Jared Vititoe
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Problem: Seagate drives were triggering tickets for "Critical Seek_Error_Rate" and "Critical Command_Timeout" even though these are operation counters used by the manufacturer, not actual errors. Solution: Added filtering in _detect_issues() method to skip known manufacturer operation counters: - Seek_Error_Rate (Seagate/WD operation counter) - Command_Timeout (OOS/Seagate operation counter) - Raw_Read_Error_Rate (Seagate/WD operation counter) These attributes are already correctly excluded from monitoring in manufacturer profiles, but were still appearing in smart_issues list. This fix prevents them from creating tickets while still catching legitimate SMART errors. Changes: - hwmonDaemon.py:1351-1378 - Added operation counter filtering in _detect_issues() - Added debug logging when filtering manufacturer counters 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
System Health Monitoring Daemon
A robust system health monitoring daemon that tracks hardware status and automatically creates tickets for detected issues.
Features
- Comprehensive system health monitoring:
- Drive health (SMART status and disk usage)
- Memory usage
- CPU utilization
- Network connectivity (Management and Ceph networks)
- Automatic ticket creation for detected issues
- Configurable thresholds and monitoring parameters
- Dry-run mode for testing
- Systemd integration for automated daily checks
- LXC container storage monitoring
- Historical trend analysis for predictive failure detection
- Manufacturer-specific SMART attribute interpretation
- ECC memory error detection
Installation
- Copy the service and timer files to systemd:
sudo cp hwmon.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo cp hwmon.timer /etc/systemd/system/
- Reload systemd daemon:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
- Enable and start the timer:
sudo systemctl enable hwmon.timer
sudo systemctl start hwmon.timer
One liner (run as root)
curl -o /etc/systemd/system/hwmon.service http://10.10.10.110:3000/JWS/hwmonDaemon/raw/branch/main/hwmon.service && curl -o /etc/systemd/system/hwmon.timer http://10.10.10.110:3000/JWS/hwmonDaemon/raw/branch/main/hwmon.timer && systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable hwmon.timer && systemctl start hwmon.timer
Manual Execution
- Run the daemon with dry-run mode to test:
python3 hwmonDaemon.py --dry-run
- Run the daemon normally:
python3 hwmonDaemon.py
Configuration
The daemon monitors:
- Disk usage (warns at 80%, critical at 90%)
- LXC storage usage (warns at 80%, critical at 90%)
- Memory usage (warns at 80%)
- CPU usage (warns at 95%)
- Network connectivity to management (10.10.10.1) and Ceph (10.10.90.1) networks
- SMART status of physical drives with manufacturer-specific profiles
- Temperature monitoring (warns at 65°C)
- Automatic duplicate ticket prevention
- Enhanced logging with debug capabilities
Data Storage
The daemon creates and maintains:
- Log Directory:
/var/log/hwmonDaemon/ - Historical SMART Data: JSON files for trend analysis
- Data Retention: 30 days of historical monitoring data
- Storage Limit: Automatically enforced 10MB maximum
- Cleanup: Oldest files deleted first when limit exceeded
Ticket Creation
The daemon automatically creates tickets with:
- Standardized titles including hostname, hardware type, and scope
- Detailed descriptions of detected issues with drive specifications
- Priority levels based on severity (P2-P4)
- Proper categorization and status tracking
- Executive summaries and technical analysis
Dependencies
- Python 3
- Required Python packages:
- psutil
- requests
- System tools:
- smartmontools (for SMART disk monitoring)
- nvme-cli (for NVMe drive monitoring)
Excluded Paths
The following paths are automatically excluded from monitoring:
/media/*/mnt/pve/mediafs/*/opt/metube_downloads- Pattern-based exclusions for media and download directories
Service Configuration
The daemon runs:
- Hourly via systemd timer (with 60-second randomized delay)
- As root user for hardware access
- With automatic restart on failure
- 5-minute timeout for execution
- Logs to systemd journal
Recent Improvements
Version 2.0 (January 2026):
- ✅ Added 10MB storage limit with automatic cleanup
- ✅ File locking to prevent race conditions
- ✅ Disabled monitoring for unreliable Ridata drives
- ✅ Added timeouts to all network/subprocess calls (10s API, 30s subprocess)
- ✅ Fixed unchecked regex patterns
- ✅ Improved error handling throughout
- ✅ Enhanced systemd service configuration with restart policies
Troubleshooting
# View service logs
sudo journalctl -u hwmon.service -f
# Check service status
sudo systemctl status hwmon.timer
# Manual test run
python3 hwmonDaemon.py --dry-run
Security Note
Ensure proper network security measures are in place as the service downloads and executes code from a specified URL.