Re: how to control how often smartd-runner fires.

Ray Andrews <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 07:38:50 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

--===============0666354274381191106==
Content-type: multipart/alternative;
	boundary="Boundary_(ID_+SUk7LgwhCky0NkRTCg5rg)"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

--Boundary_(ID_+SUk7LgwhCky0NkRTCg5rg)
Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE

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?
>
>
>



--Boundary_(ID_+SUk7LgwhCky0NkRTCg5rg)
Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE

<html>
  <head>
    <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252"
      http-equiv=3D"Content-Type">
  </head>
  <body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000">
    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 27/01/17 07:12 AM, Ray Andrews
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
      cite=3D"mid:[email protected]"
      type=3D"cite">
      <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252"
        http-equiv=3D"Content-Type">
      <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>
    <p><br>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>


--Boundary_(ID_+SUk7LgwhCky0NkRTCg5rg)--


--===============0666354274381191106==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most
engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot
--===============0666354274381191106==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Smartmontools-support mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support

--===============0666354274381191106==--