How do I schedule consistency checks with Storage Manager?
I've used the amcli.exe in the past to schedule consistency checks, but according to Dell they recommend no longer using the array manager, but instead the OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management (See: http://ftp.us.dell.com/sysman/am37.txt).
That's fine, but I can't figure out how to schedule a consistency check with this tool. I've found where I can manually run a consistency check, but would really like to schedule them instead. Any help would be appreciated.
We installed the Server management Software and then the Array Managment Software but I get and error when tring to run "Amcli.exe"? It says "VxSvc Service not running" Any help with this would be great.
If you using the newest version 5.1 of Open Manage with Storage Management, the Open Manage logs will tell you when it begins, completes and if the consistency check fails.
You can manually run a consistency check in Storage Management using these instructions
or if you save the CLI commands below to a batch file than use Windows Task Scheduler they can be run during off peak hours, which is more beneficial.
Instructions on how to run the CLI Commands using Task Scheduler
Go to a command line and run the following command to display the virtual disks and controllers. You do this because in the batch file you will have to specify the controller and virtual disk you would like to scan.
omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs
omreport storage vdisk controller=ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller.
Once you have the information above you will next open notepad and save the file to the root of C as cons_check.bat or a similar name. You will need to create one for each virtual disk you would like to check.
Inside the file you will add the necessary commands to check the consistency on the selected virtual disk and controller.
Example Syntax
For example, to run a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1, you would enter the text below into the cons_check.bat file and save it.
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Posted December 16th, 2005 20:00