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Parameter#2 = "HITACHI_DK23EA-60"

Parameter#3 = "JP73338"

Parameter#4 = "\\.\PhysicalDrive0 polled at Sat Aug 06 13:59:07 2005 Status:FAILED - Failure imminent (THIS

IS A TEST)"

Returning with exit code 1234

Launched batch file "C:\Progra~1\Scratch Directory\MyApplicationTest.BAT" which returned user-defined value

1234

C:\Program Files\SMARTMon>

You will note that the path, make/model of the "defective" disk, serial number, and full text message is passed to the

MyApplicationTest batch file, along with the return code. SMARTMon-UX currently ignores he return code, except in

cases where the program failed to launch.

Auto launch Test Batch File (UNIX Family)

The process test is similar to windows.

1. Create a test file called /tmp/MyApplicationTest.sh The contents can be:

#!/bin/sh

echo "Parameter#1 =" "$1"

echo "Parameter#1 =" "$2"

echo "Parameter#1 =" "$3"

echo "Parameter#1 =" "$4"

exit 1234

2. Enter chmod 744 /tmp/MyApplicationTest.sh

3. Enter /etc/smartmon-ux -T -LB /tmp/MyApplicationTest.sh

The MyApplicationTest.sh script will execute in the same manner as the windows batch file, and return similar

output.

Testing Event Log Entries

If you invoke the program with both the -T and the -L flag, a sample alert message will be logged to the smartmon-ux

flat log file . Otherwise, the software will log a test message in the standard Application Event Log on Windows

machines or via the standard syslog mechanism.

1.4.3 Auto-Launching Program After Predictive Failure

This feature, introduced in build 1.29, allows you to specify a program and path that will be launched in the event of a

predictive drive failure (S.M.A.R.T. Error).

In order to specify the program you wish to launch, add to the command-line, -LB ProgramName, where

ProgramName is the fully qualified file name of the program or script/batch file that you wish to launch.

SMARTMon-UX will suspend processing until this program either completes or is terminated. (This is by design, as it

prevents a predictive failure on subsequent polling cycles to re-launch the same script in perpetuity).

Auto-Launch Parameters Passed to Spawned Process

SMARTMon-UX will supply the auto-launch program several variables which can be used to control the action of the

desired program. The parameters are, in order:

1. Physical Device Path ("\\.\PhysicalDrive0", "/dev/sd0", or anything else appropriate for your O/S)

2. Make/Model of Disk ("HITACHI_DK23EA-60")

3. Serial Number of Disk ("JP73339")

4. Full error/warning message("\\.\PhysicalDrive0 polled at Sat Aug 06 13:59:07 2005 Status:FAILED -

Failure imminent")

Implementation Note

If your auto-launch program is something that takes considerable time and overhead, like a backup program, you

would want to insure that the backup program is not run again during the next polling cycle. In order to prevent this,

you may wish to terminate a successful backup with a command that requires operator intervention or just terminates

smartmon-ux. For example, Windows users might wish to end the auto-launch program with the PAUSE command