XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure
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For those that are NOT on Dell (non - iDRAC) hardware & using a HW RAID controller, how are you monitoring hard drive failures?
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iDRAC can do that, or standard Dell CentOS drivers right on the Dom0
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I just use the lights on the drives themselves.
One of my goals for early 2017 is to get my iDRAC sending me alerts.
@scottalanmiller they have dropped support for that, I think. ALso, would you really be comfortable installing that on XS? You know the first rule of XS!
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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@scottalanmiller they have dropped support for that, I think. ALso, would you really be comfortable installing that on XS? You know the first rule of XS!
Installing the hardware montitoring on the Dom0? Yes, that is what it's purposeis.
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@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@scottalanmiller they have dropped support for that, I think. ALso, would you really be comfortable installing that on XS? You know the first rule of XS!
Installing the hardware montitoring on the Dom0? Yes, that is what it's purposeis.
Shivers....
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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
I just use the lights on the drives themselves.
If the drive fails & you aren't around (maybe you're on a fancy beach), then what?
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@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
I just use the lights on the drives themselves.
If the drive fails & you aren't around (maybe you're on a fancy beach), then what?
Then I stay on said beach.
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@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
I just use the lights on the drives themselves.
If the drive fails & you aren't around (maybe you're on a fancy beach), then what?
Tree falling in the forest. If a drive fails and you are not on call, did it really fail?
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@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
I just use the lights on the drives themselves.
If the drive fails & you aren't around (maybe you're on a fancy beach), then what?
It's definitely a risk.
But, if the drive fails and I am on that beach, I am screwed anyway.
I am trusting the multiple 9s and RAID array I have. And also good backups.
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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
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@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
How about us folks that don't have Dell? What's the right procedure?
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@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
How about us folks that don't have Dell? What's the right procedure?
It's "get the right tools for your hardware"
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@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
How about us folks that don't have Dell? What's the right procedure?
Oh, sorry, I missed that in your original post.
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@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
So they said about everything.
I mean, you always say about how XS works as long as your don't do anything advanced. You wouldn't qualify that procedure as advanced?
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It's fine, more XS knowledge is a good thing!
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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
So they said about everything.
I mean, you always say about how XS works as long as your don't do anything advanced. You wouldn't qualify that procedure as advanced?
Installing basic tools? No, it's pretty rudimentary.
ML should whip up some how tos that are clearer than that one. There are better ways to handle the setup instructions. But the basic installation is:
- Add repo
- Install tool
- Configure where to send alerts
Then it is self maintaining along with the rest of the system. The other option is... just let it fail. This is the same super basic "how you monitor any hardware". No different than basic setup with VMware, Hyper-V, Linux on bare metal, Windows on bare metal, etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/378701-dell-openmanage-in-xenserver-7/
Yup, looks like the right procedure. That's exactly how XenServer is supposed to be used.
So they said about everything.
I mean, you always say about how XS works as long as your don't do anything advanced. You wouldn't qualify that procedure as advanced?
Installing basic tools? No, it's pretty rudimentary.
ML should whip up some how tos that are clearer than that one. There are better ways to handle the setup instructions. But the basic installation is:
- Add repo
- Install tool
- Configure where to send alerts
Then it is self maintaining along with the rest of the system. The other option is... just let it fail. This is the same super basic "how you monitor any hardware". No different than basic setup with VMware, Hyper-V, Linux on bare metal, Windows on bare metal, etc.
When I read through that post, there were comments about how you had to be careful because you didn't want to update CentOS stuff that would break XS. That's the kind of thing that confuses me.
Like, should you revert all the changes you make to the repos to get it to work?
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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
Like, should you revert all the changes you make to the repos to get it to work?
No, that guy was confused
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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:
When I read through that post, there were comments about how you had to be careful because you didn't want to update CentOS stuff that would break XS. That's the kind of thing that confuses me.
Dell's repos do not update the CentOS OS. He's right, don't update that stuff. He's wrong to associate it with this task.
