From: Drew J. C. <dc...@ba...> - 2003-02-19 17:36:22
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All, I am new to this list and have a quick question for all of you. I have just installed the latest version of SmartMonTools and have configured it using commands within the /etc/smartd.conf file. I restarted the daemon and I see that it is running as stated in /var/log/messages. Now, here is the main question. I am going to be running monitoring tools that will monitor uptime, disk space, etc. and would like to monitor my disk's health as well. When a drive throws an error, does it write it to /var/log/messages and what does the error output look like? (I know I can run it by hand and I know what those errors look like...) Thanks :-) ============================================ Drew J. Como Phone: 631-434-6600 Systems Administrator Fax: 631-434-7800 dc...@ba... Web: www.bascom.com Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. -------------------------------------------- "When quality is the goal, winning is guaranteed." |
From: Bruce A. <ba...@gr...> - 2003-02-19 19:36:34
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Hi Drew, > I have just installed the latest version of SmartMonTools and have > configured it using commands within the /etc/smartd.conf file. I > restarted the daemon and I see that it is running as stated in > /var/log/messages. > > Now, here is the main question. I am going to be running monitoring > tools that will monitor uptime, disk space, etc. and would like to > monitor my disk's health as well. When a drive throws an error, does > it write it to /var/log/messages and what does the error output look > like? (I know I can run it by hand and I know what those errors look > like...) Yes, it writes to /var/log/messages. Unfortunately I haven't made a catalog of the different messages. You can find all of these by downloading smartd.c and doing: grep printout smartd.c The most important messages are duplicated by printandmail() and can be seen by doing: grep printandmail smartd.c which shows: "Device: %s, FAILED SMART self-check. BACK UP DATA NOW!", name); printandmail(c "Device: %s, Failed SMART usage Attribute: %s.", name, loc); printandmail(cfg, 3, LOG_CRIT, "Device: %s, Self-Test Log error count increased from %d to %d", printandmail(cfg, 4, LOG_CRIT, "Device: %s, ATA error count increased from %d to %d", printandmail(cfg, 0, LOG_CRIT, "Device: %s, SMART Failure: (%d) %s", drive->devicename, [SCSI] Probably the only other important messages are the ones about changing attribute values (use grep printout smartd.c to find these): "Device: %s, SMART Prefailure Attribute: %s changed from %d to %d\n", "Device: %s, SMART Usage Attribute: %s changed from %d to %d\n", and failing Temperature for SCI devices: "Device: %s, Temperature changed %d degrees to %d degrees since last reading\n", Cheers, Bruce |
From: Drew J. C. <dc...@ba...> - 2003-02-19 19:42:29
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Bruce, I was planning on running with the following config: (This would be within the smartd.conf file) For my IDE's: /dev/hda -c -l -L -t -C 7200 (Check every 2 hours) For my SCSI's: /dev/sda -c -l -L -t -C 7200 (Check every 2 hours) Is this correct? Thanks again :-) ============================================ Drew J. Como Phone: 631-434-6600 Systems Administrator Fax: 631-434-7800 dc...@ba... Web: www.bascom.com Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. -------------------------------------------- "When quality is the goal, winning is guaranteed." -----Original Message----- From: sma...@li... [mailto:sma...@li...]On Behalf Of Bruce Allen Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:36 PM To: Drew J. Como Cc: sma...@li... Subject: Re: [Smartmontools-support]Question about SmartMonTools Hi Drew, > I have just installed the latest version of SmartMonTools and have > configured it using commands within the /etc/smartd.conf file. I > restarted the daemon and I see that it is running as stated in > /var/log/messages. > > Now, here is the main question. I am going to be running monitoring > tools that will monitor uptime, disk space, etc. and would like to > monitor my disk's health as well. When a drive throws an error, does > it write it to /var/log/messages and what does the error output look > like? (I know I can run it by hand and I know what those errors look > like...) Yes, it writes to /var/log/messages. Unfortunately I haven't made a catalog of the different messages. You can find all of these by downloading smartd.c and doing: grep printout smartd.c The most important messages are duplicated by printandmail() and can be seen by doing: grep printandmail smartd.c which shows: "Device: %s, FAILED SMART self-check. BACK UP DATA NOW!", name); printandmail(c "Device: %s, Failed SMART usage Attribute: %s.", name, loc); printandmail(cfg, 3, LOG_CRIT, "Device: %s, Self-Test Log error count increased from %d to %d", printandmail(cfg, 4, LOG_CRIT, "Device: %s, ATA error count increased from %d to %d", printandmail(cfg, 0, LOG_CRIT, "Device: %s, SMART Failure: (%d) %s", drive->devicename, [SCSI] Probably the only other important messages are the ones about changing attribute values (use grep printout smartd.c to find these): "Device: %s, SMART Prefailure Attribute: %s changed from %d to %d\n", "Device: %s, SMART Usage Attribute: %s changed from %d to %d\n", and failing Temperature for SCI devices: "Device: %s, Temperature changed %d degrees to %d degrees since last reading\n", Cheers, Bruce ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Smartmontools-support mailing list Sma...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support |
From: Bruce A. <ba...@gr...> - 2003-02-19 19:49:38
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Hi Drew, > I was planning on running with the following config: > (This would be within the smartd.conf file) > > For my IDE's: > /dev/hda -c -l -L -t -C 7200 (Check every 2 hours) > For my SCSI's: > /dev/sda -c -l -L -t -C 7200 (Check every 2 hours) > > Is this correct? If you are using the latest version of smartmontools (5.1.something) then this isn't correct. What version of smartmontools are you using? (use smartctl -V and smartd -V to get complete version info). > Thanks again :-) Glad to help. With a recent version of smartmontools, smartd --showdirective will give a listing of valid directives for smartd.conf. Cheers, Bruce > > > > ============================================ > Drew J. Como Phone: 631-434-6600 > Systems Administrator Fax: 631-434-7800 > dc...@ba... Web: www.bascom.com > Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. > -------------------------------------------- > "When quality is the goal, > winning is guaranteed." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sma...@li... > [mailto:sma...@li...]On Behalf Of > Bruce Allen > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:36 PM > To: Drew J. Como > Cc: sma...@li... > Subject: Re: [Smartmontools-support]Question about SmartMonTools > > > Hi Drew, > > > I have just installed the latest version of SmartMonTools and have > > configured it using commands within the /etc/smartd.conf file. I > > restarted the daemon and I see that it is running as stated in > > /var/log/messages. > > > > Now, here is the main question. I am going to be running monitoring > > tools that will monitor uptime, disk space, etc. and would like to > > monitor my disk's health as well. When a drive throws an error, does > > it write it to /var/log/messages and what does the error output look > > like? (I know I can run it by hand and I know what those errors look > > like...) > > Yes, it writes to /var/log/messages. Unfortunately I haven't made a > catalog of the different messages. You can find all of these by > downloading smartd.c and doing: > grep printout smartd.c > > The most important messages are duplicated by printandmail() and can be > seen by doing: > grep printandmail smartd.c > > which shows: > > "Device: %s, FAILED SMART self-check. BACK UP DATA NOW!", name); > printandmail(c > > "Device: %s, Failed SMART usage Attribute: %s.", name, loc); > printandmail(cfg, 3, LOG_CRIT, > > "Device: %s, Self-Test Log error count increased from %d to %d", > printandmail(cfg, 4, LOG_CRIT, > > "Device: %s, ATA error count increased from %d to %d", > printandmail(cfg, 0, LOG_CRIT, > > "Device: %s, SMART Failure: (%d) %s", drive->devicename, [SCSI] > > Probably the only other important messages are the ones about changing > attribute values (use grep printout smartd.c to find these): > > "Device: %s, SMART Prefailure Attribute: %s changed from %d to %d\n", > > "Device: %s, SMART Usage Attribute: %s changed from %d to %d\n", > > and failing Temperature for SCI devices: > > "Device: %s, Temperature changed %d degrees to %d degrees since last > reading\n", > > Cheers, > Bruce > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. > The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. > Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. > www.slickedit.com/sourceforge > _______________________________________________ > Smartmontools-support mailing list > Sma...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support > > > |