Re: smartd fails to monitor disks connected to an ASUS PIKE 2008 card

Peter van Hoof wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
>>>
>>> # smartctl -a /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31000528AS_6VP0PCXC
>>> ...
>> Please provide the smartd.conf file.
>
> Here it is... The three commented-out lines are the disks that are 
> connected to the PIKE card. If I uncomment one of those, smartd 
> immediately exits with error 16.
>
> ...
> #/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31000528AS_6VP0PCXC -I 190 -I 194 -d ata 
> -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././14|L/../(06|20)/./18) -m root
> #/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST1000DM005_HD10S246JX0D300179 -I 194 -d 
> ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././15|L/../(12|26)/./18) -m root
> #/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SanDisk_SDSSDX24130863401886 -I 194 -I 195 
> -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../(03|17)/./08) -m root

Try without '-d ata'. Option '-d sat' normally is the correct setting 
for SATA drives on Linux. Smartctl auto-detects it because you didn't 
specify a -d option.

Thanks,
Christian


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