SMARTCTL
Description
Control and Monitor Utility for SMART Disks.
Command
Usage: smartctl [options] device -h --help : Display this help and exit -V --version : Print license, copyright, and version information and exit -i --info : Show identity information for device --identify : Show words and bits from IDENTIFY DEVICE data (ATA) -g --get : NAME Get device setting: all, aam, apm, lookahead, security, wcache, rcache, wcreorder -a --all : Show all SMART information for device -x --xall : Show all information for device --scan : Scan for devices --scan-open : Scan for devices and try to open each device -q --quietmode <TYPE> : Set smartctl quiet mode to one of: errorsonly, silent, noserial -d --device <TYPE> : Specify device type to one of: ata, scsi, sat[,auto][,N][+TYPE], usbcypress[,X], usbjmicron[,p][,x][,N], usbsunplus, 3ware,N, hpt,L/M/N, cciss,N, areca,N/E, atacam, auto, test -T --tolerance <TYPE> : Tolerance: normal, conservative, permissive, verypermissive -b --badsum <TYPE> : Set action on bad checksum to one of: warn, exit, ignore -r --report <TYPE> : Report transactions (see man page) -n --nocheck <MODE> : No check if: never, sleep, standby, idle (see man page) -s --smart <VALUE> : Enable/disable SMART on device (on/off) -o --offlineauto <VALUE> : Enable/disable automatic offline testing on device (on/off) -S --saveauto <VALUE> : Enable/disable Attribute autosave on device (on/off) -s --set <NAME[,VALUE]> : Enable/disable/change device setting: aam,[N|off], apm,[N|off], lookahead,[on|off], security-freeze, standby,[N|off|now], wcache,[on|off], rcache,[on|off], wcreorder,[on|off] -H --health : Show device SMART health status -c --capabilities : Show device SMART capabilities -A --attributes : Show device SMART vendor-specific Attributes and values -f --format <FORMAT> : Set output format for attributes: old, brief, hex[,id|val] -l --log <TYPE> : Show device log. TYPE: error, selftest, selective, directory[,g|s], xerror[,N][,error], xselftest[,N][,selftest], background, sasphy[,reset], sataphy[,reset], scttemp[sts,hist], scttempint,N[,p], scterc[,N,M], devstat[,N], ssd, gplog,N[,RANGE], smartlog,N[,RANGE] -v --vendorattribute <N,OPTION> : Set display OPTION for vendor Attribute N (see man page) -F --firmwarebug <TYPE> : Use firmware bug workaround: none, nologdir, samsung, samsung2, samsung3, xerrorlba, swapid -P --presets <TYPE> : Drive-specific presets: use, ignore, show, showall -B --drivedb <[+]FILE> : Read and replace [add] drive database from FILE and then /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h] -t --test <TEST> : Run test. TEST: offline, short, long, conveyance, force, vendor,N, select,M-N, pending,N, afterselect,[on|off] -C --captive : Do test in captive mode (along with -t) -X --abort : Abort any non-captive test on device
Results
Example
smartctl -a /dev/ad0 (Prints all SMART information) smartctl --smart=on --offlineauto=on --saveauto=on /dev/ad0 Enables SMART on first disk) smartctl -t long /dev/ad0 (Executes extended disk self-test) smartctl --attributes --log=selftest --quietmode=errorsonly /dev/ad0 (Prints Self-Test & Attribute errors) smartctl -a --device=3ware,2 /dev/twa0 smartctl -a --device=3ware,2 /dev/twe0 (Prints all SMART information for ATA disk on third port of first 3ware RAID controller) smartctl -a --device=cciss,0 /dev/ciss0 (Prints all SMART information for first disk on Common Interface for SCSI-3 Support driver)