Since WinRaidMonitor sends status reports via email, you have to provide the recipient's email address and a SMTP server host name when you call the software. This drive letter must be specified via the -l switch when calling WinRaidMonitor. w Password for STMP authentication (optional)Īs described in section 1 of this manual, WinRaidMonitor checks the health of your software mirror/RAID by the drive letter it is mapped to on your system. u Username for STMP authentication (optional) s Encrypt SMTP connection via SSL (optional) p Port the SMTP is listening at (optional, default: 25) o Diskpart OK status for healthy mirror on non-EN systems (optional) m What to look for instead of 'Mirror' on non-EN systems (optional) a Always send mail, even if mirror is healthy (optional) When you start WinRaidMonitor on your Windows command line, USAGEĪll program execution features are controlled via a few command line
#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR SOFTWARE FOR FREE#
If you have not installed Java yet, you can obtain a copy for free under: 3.
#WINDOWS RAID MONITOR SOFTWARE INSTALL#
Since WinRaidMonitor is based on Java, you have to install the Oracle JRE onto your computer (which is likely already the case). Afterwards, open the "run.bat" file in a text editor and configure the software runtime parameters as described in the next section of this manual. Simply extract both files "WinRaidMonitor.jar" and "run.bat" from the WinRaidMonitor ZIP archive into a directory of your choice. Installation of WinRaidMonitor is quite straight forward. See section 3 of this manual for more information on the usage of WinRaidMonitor. WinRaidMonitor queries the health of a given RAID via the drive letter it is mapped to your system (such as C:), you have to provide this letter when you call the software. When executed, WinRaidMonitor calls the standard Windows tool DISKPART in order to check the health of a given mirror/RAID. WinRaidMonitor can send emails to a specified email address (supports SSL connections to SMTP server and user/password authentication). It's based on Java, but can easily be called periodically from Windows task scheduler, and/or at system startup (configuration and batch file is included). This little utility monitors the health of your Windows software RAID. WinRaidMonitor - Windows Software RAID Monitor 1. WinRaidMonitor - Windows Software RAID Monitor