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#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR HOW TO#
#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR DRIVERS#
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#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR DRIVER#

Remember: The protection that a RAID array gives against failure is NOT a replacement for having adequate backups. Do not attempt to re-use a failed hard drive. If a harddrive fails, replace the hard drive.Don't re-use desktop harddrives to replace server harddrives.

#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR DRIVERS#

Ensure that the drivers are up to date and that you have a full, tested, disaster recovery backup first. If your system is old and being re-purposed or taken offline for maintenance, consider upgrading the firmware on your RAID controller.

Download MSM from the LSI/Avago web site and Intel RWC2 from the Intel site.For first generation 12G adapters such as RS3DC080, RWC2 version 15 or later should be installed.For second generation 6G adapters such as RMS25CB080, RWC2 version 14 or later should be installed.For Intel adapters SRCSASRB, SRCSATAWB or RS2BL080, RWC2 version 12 or later should be installed.Always ensure that the latest RWC2 or MSM is installed.

#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR DRIVER#

Driver version 6.x is recommended for Intel or LSI Hardware RAID Adapters. Do not rely on Microsoft provided RAID drivers.

Always ensure that the proper RAID driver is installed and running.

Hardware RAID is recommended for most server applications and this article deals with the management of an Intel Hardware RAID system.

The Intel Matrix Storage Console for SATA/AHCI controller based software RAID systems.

The Intel Raid Web Console 2 (RWC2) for Intel Hardware RAID Adapters or modules.

The LSI MegaRAID storage console (MSM) for LSI Hardware RAID Adapters.

You should always keep installed the RAID monitoring software for your RAID adapter. It is important that any faults or error messages with RAID systems are promptly examined to ensure that data is protected.

Make sure to change this to your desired disk.Ĭreate file script.ps1 and paste the content below: $result = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri " localhost:61220/xml" -ErrorAction Silentl圜ontinue -UseBasicParsingįoreach ($xmlnode in $xdoc.Hard_Disk_Sentinel.Physical_ Disk_Information_Disk_0.RAID systems can add resilience against disk failures and/or combine the performance of many disks into a fast single volume. Disk_Information_Disk_0 – you can find it in XML file, there’s output for every of your disk. Make sure to replace localhost with your ip adress or domain name.Ģ. Check the url, it may differs from yours. Script writingīelow is the example of the PowerShell script:ġ. For this, please enable Configuration -> Integration -> Enable WebStatus option – and then it is possible to read the complete report by entering any web browser, where computer-name is the name (or IP address) of the actual computer. The XML file updated automatically based on the configured detection frequency (which can be adjusted by the slider on the top of the Advanced Options page, by default once per every 5 minutes).Īlternatively, the complete status in XML reports can be read over the network (internet) via HTTP, from any web browser or tool downloading web traffic (for example wget). By the button next to the option, it is possible to select the target location of the XML file. By default, this saves HDSentinel.xml file in the folder where the software installed.

#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR UPDATE#

Hard Disk Sentinel ConfigurationĮnable Configuration -> Advanced Options -> Generate and update XML file. After that, using this XML file to integrate it with PRTG monitoring.

#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR HOW TO#

In this tutorial, it is described how to configure Hard Disk Sentinel to create and automatically update an XML file which contains all detected status information.