tags 497949 patch thanks > Could you please send me a well-tested patch as I have no time these > days for mdadm maintenance.
See below. Installed on 6 systems for a couple of days without problems. Then again, I can't confirm it works when a device is degraded, but I assume it does, if mdadm does as advertised in the manpage :-) Paul Slootman diff -ru --unidirectional-new-file mdadm-2.6.7/debian/changelog mdadm-2.6.7x/debian/changelog --- mdadm-2.6.7/debian/changelog 2008-09-08 11:44:32.000000000 +0200 +++ mdadm-2.6.7x/debian/changelog 2008-09-08 11:37:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +mdadm (2.6.7-3.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Add cron.daily script to check for degraded arrays. + closes:#497949 + + -- Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:36:41 +0200 + mdadm (2.6.7-3.1) unstable; urgency=low * Non-maintainer upload with permission. diff -ru --unidirectional-new-file mdadm-2.6.7/debian/mdadm.cron.daily mdadm-2.6.7x/debian/mdadm.cron.daily --- mdadm-2.6.7/debian/mdadm.cron.daily 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ mdadm-2.6.7x/debian/mdadm.cron.daily 2008-09-08 11:36:28.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +#! /bin/sh +# +# cron.daily/mdadm -- daily check that MD devices are functional +# +# Copyright © 2008 Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +# distributed under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0 + +# As recommended by the manpage, run +# mdadm --monitor --scan -1 +# every day to ensure that any degraded MD devices don't go unnoticed. +# Email will go to the address specified in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf . + +MDADM=/sbin/mdadm + +[ -x $MDADM ] || exit 0 # package may be removed but not purged + +$MDADM --monitor --scan -1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
