Remember that SmartMonTools doesn't run any tests. It merely tells the
drive's firmware to run the tests built in by the manufacturer. That said,
I doubt there is much functional difference. As to the specific questions:
>I wonder if for the
> disks like sdj the returned status OK has the same meaning of PASSED.
Yes.
> What is the difference in the test run, if any, on the two disks?
Probably nothing worth worrying about. And if it is worth worrying about,
nothing you can change unless you want to go reverse engineering the
drive's firmware and writing your own.
The last question someone else more knowledgeable than I will have to take.
> Hi all,
>
> I have disks directly connected to the motherboard and in an enclosure.
>
> I have plenty of disks but SDA is representative for those attached
> directly and SDJ is representative for those behind the LSI HBA 9205, in
> the encliosure.
>
> I want to monitor the status of the hard disks and I wonder if for the
> disks like sdj the returned status OK has the same meaning of PASSED.
>
> root@server:/tmp/tmp# smartctl -H /dev/sdj
> smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-53-generic] (local
> build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> SMART Health Status: OK
> root@server:/tmp/tmp# smartctl -H /dev/sda
> smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-53-generic] (local
> build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
>
>
> What is the difference in the test run, if any, on the two disks?
>
> I need to write a script that checks the disk every 4 hours for a NAS and
> I
> must know if the disks like sdj are correctly monitored. I tried to use
> the
> switch -d sat on it but I get the following error
>
> root@server:/tmp/tmp# smartctl -d sat -H /dev/sdj
> smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-53-generic] (local
> build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed: scsi error unsupported scsi opcode
>
> A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more
> '-T
> permissive' options.
>
> Adding "-T permissive" doesn't help much.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
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