If you have tried installing any software on XenServer you will know that it is not an easy process. This article shows how you can install smartctl on a XenServer server. Smartctl is a great utility to monitor drives and if they have had any errors.

To install run the following:

wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/smartmontools-5.37-7.fc8.i386.rpm
wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/mailx-8.1.1-46.fc7.i386.rpm
rpm -hiv smartmontools-5.37-7.fc8.i386.rpm mailx-8.1.1-46.fc7.i386.rpm

You now have smartctl installed on XenServer!