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* <code>-M daily</code> sends daily reminders for failures | * <code>-M daily</code> sends daily reminders for failures | ||
* <code>-s (S/../../6/01)</code> runs a short test every saturday at 1AM. | * <code>-s (S/../../6/01)</code> runs a short test every saturday at 1AM. | ||
===Tests=== | |||
<pre> | |||
sudo smartctl -t <short|long|conveyance|select> <drive> | |||
</pre> | |||
* <code>conveyance</code> is good to test after any physical movement of the drive. | |||
==gsmartcontrol== | ==gsmartcontrol== | ||
gsmartcontrol is a GUI frontend for smartctl | gsmartcontrol is a GUI frontend for smartctl |
Revision as of 22:27, 18 July 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
lsusb
to find the id of your HDD- It should start with
0bc2
.
- It should start with
- Create file
/etc/modprobe.d/ignore_uas.conf
and 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
-a
turns on some defaults for checking smart attributes-M Test
sends a test email when smartd starts-M daily
sends daily reminders for failures-s (S/../../6/01)
runs a short test every saturday at 1AM.
Tests
sudo smartctl -t <short|long|conveyance|select> <drive>
conveyance
is good to test after any physical movement of the drive.
gsmartcontrol
gsmartcontrol is a GUI frontend for smartctl