From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 03:17:19 2008 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 B1F2016A417 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:17:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6165113C4DB for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:17:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m183HHoM076263; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:17:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Andrew Falanga" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:18:45 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <200802042014.40016.af300wsm@gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:17:18 -0800 (PST) Cc: Subject: RE: Please help in diagnosing these smartmon messages 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: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:17:19 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Andrew = Falanga > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 7:15 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Please help in diagnosing these smartmon messages >=20 >=20 > HI, >=20 > I just installed smartmontools from ports on my churches system=20 > and I think=20 > I'm glad I did. However, not being completely familiar with it, I'd = like=20 > some help with the messages (and errors) that have been=20 > discovered thus far=20 > (since I installed it on Saturday, yikes!). >=20 > First was this, and it's repeated in the log /var/log/messages = frequently: >=20 > Feb 4 18:19:44 whitbap smartd[64783]: Device: /dev/ad0, 12 Currently=20 > unreadable (pending) sectors >=20 >=20 > Even though this entry comes from today, this was e-mailed to me=20 > within hours=20 > of enabling smartd on Saturday. I understand what sectors are and I = know=20 > what unreadable is. I was wondering what "pending" meant. >=20 > Then, yesterday I was e-mailed this one: >=20 > Feb 3 02:49:44 whitbap smartd[64783]: Device: /dev/ad0,=20 > Self-Test Log error=20 > count increased from 0 to 1 >=20 > Using smartctl I found that option "-l" with the argument=20 > "selftest" would=20 > give me more information. This is what I found: >=20 > whitbap# smartctl -l selftest /dev/ad0 > smartctl version 5.37 [i386-portbld-freebsd6.2] Copyright (C)=20 > 2002-6 Bruce=20 > Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ >=20 > =3D=3D=3D START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION =3D=3D=3D > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > Num Test_Description Status Remaining =20 > LifeTime(hours) =20 > LBA_of_first_error > # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 70% =20 > 60397 =20 > 67413 > # 2 Short offline Completed: read failure 70% =20 > 60373 =20 > 67413 >=20 >=20 > I know it's probably near impossible to know exactly how much longer = this=20 > drive has, but how serious are these errors? As I mentioned, the=20 > unreadable=20 > sectors on the hard drive are repeated many times in the log ( >=20 > 100 times). >=20 It means replace the drive immediately. Ted