[smartmontools-support] Help With Selftest Aborted

[Ken M. <km...@ma...>]

I recently had to get an SSD replaced under warranty, and the
replacement is a refurb. I thought I would test it with smartctl before
I put it into production. The short self test succeeds, while the long
one aborts. I don't understand the error.

The SSD will eventually go back to the internal sata controller, but
this test test is done via an external usb3->sata dock.



smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-32-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Samsung based SSDs
Device Model:     Samsung SSD 840 Series
Serial Number:    S14LNEACC42878X
LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 550138751
Firmware Version: DXT09B0Q
User Capacity:    500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4c
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Jul 16 10:35:56 2014 EDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

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

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (  25)	The self-test routine was aborted by
					the host.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: 		(53956) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x53) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					No Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					No 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: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (  70) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003d)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail
Always       -       0
   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age
Always       -       4346
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age
Always       -       1914
177 Wear_Leveling_Count     0x0013   098   098   000    Pre-fail  Always
       -       16
179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot   0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always
       -       0
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total  0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always
       -       0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total  0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always
       -       0
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always
       -       0
187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always
       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032   064   039   000    Old_age   Always
       -       36
195 ECC_Error_Rate          0x001a   200   200   000    Old_age   Always
       -       0
199 CRC_Error_Count         0x003e   099   099   000    Old_age   Always
       -       14
235 POR_Recovery_Count      0x0012   099   099   000    Old_age   Always
       -       41
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always
       -       8509955188

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%      4346
      -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      4346
      -
# 3  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%      4346
      -
# 4  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%      4346
      -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      4346
      -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
  SPAN    MIN_LBA    MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
     1          0          0  Not_testing
     2          0          0  Not_testing
     3          0          0  Not_testing
     4          0          0  Not_testing
     5          0          0  Not_testing
   255  307529728  307595263  Read_scanning was never started
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
   After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.