The RESTful Spare-Disk Check has got subcommands for checking both spare-disks and spare-partions.

Example for checking spare-disks

./check_netapp_spare disk -H filer
NETAPP_PRO SPARE OK - 28 disks checked
...

Checks all nodes for sufficient spare-disks.

Example for checking spare-partitions

./check_netapp_spare …

We have released a new monitoring plugin called check_eseries_pool. The first version has exactly one subcommand called free-space. This monitors the free space still available for thin volumes in the disk pool.

It is particularly useful when you start taking snapshots or mirroring to another system. In such cases, you …

How to integrate the EMS-Log into an existing System-Monitoring solution

In this article ONTAP REST APIs: Automate Notification of High-Severity Events Mahalakshmi describes how to use messages to get notified about system events, depending on their type and severity. It’s a really flexible and comprehensive way …

The family of Check NetApp REST monitoring plugins has grown. With the check_netapp_disk container-type plugin the storage admin has a constant eye on disks that have been moved into unwanted containers.

Let’s look at an example:

.$ check_netapp_disk container-type -H sim96
NETAPP DISK CONTAINER TYPE OK - 28 …