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package contains two utility programs (<font color="#3333ff"><b>smartctl</b></font>
and <font color="#3333ff"><b>smartd</b></font>) to control and
monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI
hard disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support
Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard
disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support
for ATA/ATAPI-5 disks. It should run on any modern linux system.<br>
<br>
For your convenience, this is a single page, so you can print it
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<li><a href="#FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="#testinghelp">The code needs to be tested on SCSI
disks/tapes</a></li>
<li><a href="#differfromsmartsuite">How does smartmontools differ
from smartsuite?</a></li>
<li><a href="#differfromsmartsuite">How does smartmontools
differ from smartsuite?</a></li>
<li><a href="#references">Useful references on S.M.A.R.T.
and ATA/ATAPI-5, -6, and -7</a></li>
<li><a href="#sampleoutput">Some sample output from smartmontools</a></li>
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</tt>For most users, this is all that is needed.<br>
</li>
<li>If you receive an error message, you have probably previously
installed the <tt>smartsuite</tt> package, or RedHat's kernel-utils package,
which provide older versions of the <tt>smartd</tt> and <tt>smartctl</tt>
utilities. &nbsp;In this case you should use the <tt>--nodeps</tt>
or <tt> --force</tt> arguments of rpm to replace these two utilities:<br>
installed the <tt>smartsuite</tt> package, or RedHat's <tt>kernel-utils</tt>
package, which provide older versions of the <tt>smartd</tt> and <tt>
smartctl</tt> utilities. &nbsp;In this case you should use the <tt>
--nodeps</tt> or <tt> --force</tt> arguments of rpm to replace
these two utilities:<br>
<tt>rpm -ivh --nodeps --force smartmontools-5.0-1.i386.rpm</tt></li>
<li>If you want to remove the package (<tt>rpm -e s</tt><tt>martmontools-5.0-1</tt>
) and your system does not have <tt>chkconfig</tt> installed, you may need
......@@ -139,14 +140,15 @@ the man pages, and try out the commands:</b><br>
<blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>man 8 smartctl</tt><br>
<tt>man 8 smartd</tt><br>
<tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -etf /dev/hda &nbsp;</tt>[only root can do
this]<br>
<tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -etf /dev/hda &nbsp;</tt>[only root can
do this]<br>
<tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/hda &nbsp; &nbsp;</tt>[only root
can do this]</blockquote>
</blockquote>
Note that the default location for the manual pages is in <tt>/usr/share/man/man8</tt>
. &nbsp;If "man" does not find the manual pages, then you may need to add
<tt>/usr/share/man</tt> to your <tt>MANPATH</tt> environment variable.<br>
. &nbsp;If "<tt>man</tt>" does not find the manual pages, then you may need
to add <tt>/usr/share/man</tt> to your <tt>MANPATH</tt> environment variable.<br>
<hr width="100%" size="2"><br>
<br>
<a name="FAQ"></a><b>Frequently-asked questions<br>
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</li>
<li><b>What are the future plans for smartmontools?</b><br>
My plan is that smartmontools-5.x will support ATA/ATAPI-5 disks.
&nbsp;Eventually, we'll do smartmontools-6.x to support ATA/ATAPI-6 disks,
smartmontools-7.x for the ATA/ATAPI-7 standard, and so on. &nbsp;The "x"
will denote revision level, as bugs get found and fixed, and as enhancements
&nbsp;Eventually, we'll do smartmontools-6.x to support ATA/ATAPI-6
disks, smartmontools-7.x for the ATA/ATAPI-7 standard, and so on. &nbsp;The
"x" will denote revision level, as bugs get found and fixed, and as enhancements
get added. &nbsp; If it's possible to maintain backwards compatibility,
that would be nice, but I don't know if it will be possible or practical.</li>
<li><b>Why are you doing this?</b><br>
My research group runs a beowulf cluster with 300 ATA-5 disks. &nbsp;We
have more than 20 TB of data stored on the system. &nbsp;It's nice to have
advanced warning when a disk is going to fail.</li>
have more than 20 TB of data stored on the system. &nbsp;It's nice to
have advanced warning when a disk is going to fail.</li>
<li><b>I see some strange output from smartctl. &nbsp;What does
it mean?</b><br>
The raw S.M.A.R.T. attributes (temperature, power-on lifetime, and
so on) are stored in vendor-specific structures. &nbsp;Sometime these are
strange. &nbsp;Hitachi disks (at least some of them) store power-on lifetime
in minutes, rather than hours. &nbsp;IBM disks (at least some of them)
have three temperatures stored in the raw structure, not just one. And so
on. &nbsp;If you find strange output, or unknown attributes, please send
an email to <a
so on) are stored in vendor-specific structures. &nbsp;Sometime these
are strange. &nbsp;Hitachi disks (at least some of them) store power-on
lifetime in minutes, rather than hours. &nbsp;IBM disks (at least some
of them) have three temperatures stored in the raw structure, not just one.
And so on. &nbsp;If you find strange output, or unknown attributes, please
send an email to <a
href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support">
smartmontools-support</a> and we'll help you try and figure it out.</li>
<li><b>What attributes does smartmontools not yet recognize?<br>
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modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-65<br>
</tt>This is because when <tt>smartd</tt> starts, it looks for all
ATA and SCSI devices to monitor (matching the pattern <tt>/dev/hd[a-z]</tt>
or <tt>/dev/sd[a-z]</tt>). &nbsp;The log messages appear because your
system doesn't have most of these devices.<br>
or <tt>/dev/sd[a-z]</tt>). &nbsp;The log messages appear because
your system doesn't have most of these devices.<br>
A future release of smartd will have a command-line option to specify
which devices to include or exclude from start-up search.<br>
</li>
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<hr width="100%" size="2"><b><a name="testinghelp"></a>Help needed in testing
smartmontools, especially on SCSI disks/systems<br>
</b>I have access to a number of systems with ATA S.M.A.R.T. disks,
but I don't have any access to systems with SCSI S.M.A.R.T. devices. &nbsp;I'd
be very grateful to find someone who could help me test the smartmontools
code on SCSI disks. &nbsp;Since it's derived from the smartsuite package,
it should initially work about the same way with SCSI devices as the
smartsuite tools did.<br>
but I don't have any access to systems with SCSI S.M.A.R.T. devices.
&nbsp;I'd be very grateful to find someone who could help me test the
smartmontools code on SCSI disks. &nbsp;Since it's derived from the smartsuite
package, it should initially work about the same way with SCSI devices
as the smartsuite tools did.<br>
<br>
I'd be especially happy if someone would like to take on the task,
as a developer, of maintaining the SCSI code. &nbsp;Do you have a beowulf
cluster with a few hundred SCSI disks? Please volunteer!<br>
<hr width="100%" size="2"><a name="differfromsmartsuite"></a><b>How does
smartmontools differ from smartsuite?<br>
<hr width="100%" size="2"><a name="differfromsmartsuite"></a><b>How does smartmontools
differ from smartsuite?<br>
</b>Initially, only in that it supports the ATA/ATAPI-5 standard.
&nbsp;So for example <tt>smartctl</tt> from smartsuite has no facility
for printing the self-test logs, and doesn't print timestamp information
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and is very similar. <br>
<br>
The other principle difference is that I'd like to have smartmontools
be a true open-source project, meaning that we keep the files in CVS, and
that other developers who wish to contribute can commit changes to the
archive.<br>
be a true open-source project, meaning that we keep the files in CVS,
and that other developers who wish to contribute can commit changes to
the archive.<br>
<hr width="100%" size="2"><br>
<a name="references"></a><big><b>Useful references on S.M.A.R.T.
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<li>The S.M.A.R.T. specification is SFF-8035i (rev E). &nbsp;I
can not find an on-line reference. It can be obtained from the <a
href="http://www.sffcommittee.com/ns/">Small Form Factors Committee</a>
. Here is their <a href="ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/INF-8035.TXT">"link"</a>
.</li>
. Here is their <a href="ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/INF-8035.TXT">
"link"</a> .</li>
</ul>
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