Dear Toasters, I have NetApp Filers from Chicago to South Carolina and I use Autosupport to keep track of the health and happiness of each one. They all have multiple SMTP servers on their local LAN.
1. Can I configure the Filers to use multiple SMTP gateways (e.g. if SMTP-A fails, try SMTP-B. If SMTP-B fails try SMTP-C... etc.)? 2. If this CAN be done, how do I configure the Filers to do this?
Thanks,
--Walter Ellinthorpe
walter.ellinthorpe@unitedmessaging.com (Walter Ellinthorpe) writes:
I have NetApp Filers from Chicago to South Carolina and I useAutosupport to keep track of the health and happiness of each one. They all have multiple SMTP servers on their local LAN.
- Can I configure the Filers to use multiple SMTP gateways (e.g. if SMTP-A fails, try SMTP-B. If SMTP-B fails try SMTP-C... etc.)?
- If this CAN be done, how do I configure the Filers to do this?
options autosupport.mailhost SMTP-A,SMTP-B,SMTP-C
The na_options(1) man page says there can be up to five hosts in the comma-separated list. I have used it successfully with three.
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
Thanks,
One more Question: the only way I was able to get autosupport to work when I set these filers up was to have an entry in the /etc/hosts file looking something like this....
192.168.1.16 SMTP-A mailhost
So, to use multiple smtp hosts, would I need to have entries like....
192.168.1.16 SMTP-A mailhost 192.168.1.17 SMTP-B mailhost 192.168.1.18 SMTP-C mailhost 192.168.1.19 SMTP-D mailhost
Thanks again,
--Walter
Chris Thompson wrote:
walter.ellinthorpe@unitedmessaging.com (Walter Ellinthorpe) writes:
I have NetApp Filers from Chicago to South Carolina and I use Autosupport to keep track of the health and happiness of each one. They all have multiple SMTP servers on their local LAN.
- Can I configure the Filers to use multiple SMTP gateways (e.g. if SMTP-A fails, try SMTP-B. If SMTP-B fails try SMTP-C... etc.)?
- If this CAN be done, how do I configure the Filers to do this?
options autosupport.mailhost SMTP-A,SMTP-B,SMTP-C
The na_options(1) man page says there can be up to five hosts in the comma-separated list. I have used it successfully with three.
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
walter.ellinthorpe@unitedmessaging.com (Walter Ellinthorpe) writes:
One more Question: the only way I was able to get autosupport to work when I set these filers up was to have an entry in the /etc/hosts file looking something like this....
192.168.1.16 SMTP-A mailhostSo, to use multiple smtp hosts, would I need to have entries like....
192.168.1.16 SMTP-A mailhost 192.168.1.17 SMTP-B mailhost 192.168.1.18 SMTP-C mailhost 192.168.1.19 SMTP-D mailhost
No. "mailhost" is just the value that "setup" puts in autosupport.mailhost. If you choose your own value you don't need to have anything called "mailhost".
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
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Walter Ellinthorpe