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 Basic Monitoring SettingsSoftNAS performs monitoring of system resources, services and SoftNAS logging by polling the system based on the Polling Interval (secs). The default setting is 30 seconds.
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 Notification SettingsThe Notification settings are used to specify the administrator email address that will be sent monitoring alerts. You can also send monitoring alerts to the corporate SMTP server.
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 SMTP Settings If "Use SMTP" is enabled the following fields are available for the SMTP server configuration:
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Field
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Description
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SMTP Mailserver
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FQDN of the mail server.
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SMTP Port
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SMTP Port that will be used to send email notifications (25, 587, 465)
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SMTP Username
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Username required for SMTP server authentication
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SMTP Password
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Password required for SMTP server authentication.
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SMTP Encryption
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Encryption setting for the SMTP server connection. The following settings are possible:
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 Monitoring System ResourcesThese thresholds control the percentage usage levels above which monitoring notifications will be issued. The following independant thresholds can be sent:
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Parameter
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Description
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% CPU
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Threshold setting above which a monitoring notification will be issued for the system resource.
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%CPU System
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Ibid.
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% Memory
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Ibid.
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% Disk space
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Ibid.
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% CPU Wait
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Ibid.
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 Services MonitoringYou can setup SoftNAS to monitor the core system services and issue monitoring notifications accordingly. The following services can be monitored by SoftNAS:
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Parameter
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Description
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Apache
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Apache web server service running on SoftNAS
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SSH
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secure shell service running on SoftNAS, enabling secure data communication.
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Sendmail
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Sendmail email routing facility running on SoftNAS.
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Winbind
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samba service running on SoftNAS which enables connections to domain controllers.
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NFS
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Distributed file system protocol running on SoftNAS.
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SMG
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Server Message Block service.
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 SoftNAS MonitoringSoftNAS Monitoring can be used to monitor a variety of logs. By default, when enabled an email notification is sent any time the word “ERROR” appears in the log.
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Parameter
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Definition
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Monitor SNSERV:
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(Yes/No)
Allows for enabling or disabling monitoring of the StorageCenter server log located in /var/www/softnas/logs/snserv.log. By default, when enabled an email notification is sent any time the word “ERROR” appears in the log
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Excluded Terms
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Allows for suppression of emails for errors in the StorageCenter server log that include the keywords entered. Valid entries are in regular expression form. For example, to suppress email notifications for any error including the word “foo” or “bar” enter "foo|bar"
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Monitor SNAP
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(Yes/No)
Allows for enabling or disabling monitoring of the snapreplicate log located in /var/www/softnas/logs/snapreplicate.log. By default, when enabled an email notification is sent any time the word “ERROR” appears in the log.
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Excluded Terms
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Allows for suppression of emails for errors in the snapreplicate log that include the keywords entered. Valid entries are in regular expression form. For example, to suppress email notifications for any error including the word “foo” or “bar” enter "foo|bar"
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