How To Install dmraid-events-logwatch on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmraid-events-logwatch on CentOS 7. dmraid-events-logwatch is dmraid logwatch-based email reporting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmraid-events-logwatch on CentOS 7.

What is dmraid-events-logwatch

Provides device failure reporting via logwatch-based email reporting. Device failure reporting has to be activated manually by activating the /etc/cron.d/dmeventd-logwatch entry and by calling the dmevent_tool (see manual page for examples) for any active RAID sets.

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

Install dmraid-events-logwatch on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dmraid-events-logwatch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmraid-events-logwatch

Install dmraid-events-logwatch 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 dmraid-events-logwatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmraid-events-logwatch

How To Uninstall dmraid-events-logwatch on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dmraid-events-logwatch package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dmraid-events-logwatch

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmraid-events-logwatch on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.