How to monitor VMware Raid's Health

[Olivia2020]

Below is info. of our environment, could anyone suggest how to check the host Raid's health? The server is about 6 years old. We would like to take proactive action to have regular disks/Raid monitoring before it fails.

Server's model: HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8

VMware version: 5.5

Vcenter version: 5.5

Number of VMs: 2 (Windows server)

Thank you.

[amohammadimir]

If you have customized version of ESXi installed, try hpssacli (or hpacucli):

if you have not customized version installed, you can find the package and install hpssacli (or hpacucli)

For example: /opt/hp/hpssacli/bin/hpssacli ctrl slot=0 ld all show status

besides that using iLO could be useful too.

[Olivia2020]

Is downtime required with hpssacli package installation? Do you have the installation instruction? Thank you.

[NathanosBlightc]

No. There is no need for any downtime operation for monitoring purposes via the hpssacli. However, if you want to modify each of your host's arrays it's recommended to remove any I/O from that volume ...

In the following link, you can read how to work with the hpssacli:

Add new disks to the datastore while the host is run

[amohammadimir · Accepted solution]

Reboot is not required. In addition, You can download the package via the below link from HPE website, There is also an installation instruction tab which you can use.

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX-7db2aad1019644c2afb3e0f34f

[scott28tt]

Moderator: Thread moved to the vSphere area.

[Olivia2020]

Thank you. It works for me!