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[smartmontools-support]problem with smartd as windows service

[Marko <mka...@we...>]

Hi,

I run smartd as a windows service on my WXP machine. In principle it works
 fine, but there is a problem with the timed execution of the tests.

This is the content of my conf file:

/dev/hda -m sysmsgbox -S on -o on -a -I 1 -I 194 -I 195 -s (S/../.././11|
L/../.././12)

As one can see I want the daemon to execute a long self test at about 12  
o'clock. Actually the test started today only at 12:38, although the machine 
had been running already since hours with the automatically started service 
smartd!

What's going on?

Marko

RE: [smartmontools-support]problem with smartd as windows service

[John O. <joh...@la...>]

Hi,

I'm not an expert or a developer but I have read all the man pages and =
allot
of literature ion smartmontools. =20

It seems to me that the smartmontools site says that smartd checks if it =
has
run in 30 min intervals... so the timing of the tests is not exactly
accurate to begin with.  Did the test begin or end @ 12:38? What time =
does
your daily short test start?=20

John Oesterle

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Subject: [smartmontools-support]problem with smartd as windows service


Hi,

I run smartd as a windows service on my WXP machine. In principle it =
works
 fine, but there is a problem with the timed execution of the tests.

This is the content of my conf file:

/dev/hda -m sysmsgbox -S on -o on -a -I 1 -I 194 -I 195 -s =
(S/../.././11|
L/../.././12)

As one can see I want the daemon to execute a long self test at about 12 =
=20
o'clock. Actually the test started today only at 12:38, although the =
machine

had been running already since hours with the automatically started =
service=20
smartd!

What's going on?

Marko



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Re: [smartmontools-support]problem with smartd as windows service

[Marko <mka...@we...>]

On Thursday 08 September 2005 06:34, John Oesterle wrote:
> I'm not an expert or a developer but I have read all the man pages and
> allot of literature ion smartmontools.
so did I once more...

> It seems to me that the smartmontools site says that smartd checks if it
> has run in 30 min intervals... 
...which I found myself now. Funny, had been right at the top of the man 
page... ;)

> so the timing of the tests is not exactly accurate to begin with.  Did the
> test begin or end @ 12:38? What time does your daily short test start?
Actually it was 12:28. This depends just on the moment the service got 
started.

What I needed to do was to remove the service and reinstall it using the 
'-i'-Option (not applicable to smartd.conf since there it has got another 
meaning) "smartd install -i 300" which causes a check of the regex-pattern 
every 5 minutes, which is ok for my purposes.

Thanks for the "30 min"-hint, that showed me the path to follow in the manual.

Marko