From: Ooi K. C. <ooi...@dx...> - 2007-06-11 02:08:34
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Hi there, I have few questions here and I'm using debian 4. 1. My smartmontools or smartd won't start automatically unless I manually started the service. How do I start the smartd service automatically? 2. I wanted a email warning message sent to me whenever the hard disk is almost failing. I've set the configuration in /etc/smartd.conf with DEVICESCAN -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner. However, it does not start and no mail being sent to me. Can you please help me with this? 3. For your info, this is my scan result === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: Maxtor 6Y040P0 Serial Number: Y2306SHC Firmware Version: YAR41BW0 User Capacity: 40,982,151,168 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0 Local Time is: Mon Jun 11 09:36:13 2007 MYT 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 Thank you for your consideration and support. Best Regards, John Ooi Kwan Chen, System Support- Group IT, DXN Holding Bhd. Office Phone: +6047723388 Ext 144/145 Email: ooi...@dx... website: www.dxn2u.com |
From: Tom M. <tme...@gm...> - 2007-06-12 16:01:20
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Ooi Kwan Chen wrote: > ...I'm using debian 4. > How do I start the smartd service automatically? Edit /etc/default/smartmontools and change: #start_smartd=yes to: start_smartd=yes > I wanted a email warning message sent to me whenever the hard disk is almost > failing. I've set the configuration in /etc/smartd.conf with DEVICESCAN -m root > -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner. However, it does not start and > no mail being sent to me. How do you know it does not send email? Have you experienced a drive failure? Normally no mail is sent. Try adding "-M test" to the command line, which causes smartd to send a test email every time it starts. -Tom |