From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 19:43:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D351065678 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from smtp.3dresearch.com (dorabella.3dresearch.com [66.167.251.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 622588FC29 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fracasso.3dresearch.com (pool-96-236-174-150.pitbpa.east.verizon.net [96.236.174.150]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vmail.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F6169EC5 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:42:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from fracasso.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fracasso.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FC5C5C5D for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:42:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:42:04 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics To: FreeBSD Questions Message-Id: <20120105144204.d419cca4.web@3dresearch.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Apparently conflicting smartctl output X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:43:00 -0000 Hello Everyone, I was trying to set up a new gmirror with components ad4 and ad6 in a machine which already has one, but the new gmirror doesn't finish syncing: Jan 4 20:21:27 <0.2> isolde kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/gm1 launched (1/1). Jan 4 21:22:32 <0.2> isolde kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm1: rebuilding provider ad6. Jan 4 23:43:50 <0.2> isolde kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Request failed (error=5). ad4[READ(offset=657053450240, length=131072)] Jan 4 23:43:50 <0.2> isolde kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Synchronization request failed (error=5). mirror/gm1[READ(offset=657053450240, length=131072)] I then ran smartctl short and long tests on both ad4 and ad6: # smartctl -l error /dev/ad4 smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged No errors logged... but then: # smartctl -a /dev/ad4 smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Black Device Model: WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0 Serial Number: WD-WMAY03714307 LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 0ad99b304 Firmware Version: 05.01D05 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Thu Jan 5 14:34:13 2012 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled [...] 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% 1863 1283307620 # 2 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 1860 1283307620 # 3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 1742 1283307620 So, my questions are: - Do I have a bad hard drive (apparently, I do...) - Why are there "No Errors Logged" by smartctl? -- Janos Dohanics