Re: Default smartd.conf behavior

Preet wrote:
> My smartd.conf only has the line:
>
> DEVICESCAN
>
> With no directives explicitly specified. The docs say this means the
> '-a' directive will be passed to all disks detected by DEVICESCAN.

Which is the same as '-H -f -t -l error -l selftest -l selfteststs -C 
197 -U 198'. See smartd.conf man page.


> What are the default settings for offline testing? Will smartd perform
> regular offline (immediate?) tests if "-o on" isn't specified? I'm
> actually a bit confused as to what checks smartd performs if you don't
> specify anything.

Smartd never starts any self-test unless '-s REGEXP' is specified.

Directive '-o on' sends the "SMART ENABLE AUTOMATIC OFF-LINE" ATA 
command to the device and has no further effect. This command was only 
specified in the original SMART Spec (see -o option on smartctl man page).

The effect (if any) is firmware specific.

Try '-l offlinests' directive in smartd.conf to track changes of the 
offline data collection status.


> What are the default settings for attribute autosave? Will attribute
> values be saved to NV memory if "-S on" isn't specified? I see
> attribute values change even though I haven't explicitly specified
> "-S" (but maybe that's because that flag just happens to be set on the
> disk?)

In theory this is also firmware specific, in practice it is apparently 
always enabled by default. I never needed to use '-S on'.


Regards,
Christian


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