Re: How configure smartctl (not smartd)

Christian Franke <[email protected]> wrote:

>fortaisur 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?
>
>There is no smartctl conf file or variable. There are no plans to add this.
>
>
>> I realize I could make a shell
>> alias or function, but most programs have some built-in way to set commonly-needed
>> options.
>
>Fell free to create a ticket and provide your ideas how this may work:
>https://www.smartmontools.org/newticket
>
>
>> I noticed that per the system logs, smartd needs no such specification - it
>> appears to automatically figure out the type of drive/controller.
>
>This only works if DEVICESCAN is used. It includes also drives behind 
>MegaRAID controllers (but no other RAID controllers). For individual 
>entries, -d megaraid,N is still required.
>
>
>>    Is there any
>> way to get smartctl to do the same?
>
>"smartctl --scan" uses the same functionality as the DEVICESCAN in 
>smartd.conf.
>
>Thanks,
>Christian
>
>
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Thank you for all of the replies and info - I will just use an alias.


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