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====Seagate USB Hard Drives==== | |||
For Seagate USB hard drives, it will run in uas mode and smart won't work. | For Seagate USB hard drives, it will run in uas mode and smart won't work. | ||
See [https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive]. | See [https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive]. | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 28 February 2021
SMART Testing
smartctl
USB Hard Drives
- Add
-d sat
Seagate USB Hard Drives
For Seagate USB hard drives, it will run in uas mode and smart won't work.
See https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive.
To fix this:
- Run
lsusbto find the id of your HDD- It should start with
0bc2.
- It should start with
- Create file
/etc/modprobe.d/ignore_uas.confand add this following:options usb-storage quirks=[ids]- E.g.
options usb-storage quirks=0bc2:ab31:,0bc2:a0a4:
- Run
sudo update-initramfs -u - Reboot
Remote monitoring
See Reference
- Install the following:
- sudo apt install mailutils msmtp msmtp-mta smartmontools
- Edit
/etc/smartd.conf - Add some options
Example:
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_easystore_264D_394B47573334314C-0:0 -s (S/../../6/01) -a -m [email protected] -M test -M daily
-aturns on some defaults for checking smart attributes-M Testsends a test email when smartd starts-M dailysends daily reminders for failures-s (S/../../6/01)runs a short test every saturday at 1AM.
gsmartcontrol
gsmartcontrol is a GUI frontend for smartctl