How can I be notified immediately when a drive fails?
You can configure RAID to notify you immediately when a there is a problem with a drive on your Linux dedicated server.
NOTE: RAID automatically sends server notifications to our Dedicated Hosting support team. We recommend that you continue to use this configuration and simply add yourself to the notification list. Any other changes to your RAID configuration could result in a hard drive failure going undetected.
To Add Your Email to the RAID Notification List
- Connect to your Linux dedicated server using SSH.
- From the command prompt, type
su. - Enter the password you created when you set up your dedicated server.
- At the command prompt, type:
hptraidconf.
- For your user name, type
RAID. - Again, enter the password you created when you set up your dedicated server.
- From the Highpoint CLI prompt, type:
- To confirm that you were added to the notification list, type:
Where "name" is your name, "email@coolexample.com" is your email address, and "options" are either "Inf" (Information), "War" (Warning), or "Err" (Error)--depending on the type of problems you want to be notified about.
Your name and email address should display in the mail recipient list along with the name and email address for your dedicated support team. If you have any problems adding yourself to your RAID notification list, please contact Customer Support.