Re: [monit] monitoring nfs mounts

[Martin Pala]

You can run monit in verbose mode with -v options and check the monit 
logs. When the file is not available, then monit should report error.

You can also check the system logs and/or mnttab using monit's content 
test and check remote  services using tcp/udp tests. You can also use 
hint no. 13 from monit's FAQ: http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/faq.php

Martin


Leng Siakkhasone wrote:
> I have a mail server that mount nfs mounts from a file server. I would 
> like to be notified if/when the file server is unreachable by the mail 
> server. I tried using a token file with the following:
>
> # /homes/home01 is the nfs mount
> check file home01 with path /homes/home01/monit.token
>    group hyper
>
> But that did not work. 'monit summary' still showed it as accessible 
> even though the file server was offline.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions and/or strategies for monitoring an 
> nfs mount. Thanks.
>
> -leng