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AdMeGroup / newrelic_plugin_smartstatus

Send S.M.A.R.T. status of HDD drives to NewRelic
MIT License
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How to make sure it actually works? #1

Open andr0s opened 10 years ago

andr0s commented 10 years ago

Hey guys,

thanks for the plugin - I think NewRelic should support SMART monitoring out of the box.

I've installed the plugin using your README and it seems it works: I see a new tab 'smartstatus' in the NewRelic menu, I see the server I installed the plugin at, so basically I guess everything's okay.

But the server's disks are fine and no warnings\errors are reported at all. I see just a blank empty graph in the Overview section: http://i.imgur.com/4Ls7Pmfl.jpg

How can I make sure it will report any issues with the HDDs if (when) they come? As you understand, this is essential to be sure it will. Is there any way to simulate warnings? Now it's like making back-up copies of your files without testing that the back-up copies actually work =)

Thanks!

timurb commented 10 years ago

I think New Relic starts to display statistics something after 15 minutes after the plugin start. Do you still not see the graphs after some time has passed?

In addition to that you'll need to setup the alerts manually in New Relic web console. You'll need to figure out the exact alert thresholds yourself looking at smartctl -a output as these depend on the HDD model.