AndyLiebman@aol.com writes: > Can anybody point me to information/how-tos that describe, > step-by-step, how to configure mdadm to give me warnings about > possible problems with my raid arrays? I realize that mdadm can > monitor the status of the raids and send me a warning if something > looks bad. But I'm fuzzy on how exactly to set this up. Sorry, but > the details aren't obvious from any of the manuals or help files. > > For instance, I see that I can enter an email address with the flag > -m and the address. But do I need to specify a program that will > send that email? It looks that way to me. Can I use KDE Mail to do > the job? Or do I need to use something that doesn't involve a GUI? I run "mdadm --monitor --scan --daemonise" and have put a mail address in mdadm.conf. Make sure sendmail or something compatible (e.g. postfix) is installed. -- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
