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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.
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

Long Smart Tests

When running long smart tests, you will want to continuously poll the device so it does not go to sleep.

DEVICE=/dev/sda
sudo smartctl -t long $DEVICE
sudo watch -d--cumulative -n 10 smartctl -l selftest $DEVICE

Remote monitoring

See Reference

Install the following:

sudo apt install mailutils msmtp msmtp-mta smartmontools

Edit /etc/smartd.conf
Add some options

See smartd.conf reference

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

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 ===USB Hard Drives===
 * Add <code>-d sat</code>
+====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 https://askubuntu.com/questions/637450/cannot-perform-smart-data-and-self-test-on-external-hard-drive].
+To fix this:
+# Run <code>lsusb</code> to find the id of your HDD
+#* It should start with <code>0bc2</code>.
+# Create file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/ignore_uas.conf</code> and add this following:
+#* <code>options usb-storage quirks=[ids]</code>
+#* E.g. <code>options usb-storage quirks=0bc2:ab31:,0bc2:a0a4:</code>
+# Run <code>sudo update-initramfs -u</code>
+# Reboot
+====Long Smart Tests====
+When running long smart tests, you will want to continuously poll the device so it does not go to sleep.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+DEVICE=/dev/sda
+sudo smartctl -t long $DEVICE
+sudo watch -d--cumulative -n 10 smartctl -l selftest $DEVICE
+</syntaxhighlight>
+===Remote monitoring===
+See [https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-smartd-and-be-notified-of-hard-disk-problems-via-email#h3-using-msmtp-for-external-email-notifications Reference]
+# Install the following:
+#:<pre>
+#::sudo apt install mailutils msmtp msmtp-mta smartmontools</pre>
+# Edit <code>/etc/smartd.conf</code>
+# Add some options
+See [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=smartd.conf&manpath=ports&sektion=5 smartd.conf reference]
+Example:
+<pre>
+/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_easystore_264D_394B47573334314C-0:0 -s (S/../../6/01) -a -m [email protected] -M test -M daily
+</pre>
+* <code>-a</code> turns on some defaults for checking smart attributes
+* <code>-M Test</code> sends a test email when smartd starts
+* <code>-M daily</code> sends daily reminders for failures
+* <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 is a GUI frontend for smartctl