Dell EMC Metro node 7.0.1 Administrator Guide

Checking the script status

1. Check the status of the script to see if it is running.

   VPlexcli:/> port-monitor status
       Status: running with the following parameters:
               Emails: joe@dell.com
               SMTP: x.x.x.x
               Local-only: False
   

2. To ensure the script restarts on the chance there is a reboot or restart of the management server, you can add persistence by adding the command that is used to start the script back in Starting the script to the VPlexcli-init file under the /var/log/VPlex/cli directory as shown in this step. Use the vi editor, and add the script start command line to end of /var/log/VPlex/cli/VPlexcli-init file.

   Sample output:
   service@ManagementServer:/var/log/VPlex/cli> vim VPlexcli-init
            #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       #- (C) 2007-2010 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
       #-
       #- This CLI initialization script is executed if it's located in any of the
       #- following locations:
       #- (CLI terminates the search on first success.)
       #- if the --init-file option is specified on the command line then use that file
       #- else search for the file "VPlexcli-init" in the following order:
       #-   a.  CLI directory (specified with the --cli-directory option)
       #-   b.  current dir (of the shell that started CLI)
       #-   c.  user.dir (usually equivalent to the current dir)
       #-   d.  user.home
       #-   e.  classpath
       #- This script is processed as if it had been sourced using the 'source' command
       #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       .
       .
       ll /monitoring/directors/*/monitors/
       #
       #
            <new entry added below at the end of VPlex-init file, 
        script -i port_stats_monitor
        port-monitor start –smtp <mail server ip address> -e <email>,<email>,...>