 Volume 1 status: OK.

How do I get check_raid to report on both arrays?

The server is an HP Proliant DL360 G5 with a Smart Array E200i controller. It's currently running debian wheezy.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '15 at 17:39

My recommendation would be to use the HP Management and Health Agents for the server. Those can email, dump to syslog and send SNMP traps.

If you absolutely must have this reported in Nagios, it seems like there are plenty of options. But a component of the HP set of tools is the hpssacli or hpacucli utility, whose output could be parsed:

# hpssacli ctrl all show config

Smart Array P420i in Slot 0 (Embedded)    (sn: 001438025AC2EA0)

   Internal Drive Cage at Port 1I, Box 2, OK

   Internal Drive Cage at Port 2I, Box 0, OK
   array A (SAS, Unused Space: 340650  MB)

      logicaldrive 1 (72.0 GB, RAID 1, OK)
      logicaldrive 2 (600.0 GB, RAID 1, OK)

      physicaldrive 1I:2:1 (port 1I:box 2:bay 1, SAS, 900.1 GB, OK)
      physicaldrive 1I:2:2 (port 1I:box 2:bay 2, SAS, 900.1 GB, OK)

   SEP (Vendor ID PMCSIERA, Model SRCv8x6G) 380  (WWID: 5001438025AC2EAF)

or

# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 ld 1 show status

   logicaldrive 1 (72.0 GB, 1): OK

# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 ld 2 show status

   logicaldrive 2 (600.0 GB, 1): OK

or maybe:

# hpssacli ctrl all show config | grep logicaldrive
      logicaldrive 1 (72.0 GB, RAID 1, OK)
      logicaldrive 2 (600.0 GB, RAID 1, OK)

I had a feeling I would get an answer from you :) . That worked great, I installed `hpacucli`, uninstalled `cciss-vol-status` and the `check_raid` plugin is now working for both arrays. Thanks! — GnP, Jan 12 '15 at 17:57

Monitoring HP Smartarray (cciss) with nagios

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