How To Install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7. cciss_vol_status is Show status of logical drives attached to HP SmartArray

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7.

What is cciss_vol_status

A very lightweight program to report the status of logical drives on Smart Array controllers and also fibre channel attached MSA1000.

We can use yum or dnf to install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cciss_vol_status.

Install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cciss_vol_status using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cciss_vol_status

Install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cciss_vol_status using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cciss_vol_status

How To Uninstall cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cciss_vol_status package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cciss_vol_status

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cciss_vol_status on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.