VMWare EXSi includes smartd, but not the full smartmontools suite, let's see if we can compile it statically.
For rsync, that works: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/02/how-to-compile-statically-linked-rsync.html / http://www.kickinass.net/vmware-esxi-5-1-rsync-3-0-9-statically-linked-binary-erstellen/
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wontfix | dereckson | T1247 Bring back Ysul online | |||
| Invalid | None | T1245 Investigate the Stormshear issue | |||
| Invalid | dereckson | T1252 Compile statically smartmontools |
Build process
$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/smartmontools-6.5.tar.gz $ cd smartmontools-6.5/ $ ./configure --without-nvme-devicescan $ make CFLAGS="-static" EXEEXT="-static" $ strip smartctl-static $ scp smartctl-static stormshear.nasqueron.org:
First run
$ ./smartctl-static ./smartctl-static: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.17' not found (required by ./smartctl-static) ./smartctl-static: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by ./smartctl-static) ./smartctl-static: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by ./smartctl-static) ./smartctl-static: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.9' not found (required by ./smartctl-static) ./smartctl-static: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by ./smartctl-static)