Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 00:27:13 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What smartctl command to use to verify if disk is okay or failing ? Message-ID: <20190107002713.5f920a9c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <613aefd600422ad976a4cf44a96b4977fa2937a3.camel@yandex.com> References: <613aefd600422ad976a4cf44a96b4977fa2937a3.camel@yandex.com>
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On Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:37:29 +0530, Manish Jain wrote:
> Yesterday I saw an AHCI/CAM error on my SATA SSD on the console, and I
> am a bit worried whether the disk (ada0) is failing.
AHCI/CAM could also indicate a problem with the controller
the disk is attached to.
> I installed smartmontools and enabled smartd in rc.conf. But I am
> unable to figure out the command to utilise for reliably testing the
> state of /dev/ada0 (Samsung EVO 850; SMART enabled).
>
> If anyone could tell me the right command to go through a good test
> (preferably with a log file generated), it would be much appreciated.
You can initiate such a test with the smartctl command. There
are many examples in the EXAMPLES section of "man smartctl".
For example, to read current information, use:
# smartctl -a /dev/ada0
To start a unit self-test ("long test"), use:
# smartctl -t long /dev/ada0
There are various other kinds of tests smartctl can inititate.
It's also possible to automate such tasks for the continuous
surveillance of a drive; see "man smartd" for details.
On Linux, there's also a GUI tool for interacting with smartctl,
it's called GSmartCtl, if I remember correctly. Maybe this tool
is also available in FreeBSD ports?
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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