Re: smartd.conf not working

John Theodore wrote:
> This command below works and scans 1 disk:
>   sudo smartctl -l ssd -d megaraid,1 -t short /dev/sdb
>
> I want to setup my /etc/smartd.conf so it runs a short test every 
> night, and a long test once a week. The one line in my 
> /etc/smartd.conf is below:
>
> DEVICESCAN -S on -o on -a -I 194 -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03)
>

If the device does not appear in "smartctl --scan-open" output, you need 
to add an extra smartd.conf entry:

/dev/sdb -d megaraid,1 ...(remaining directives)...

MegaRAID device scanning is implemented in the Linux version of 
smartmontools >= 6.1.

Thanks,
Christian


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