Re: How configure smartctl (not smartd)

I second that.  I have a number of machines with megaraid controllers.  
I just put an alias (actually, a bunch of scripts) in /opt/megaraid and 
then add it to the path ahead of smartctl.

I must admit it's a nuisance, tho, but that's the tradeoff for getting 
so many devices on one motherboard. ;-)

Cheers,
Tudor.

On 07/08/16 19:44, Orsiris de Jong wrote:
> RE: [smartmontools-support] How configure smartctl (not smartd)
>
> Why don't you use an alias ?
>
>
> Orsiris de Jong
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>     *De:* fortaisur <[email protected]>
>     *Envoyé:* dimanche 7 août 2016 7:28
>     *À:* [email protected]
>     *Sujet:* Re: [smartmontools-support] How configure smartctl (not
>     smartd)
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>     fortaisur <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     >One platform I am now working with occasionally has a RAID controller
>     >which requires adding e.g. " -d sat+megaraid,0" to the smartctl command line
>     >in order to get anything useful.
>     >
>     >I don't work with the platform that much so keep forgetting that parameter
>     >and have to look it up again.
>     >
>     >I assumed there would be a smartctl.conf, or an environment variable like SMARTCTL,
>     >where I could set that so I don't need to specify it.  I cannot find any
>     >documentation on any way to set smartctl arguments like that.  The smartd.conf
>     >appears to be for smartd only, not smartctl.
>     >
>     >Is there some way to set arguments like this?  I realize I could make a shell
>     >alias or function, but most programs have some built-in way to set commonly-needed
>     >options.
>     >
>     >I noticed that per the system logs, smartd needs no such specification - it
>     >appears to automatically figure out the type of drive/controller.  Is there any
>     >way to get smartctl to do the same?
>     >
>
>     Hmm, no responses - so smartctl has no way to auto-detect, or set its options?
>
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