Re: [smartmontools-support] win32 selftest log reading problem

[Holger F. <hol...@vs...>]

Hi,

>> I'm running smartmontools for Windows on a Windows 2003 Server.
>> Unfortunally reading smart selftest logs is not possible:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin>smartctl.exe  -a /dev/hda
>> smartctl version 5.37 [i686-mingw32-2003-sp1] Copyright (C) 2002-6 
>> Bruce Allen
>> [...]
>> Error SMART Error Log Read failed: Input/output error
>> Smartctl: SMART Error Log Read Failed
>> Error SMART Error Self-Test Log Read failed: Input/output error
>> Smartctl: SMART Self Test Log Read Failed
>> Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging
>>
> smartctl tries 2 (5.36) or 3 (5.37-0-20060720) ioctls to read the logs 
> until success or an error code != "function not implemented" is returned.
> With the 20060720 release, it is possible to specifiy the ioctls used, 
> see "smartctl -h" output for a brief documentation.
> On Win2003, using new IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH first may work:
>
>  smartctl -a /dev/hda:as
Thanks for your help.
Adding ":a" works fine.

> Some ioctl probably returns an unexpected error code. Try
>
>  smartctl -r ioctl,2 -l selftest /dev/hda
>
> for detailed output.

For diagnostics here is the result of the failed IOCTL (without ":a"):


=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART READ LOG InputParameter=6
  SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA failed, Error=122
    Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xd5, SC=0x01, NS=0x06, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00
REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART READ LOG returned -1 errno=5 
[Input/outpu
t error]

===== [SMART READ LOG] DATA START (BASE-16) =====
000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
016-031: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
032-047: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
048-063: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
064-079: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
080-095: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
096-111: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
112-127: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
128-143: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
144-159: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
160-175: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
176-191: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
192-207: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
208-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
224-239: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
240-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
256-271: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
272-287: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
288-303: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
304-319: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
320-335: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
336-351: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
352-367: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
368-383: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
384-399: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
416-431: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
432-447: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
448-463: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
464-479: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
480-495: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
===== [SMART READ LOG] DATA END (512 Bytes) =====

Error SMART Error Self-Test Log Read failed: Input/output error
Smartctl: SMART Self Test Log Read Failed


Best wishes,
Holger

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