Re: SMART tool 6.4 -M test feature is not working.

Hi Franke,

To summarize the mail, I need to simulate SSD failure.
What are the possible option to do so in SMART 6.4?

Regards,
-Alok

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Franke [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 2:42 PM
To: Shukla, Alok (GE Healthcare)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] SMART tool 6.4 -M test feature is not working.

Shukla, Alok (GE Healthcare) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In 5.34 version, there was a feature i.e. if smartd.conf file we 
> append the /dev/sda/ line with "-M test" , User was able to simulate 
> ssd failure situation.
>
> But in 6.4 version the option is not available.
>
> What is the substitute of "-M test" option in version 6.4 ?
>

There is none because "-M test" is still available in 6.4.

Please provide the smartd.conf file and the output of "smard -q onecheck" as plain text attachments.

Thanks,
Christian


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