Installation of Smartcl in Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install smartmontools
Installation of Smartcl in Redhat / CentOS
# yum install smartmontools
Start the Smartctl Service
For Ubuntu
$ sudo /etc/init.d/smartmontools start
For CentOS & RHEL
# service smartd start ; chkconfig smartd on
Example:1 Check Whether Smart Capability is enabled or not for the disk
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -i /dev/sdb 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: Seagate Momentus 5400.6 Device Model: ST9320325AS Serial Number: 5VD2V59T LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 020a37ec4 Firmware Version: 0002BSM1 User Capacity: 320,072,933,376 bytes [320 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4 SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 1.5 Gb/s Local Time is: Sun Nov 16 12:32:09 2014 IST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
Where ‘/dev/sdb’ is your hard disk. Last Two lines in above output shows that SMART capability is enable for the device.
Example:2 Enable Smart Capability for the disk
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -s on /dev/sdb 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 ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION === SMART Enabled.
Example:3 Disable Smart Capability for the disk
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -s off /dev/sdb 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 ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION === SMART Disabled. Use option -s with argument 'on' to enable it.
Example:4 Display Detailed Smart info for the disk
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb // For IDE drive root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdb // For SATA drive
Example:5 Display Overall health of the Disk
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -H /dev/sdb 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 READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check. Please note the following marginal Attributes: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 067 045 045 Old_age Always In_the_past 33 (Min/Max 25/33)
Example:6 Test Hard drive using long & short option.
Long Test
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl --test=long /dev/sdb 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 OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 102 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Sun Nov 16 14:29:43 2014 Use smartctl -X to abort test.
OR We can redirect test output to a log file , as shown below
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl --test=long /dev/sdb > /var/log/long.text
Short Test
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl --test=short /dev/sdb 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 OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 1 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Sun Nov 16 12:51:45 2014 Use smartctl -X to abort test.
OR
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl --test=short /dev/sdb > /var/log/short.text
Note : Short test will take maximum 2 minutes whereas in long test there is no time restriction because it read & verify every segment of the entire disk.
Example:7 To View Drive’s Self Test result
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdb 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 READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 492 210841222 # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 492 210841222
Example:8 Calculate Estimate time to perform test
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -c /dev/sdb 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 READ SMART DATA SECTION === General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 121) The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x73) 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. 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 102) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported.
Example:9 Display Error logs of the disk
root@linuxtechi:~# smartctl -l error /dev/sdb
Sample Output
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 READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 5
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
25 da 08 e7 e5 a5 4c 00 00:30:44.515 READ DMA EXT
25 da 08 df e5 a5 4c 00 00:30:44.514 READ DMA EXT
25 da 80 5f e5 a5 4c 00 00:30:44.502 READ DMA EXT
25 da f0 5f e6 a5 4c 00 00:30:44.496 READ DMA EXT
25 da 10 4f e6 a5 4c 00 00:30:44.383 READ DMA EXT
