16.19. Setting up email notifications to monitor a RAID

Procedure

1. Create the /etc/mdadm.conf configuration file for monitoring array by scanning the RAID details:

   # mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf

   Note, that ARRAY and MAILADDR are mandatory variables.

2. Open the /etc/mdadm.conf configuration file with a text editor of your choice and add the MAILADDR variable with the mail address for the notification. For example, add new line:

   MAILADDR example@example.com

   Here, example@example.com is an email address to which you want to receive the alerts from the array monitoring.

3. Save changes in the /etc/mdadm.conf file and close it.