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Updated documentation for SCSI disk monitoring (smartd)

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\# Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
\#
\# $Id: smartd.8,v 1.28 2002/11/13 10:14:40 ballen4705 Exp $
\# $Id: smartd.8,v 1.29 2002/11/13 10:49:13 ballen4705 Exp $
\#
\# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
\# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
......@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
\# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of
\# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/
\#
.TH SMARTD 8 "$Date: 2002/11/13 10:14:40 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.TH SMARTD 8 "$Date: 2002/11/13 10:49:13 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.SH NAME
smartd \- S.M.A.R.T. Daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
......@@ -208,9 +208,10 @@ Section below!
.B \ \ /dev/hdc -a -I 194 -I 5 -i 12
.B #
.nf
.B # SCSI disk:
.B # SCSI disks:
.B #
.B \ \ /dev/sda
.B \ \ /dev/sdc -M admin@yoyodyne.com
.B #
.nf
.B # Strange device. It's SCSI:
......@@ -232,7 +233,6 @@ Section below!
.B ################################################
.fi
.PP
.SH CONFIGURATION FILE DIRECTIVES
.PP
......@@ -251,13 +251,19 @@ configuration file. Note that
.B these are NOT command-line options for
.B smartd.
The Directives below may appear in any order, following the device
name. For the moment, apart from the '\-S', '\-C', and '\-M'
Directives, these Directives only apply to ATA disks. For SCSI disks,
the '\-M' Directive sends a warning email if the SMART status
indicates a disk failure or problem.
name.
.B For ATA disks, if
.B no Directives appear, the disk will not be monitored.
The '\-a' Directive will try to monitor everything possible.
.B If a SCSI disk is listed,
it will be monitored at the only implemented level: roughly equivalent
to using the '\-c' option for an ATA disk. So with the exception of '\-S', '\-C', and '\-M',
the Directives below are ignored for SCSI
disks. For SCSI disks, the '\-M' Directive sends a warning email if
the SMART status indicates a disk failure or problem.
.TP
.B \-A
ATA: The device is an ATA device. Don't try issuing SCSI commands to it.
......@@ -542,4 +548,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document.
.SH
CVS ID OF THIS PAGE:
$Id: smartd.8,v 1.28 2002/11/13 10:14:40 ballen4705 Exp $
$Id: smartd.8,v 1.29 2002/11/13 10:49:13 ballen4705 Exp $
\# Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
\#
\# $Id: smartd.conf.5,v 1.5 2002/11/13 10:14:40 ballen4705 Exp $
\# $Id: smartd.conf.5,v 1.6 2002/11/13 10:49:13 ballen4705 Exp $
\#
\# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
\# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
......@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
\# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of
\# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/
\#
.TH SMARTD.CONF 5 "$Date: 2002/11/13 10:14:40 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.TH SMARTD.CONF 5 "$Date: 2002/11/13 10:49:13 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.SH NAME
/etc/smartd.conf \- S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Daemon Configuration File
smartd.conf \- S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Daemon Configuration File
.SH DESCRIPTION
This is the configuration file for the
.B /etc/smartd.conf
is the configuration file for the
.B smartd
daemon, which
monitors the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
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.B \ \ /dev/hdc -a -I 194 -I 5 -i 12
.B #
.nf
.B # SCSI disk:
.B # SCSI disks:
.B #
.B \ \ /dev/sda
.B \ \ /dev/sdc -M admin@yoyodyne.com
.B #
.nf
.B # Strange device. It's SCSI:
......@@ -129,7 +131,6 @@ Section below!
.B ################################################
.fi
.PP
.SH CONFIGURATION FILE DIRECTIVES
.PP
......@@ -148,13 +149,19 @@ configuration file. Note that
.B these are NOT command-line options for
.B smartd.
The Directives below may appear in any order, following the device
name. For the moment, apart from the '\-S', '\-C', and '\-M'
Directives, these Directives only apply to ATA disks. For SCSI disks,
the '\-M' Directive sends a warning email if the SMART status
indicates a disk failure or problem.
name.
.B For ATA disks, if
.B no Directives appear, the disk will not be monitored.
The '\-a' Directive will try to monitor everything possible.
.B If a SCSI disk is listed,
it will be monitored at the only implemented level: roughly equivalent
to using the '\-c' option for an ATA disk. So with the exception of '\-S', '\-C', and '\-M',
the Directives below are ignored for SCSI
disks. For SCSI disks, the '\-M' Directive sends a warning email if
the SMART status indicates a disk failure or problem.
.TP
.B \-A
ATA: The device is an ATA device. Don't try issuing SCSI commands to it.
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.SH
CVS ID OF THIS PAGE:
$Id: smartd.conf.5,v 1.5 2002/11/13 10:14:40 ballen4705 Exp $
$Id: smartd.conf.5,v 1.6 2002/11/13 10:49:13 ballen4705 Exp $
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