Re: how to control how often smartd-runner fires.
Ray Andrews <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 07:38:50 -0800
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On 27/01/17 07:12 AM, Ray Andrews wrote:
> On 23/01/17 10:32 PM, Christian Franke wrote:
>> Ray Andrews wrote:
>>> It does seem strange that with all the robust tools available in =
NIX,
>>> that when you loose a sector that it's an ordeal to figure out wh=
at's
>>> been corrupted. However slow, one might expect that there'd be a
>>> utility to figure it out even if it had to read the entirety of=
=20
>>> whatever
>>> it is that is the analogue of the old FAT until it had found all=
the
>>> files.
>>
>> I use GNU ddrescue to check for bad blocks, do disk images and try=
to=20
>> recover bad blocks with read retries:
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/
>> (On Debian/Ubuntu, it is in the package gddrescue)
>>
>> To check which files are affected by bad blocks, I typically use=
=20
>> ifind/istat/ffind from TSK:
>>
>> https://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/
>>
>> Ddrutility provides a script which automates this (I didn't test t=
his=20
>> yet):
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddrutility/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian
>>
>>
> BTW, as to my original question, it seems that "$ smartd -q onechec=
k"=20
> will give me exactly the 'right now' check that I want, and if I'm=
=20
> content with one message per day:
>
> DEVICESCAN -a -H -l error -l selftest -f -s=20
> (S/../.././12|L/../../6/12) -m root -M exec=20
> /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner.
>
> ... does the trick, and I don't need One further question: what=
=20
> modifications to the above might be recommended? The documents, as=
=20
> will most documents in Linux, presume that you are already an exper=
t.
>
> If I just did this:
>
> DEVICESCAN -a -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-r=
unner
>
> ... What would I miss?
>
>
>
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 27/01/17 07:12 AM, Ray Andrews
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite=3D"mid:[email protected]"
type=3D"cite">
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 23/01/17 10:32 PM, Christian
Franke wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite=3D"mid:[email protected]"
type=3D"cite">Ray Andrews wrote: <br>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">It does seem strange that with all =
the
robust tools available in NIX, <br>
that when you loose a sector that it's an ordeal to figure =
out
what's <br>
been corrupted.=A0 However slow, one might expect that ther=
e'd
be a <br>
utility to figure it out even if it had to read the entiret=
y
of whatever <br>
it is=A0 that is the analogue of the old FAT until it had f=
ound
all the <br>
files. <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I use GNU ddrescue to check for bad blocks, do disk images an=
d
try to recover bad blocks with read retries: <br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext"
href=3D"https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/">https://www=
.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/</a>
<br>
(On Debian/Ubuntu, it is in the package gddrescue) <br>
<br>
To check which files are affected by bad blocks, I typically =
use
ifind/istat/ffind from TSK: <br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext"
href=3D"https://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/">https://www.s=
leuthkit.org/sleuthkit/</a>
<br>
<br>
Ddrutility provides a script which automates this (I didn't t=
est
this yet): <br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext"
href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddrutility/">https=
://sourceforge.net/projects/ddrutility/</a>
<br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
Christian <br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<p><font face=3D"Code Mono">BTW, as to my </font>original quest=
ion,
it seems that "$ smartd -q onecheck" will give me exactly the
'right now' check that I want, and if I'm content with one
message per day:</p>
<p>=A0=A0=A0 DEVICESCAN -a -H -l error -l selftest -f -s
(S/../.././12|L/../../6/12) -m root -M exec
/usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner.</p>
<p>... does the trick, and I don't need One further question: w=
hat
modifications to the above might be recommended?=A0 The docum=
ents,
as=A0 will most documents in Linux, presume that you are alre=
ady
an expert.</p>
<p>If I just did this:<br>
</p>
<p>=A0=A0=A0 DEVICESCAN -a -m root -M exec
/usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner<br>
</p>
<p>... What would I miss?<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
</blockquote>
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