So you have faulty disk and these nice guys from HP (sorry, HPE I should say!) asked for adureport. That’s alright, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3
Repository
Configure repository as described here.
Installation
apt-get install hpacucli
Generate report
hpacucli ctrl all diag file=/tmp/ADUReport.zip
Email report back to HP. You can of course view it first should you want it:
unzip ADUreport.zip vim ADUReport.txt
Using hpacucli
NB. Did you know, you can do all sorts of funky stuff with hpacucli?
Either run commands to get output that can be feed to monitoring scripts:
/usr/sbin/hpacucli ctrl slot=0 physicaldrive all show status /usr/sbin/hpacucli ctrl slot=0 logicaldrive all show status /usr/sbin/hpacucli ctrl slot=0 array all show status
or run it interactively:
/usr/sbin/hpacucli
HP Array Configuration Utility CLI 9.40.12.0 Detecting Controllers...Done. Type "help" for a list of supported commands. Type "exit" to close the console. => ctrl all show config <ommited> => ctrl all show status Smart Array P400 in Slot 0 Controller Status: OK Cache Status: OK => set target ctrl slot=0 "controller slot=0" => show => show config detail Smart Array P400 in Slot 0 Bus Interface: PCI Slot: 2 Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cache Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxx RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Disableds Controller Status: OK Chassis Slot: Hardware Revision: Rev E Firmware Version: 5.20 Rebuild Priority: Medium Expand Priority: Medium Surface Scan Delay: 15 sec Cache Board Present: True Cache Status: OK Accelerator Ratio: 100% Read / 0% Write Drive Write Cache: Disabled Total Cache Size: 256 MB Battery Pack Count: 0 SATA NCQ Supported: True => physicaldrive all show status physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:4 (port 1I:box 1:bay 4, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:5 (port 1I:box 1:bay 5, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:6 (port 1I:box 1:bay 6, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:7 (port 1I:box 1:bay 7, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:8 (port 1I:box 1:bay 8, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:9 (port 1I:box 1:bay 9, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:10 (port 1I:box 1:bay 10, 450 GB): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:11 (port 1I:box 1:bay 11, 450 GB, spare): OK physicaldrive 1I:1:12 (port 1I:box 1:bay 12, 450 GB, active spare): OK => array all show status array AOK => logicaldrive all show status logicaldrive 1 (3.7 TB, 5): OK
If you don’t have battery or it takes long to replace it then you should enable no-battery write cache.
ctrl all show detail hpacucli ctrl slot=0 modify nbwc=enable hpacucli ctrl slot=0 modify dwc=enable forced