Re: [smartmontools-support] smartd shows problem, smartctl does not

[Alexander S. <ash...@gm...>]

Hello,

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:22:55 -0700
Torsten Rohlfing wrote:

> I have a server with a 3ware RAID system, and for a few days smartd has 
> been dumping error messages into syslog:
> 
> Apr  4 13:55:09 cluster-raid0 smartd[15719]: Device: /dev/twa0 
> [3ware_disk_05], 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
> 
> When I use smartctl, however, it reports the drive to be in perfect health:
> 
> [root@cluster-raid0 ~]# smartctl -H -d 3ware,5 /dev/twa0

> <snip>

Please post the full "smartctl -a" output. The attributes are most likely
to show the problem. The overall health assessment only fails when
things are really bad, and the self-tests are known to be unreliable.

Cheers,
Alexander