mdmonitord(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    mdmonitord(1M)

NAME

       mdmonitord - daemon to monitor metadevices

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/mdmonitord [-t time_interval]

DESCRIPTION

       The mdmonitord utility is part of Solaris Volume Manager. It monitors and checks RAID1 (mirrors), RAID5 and hot spares.

       There are two methods for checking:

	 o  At fixed time intervals.

	 o  When a RAID-1 (mirror), RAID-5, or hot spare fails. A failure generates  an error event which triggers a check of these metadevices.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -t	       Time  interval  in  seconds.   The  default value is 0, which causes probes to occur only upon an error. If you want to run
		       mdmonitord at a regular interval, a value of 1800 (seconds, every half hour) is recommended as a starting point.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful completion.

       >0	An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWmdu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       svcs(1), metaclear(1M), metadb(1M), metadetach(1M),  metahs(1M),  metainit(1M),	metaoffline(1M),  metaonline(1M),  metaparam(1M),  metare-
       cover(1M),   metarename(1M),   metareplace(1M),	 metaroot(1M),	metaset(1M),  metassist(1M),  metastat(1M),  metasync(1M),  metattach(1M),
       svcadm(1M), md.tab(4), md.cf(4), mddb.cf(4), md.tab(4), attributes(5), smf(5), md(7D)

       Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

NOTES

       Since frequent probes can affect performance, it is recommended that the intervals between probes be limited.

       The mdmonitord service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

       svc:/system/mdmonitor

       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed  using  svcadm(1M).  The  ser-
       vice's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

SunOS 5.10							    25 Jul 2004 						    mdmonitord(1M)