Pending Sectors, during LONG test

Larry Rosenman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
The last 2 times (If I recall correctly), I've gotten email from SmartD 
(FreeBSD 11) with complaints about the following 2 counters:

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       8
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       8

Once the test completes, they seem(!) to go away.

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Self-test routine in progress 90%     20538     
     -

Do I have an issue?

Full smartctl -a:
borg.lerctr.org /home/ler $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/ada4
smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, 
www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda Green (AF)
Device Model:     ST2000DL003-9VT166
Serial Number:    5YDA1R5W
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 053875d86
Firmware Version: CC32
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    5900 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Feb 11 11:56:11 2015 CST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)	Offline data collection activity
					was completed without error.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      ( 249)	Self-test routine in progress...
					90% of test remaining.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: 		(  623) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 344) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x30b7)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      
UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   109   087   006    Pre-fail  Always 
       -       21689208
   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   075   075   000    Pre-fail  Always 
       -       0
   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always 
       -       67
   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always 
       -       0
   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   083   060   030    Pre-fail  Always 
       -       9029529080
   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   077   077   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       20538
  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always 
       -       0
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always 
       -       67
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       58
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   097   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       60
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   076   064   045    Old_age   Always 
       -       24 (Min/Max 21/33)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       57
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       67
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   024   040   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       24 (0 20 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   015   004   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       21689208
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       8
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       8
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       20537 (132 184 0)
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       1746396844
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       1758546700

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Self-test routine in progress 90%     20538     
     -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20512     
     -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20488     
     -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20464     
     -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20440     
     -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20416     
     -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20392     
     -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20368     
     -
# 9  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     20367     
     -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20344     
     -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20320     
     -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20296     
     -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20272     
     -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20248     
     -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20224     
     -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20200     
     -
#17  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     20199     
     -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20176     
     -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20152     
     -
#20  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20128     
     -
#21  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     20104     
     -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
  SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
     1        0        0  Not_testing
     2        0        0  Not_testing
     3        0        0  Not_testing
     4        0        0  Not_testing
     5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
   After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute 
delay.

borg.lerctr.org /home/ler $

-- 
Larry Rosenman                     http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
Phone: +1 214-642-9640                 E-Mail: [email protected]
US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website,
sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your
hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought
leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a
look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.