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OP5 Monitor - How to monitor an HP RAID controller

Monitors HP RAID controller, this is not checked by the normal HP hardware check in op5 Monitor.

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NOTE: HP ACU CLI was designed for Windows 2012 and we have not validated this for newer Windows Operating Systems. This article remains here as a reference for how this worked.

This will enable HP RAID monitoring on your HP Proliant server. This how will require that you download an external script to your op5 Agent.

If there is a problem with your RAID the output will tell you the problem, for example say which disk that is failing.

Prerequisite Copied

  1. HP ACU CLI must be installed, download and install this from HP.

Step-by-step guide Copied

  1. Download the script check_smartarray.vbs to your op5 Agent script folder, C:\Program Files\op5\NSClient++\scripts

  2. Edit custom.ini, located in C:\Program Files\op5\NSClient++\

    [NRPE Handlers]check_raid=cscript.exe //NoLogo //T:10 scripts/check_smartarray.vbs --hpacucli "C:\Program Files\Compaq\Hpacucli\Bin\hpacucli.exe"

    Note that you might need to change the path to hpacucli.exe.

  3. Save the file and restart the op5 NSClient++ windows service.

  4. Go to op5 Monitor -> Configure -> Commands

  5. Create a new check command with the following settings: command_name: check_hp_raid command_line: $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 30 -c check_raid

  6. Click on Submit.

  7. Select your HP Server in the configuration and add a new service service_description: RAID Status check_command: check_hp_raid

  8. Click on Submit and save your configuration.

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