From f666bca4755de728b56cf74efa563d3f69f2e3d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dpgilbert <dpgilbert@4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:23:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] discuss changing '-d scsi' to '-d sat' for smartd. Link to badblockhowto.html git-svn-id: https://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/smartmontools/trunk@2333 4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137 --- www/smartmontools_scsi.xml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/www/smartmontools_scsi.xml b/www/smartmontools_scsi.xml index 2476c5e60..0ab71ce6f 100644 --- a/www/smartmontools_scsi.xml +++ b/www/smartmontools_scsi.xml @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ ps, txt, etc. </affiliation> </author> <authorinitials>dpg</authorinitials> - <pubdate>2006-10-22</pubdate> + <pubdate>2006-11-21</pubdate> <revhistory> <revision> <revnumber>1.6</revnumber> - <date>2006-10-22</date> + <date>2006-11-21</date> <authorinitials>dpg</authorinitials> <revremark> auto '-d sat', background scan, windows device names @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ those users of smartmontools that wish to monitor SCSI storage devices. <para> This document outlines the features found in smartmontools version 5.37 that are relevant to SCSI disks and tape drives. -This document was last altered on 22nd October 2006. +This document was last altered on 21st November 2006. </para> </sect1> @@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ be found <filename>/etc/smartd.conf</filename>. It sends alerts to the system logs and can be configured to email system administrators when pending failures are reported. </para> +<para> +If smartmontools detects some "bad blocks" then the reader should +look at this page: +<ulink url="http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html"> +<literal>smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html</literal></ulink> . +</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="oses"> @@ -1030,13 +1036,33 @@ device nodes (for linux: <filename>/dev/sda</filename> through to "DEVICESCAN" word can be removed (or commented out) and SCSI devices named explicitly: <programlisting> -/dev/sda -d scsi -/dev/sdb -d scsi +/dev/sda -a -d scsi +/dev/sdb -a -d scsi </programlisting> +</para> +<para> The "-d scsi" argument overrides what <command>smartd</command> would guess as the device class (i.e. "ata", "scsi", "sat", "marvell", "3ware,N", "hpt,L/N[,M]" -or "cciss,N"). +or "cciss,N"). In smartmontools version 5.37 the <command>smartd</command> +daemon guesses SCSI device nodes on the basis of their name (i.e. without +querying the device beforehand). However it does query the device +after it has been placed in the SCSI group and if it notices that the +vendor name is "ATA " and that it responds to SCSI ATA PASS THROUGH +commands then a informational message is sent to the log suggesting +that the user try adding '-d sat' (or perhaps a '-d scsi' should be +changed to '-d sat'). After such a warning for node <filename>/dev/sdb +</filename> the code snippet from the <filename>/etc/smartd.conf</filename> +file might be changed to: +<programlisting> +/dev/sda -a -d scsi +/dev/sdb -a -d sat +</programlisting> +</para> +<para> +This may be automated in a later version of +smartmontools (the <command>smartctl</command> command does automatic +detection in version 5.37). </para> </sect1> @@ -1476,7 +1502,7 @@ There is a HOWTO on the Linux SCSI subsystem in the 2.4 series here: </para> <para> -CVS $Id: smartmontools_scsi.xml,v 1.15 2006/10/23 01:16:31 dpgilbert Exp $ +CVS $Id: smartmontools_scsi.xml,v 1.16 2006/11/21 20:23:07 dpgilbert Exp $ </para> </sect1> </appendix> -- GitLab