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quick script to check the status of a linux raid 3ware controller

3ware is a pretty common controller in linux boxes, there is a command utility tw_cli to check the status. You can automate the checking via a simple bash script that you can put into your cron. here is some code

#!/bin/bash
com=`/path_to_ tw_cli/tw_cli info c0 u0 status | awk ‘{print $4}’`
echo $com
if [ “$com” = “DEGRADED” ];
then
mail -s “RAID Warning” you@domain.com < body
fi

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