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SMART overall-health self-assessment test

Postby viking60 » 23 Jul 2010, 01:26

Well I have installed arch on an old box with a modest power supply, so it can get fairly hot. So I have to find a way to test this.
I installed (checked that I had them - and installed the missing) libatasmart smartmontools hddtemp smartctl.

I checked my Mandriva 64 bit first: :

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for a in a b c ; do sudo smartctl -Hc /dev/sd$a; done

I have three hd's so I could stop at c but there is no problem in doing a b c d - you will just get an error message for the extra spesified non existen HD.

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smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-mandriva-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)   Offline data collection activity
               was completed without error.
               Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)   The previous self-test routine completed
               without error or no self-test has ever
               been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:        ( 600) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:           (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
               Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
               Suspend Offline collection upon new
               command.
               Offline surface scan supported.
               Self-test supported.
               Conveyance Self-test supported.
               Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)   Saves SMART data before entering
               power-saving mode.
               Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)   Error logging supported.
               General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:     ( 200) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:           (0x103f)   SCT Status supported.
               SCT Feature Control supported.
               SCT Data Table supported.

smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-mandriva-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

/dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x0bda:0x0158 (0x5195)]
Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary

smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-mandriva-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

Smartctl open device: /dev/sdc failed: No such device
smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-mandriva-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

Smartctl open device: /dev/sdd failed: No such device



Then I checked the temperature:

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for a in a b c; do sudo hddtemp /dev/sd$a; done

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/dev/sda: ST31000528AS: 28°C
/dev/sdb: Generic-Multi-Card:  drive supported, but it doesn't have a temperature sensor.
/dev/sdc: open: Ingen slik fil eller filkatalog

/dev/sdd: open: Ingen slik fil eller filkatalog
As you can see here I have one HD with a sensor and it holds 28 degrees Celcius


My Archlinux output looks like this;

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.:[ thomas@viking60-server : 02:05:31 : ~ ]:.
:( for a in a b c ; do sudo smartctl -Hc /dev/sd$a; done
smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)   Offline data collection activity
               was completed without error.
               Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)   The previous self-test routine completed
               without error or no self-test has ever
               been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:        (7275) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:           (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
               Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
               Suspend Offline collection upon new
               command.
               Offline surface scan supported.
               Self-test supported.
               Conveyance Self-test supported.
               Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)   Saves SMART data before entering
               power-saving mode.
               Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)   Error logging supported.
               No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (  91) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:           (0x003f)   SCT Status supported.
               SCT Feature Control supported.
               SCT Data Table supported.

smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x84)   Offline data collection activity
               was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
               Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)   The previous self-test routine completed
               without error or no self-test has ever
               been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:        (7284) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:           (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
               Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
               Suspend Offline collection upon new
               command.
               Offline surface scan supported.
               Self-test supported.
               Conveyance Self-test supported.
               Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)   Saves SMART data before entering
               power-saving mode.
               Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)   Error logging supported.
               No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (  91) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:           (0x003f)   SCT Status supported.
               SCT Feature Control supported.
               SCT Data Table supported.

smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)   Offline data collection activity
               was completed without error.
               Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)   The previous self-test routine completed
               without error or no self-test has ever
               been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:        ( 723) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:           (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
               Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
               Suspend Offline collection upon new
               command.
               Offline surface scan supported.
               Self-test supported.
               Conveyance Self-test supported.
               Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)   Saves SMART data before entering
               power-saving mode.
               Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)   Error logging supported.
               General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:     ( 117) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:           (0x103f)   SCT Status supported.
               SCT Feature Control supported.
               SCT Data Table supported.


And the temperature (more critical here)

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.:[ thomas@viking60-server : 02:05:51 : ~ ]:.
:)  for a in a b c d; do sudo hddtemp /dev/sd$a; done
Passord:
/dev/sda: WDC WD2500JD-00HBB0: 51°C
/dev/sdb: WDC WD2500JD-00HBB0: 43°C
/dev/sdc: Maxtor Basics Portable: S.M.A.R.T. not available
/dev/sdd: HP Photosmart C5180: S.M.A.R.T. not available

As you can see it would have been enough to specify a b in the command since my USB-disks are not SMART.

Some useful information there.
To do this in a GUI just install gsmartcontrol
Manjaro 64bit on the main box -Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz and nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] (rev a1. + Centos on the server - Arch on the laptop.
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