jphipps Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Type this from ssh or telnet: smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdX | todos >/boot/smarthistory/diskX.txt maybe I did it wrong, but I got this.. root@media:~# smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdb | todos >/boot/smarthistory/diskb.txt -bash: /boot/smarthistory/diskb.txt: No such file or directory My guess is the smarthistory directory doesn't exist under boot. You have to create that before running that command. Link to comment
JustinChase Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Oh well, I guess I'll just hope it's okay. Link to comment
Joe L. Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 If you run another smart report, you can see the results/progress of the test. I had to shutdown my laptop (which I used to start the test, via putty) before the 3 hours had passed. I assumed the test would continue, since I thought it was actually running on the server. I just ran smartctl --test=long /dev/sdb on my laptop (in a new putty session), and it seems to have just restarted the test again, but didn't provide any results from the last test. Do I just need to leave this session open on my laptop until it finishes, or how can I see the results of the long test? It runs on the drive, you don't have to stay connected. You should see output like this in the smart report: SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 7071 - # 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 60% 6850 - # 3 Extended offline Interrupted (host reset) 60% 3003 - # 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 2939 - You DO have to disable any automatic spin-down timers, as that WILL abort the "long test" So, if you have 1 hour spin-down, and the long test normally would take 4 hours, it would abort after 1 hour when unRAID spins down the disk. That was shown in these two attempts at running a "long" test in the smart report excerpt you attached to your post. # 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 60% 6850 - # 3 Extended offline Interrupted (host reset) 60% 3003 - Link to comment
jphipps Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 That was really just a sample output. Those 2 failed test on mine were operator error. I forgot it was running and recycled the server twice... Link to comment
Joe L. Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 That was really just a sample output. Those 2 failed test on mine were operator error. I forgot it was running and recycled the server twice... I understood it was a sample from your server, but it did illustrate exactly the type of abort of a test if you were to allow unRAID to spin down the drive from inactivity. Basically, I was telling the person with the off-line-disk to remember to disable ANY disk-spin-down for the duration of the long-test. Link to comment
jphipps Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Thanks for the info, that is good to know. It is kinda surprising that the drive would honor a spin down while a test is running. That would explain a few times in the past when my test aborted for no apparent reason and I was thinking it was the drive. Never thought about that before... Link to comment
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