Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

Solaris Volume Manager Monitoring and Reporting (Task Map)

The following task map identifies the procedures needed to manage Solaris Volume Manager error reporting.

Task 

Description 

Instructions 

Set the mdmonitord daemon to periodically check for errors

Set the error-checking interval used by the mdmonitord daemon by editing the /etc/rc2.d/S95svm.sync file.

Configuring the mdmonitord Command for Periodic Error Checking

Configure the Solaris Volume Manager SNMP agent 

Edit the configuration files in the /etc/snmp/conf directory so Solaris Volume Manager will throw traps appropriately, to the correct system.

Configuring the Solaris Volume Manager SNMP Agent

Monitor Solaris Volume Manager with scripts run by the cron command

Create or adapt a script to check for errors, then run the script from the cron command.

Monitoring Solaris Volume Manager With a cron Job