Re: [smartmontools-support] Help with smartmontools 5.32 on Linux kernel 2.6.11.11

[Alex S. <ml...@os...>]

On 03/12/2014 11:46 AM, Shubhendu Ram Tripathi wrote:
> I am facing the same error on a RHEL node (VM). The version of the smartctl
> is 5.43.
>
> The sample output of the command "smartctl -a -d sat /dev/vda" is as below
>
> smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64]
> (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T
> permissive' options.
>
> Any clue about the same?
What are you trying to do? For me using smartmontools for the virtual 
drive does not make any sense.