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Using S.M.A.R.T. Disk Monitor 103
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Wed Mar 23 19:47:05 2005: /dev/sdf polled at Wed Mar 23 07:47:05 2005 Status:Online [WDC WD25 00JB-75FUA0]
Wed Mar 23 19:47:15 2005: /dev/sdf polled at Wed Mar 23 07:47:15 2005 Status:Online [WDC WD25 00JB-75FUA0]
While the device was unplugged, the status was reported as Offline, and when it was plugged in again, it reported
online. The reason why the clock reported more than 10 seconds was to allow the operating system and device
drivers a longer timeout window to make sure the device was not responding vs. busy.
Note also that the make and model strings in the WD disk drive are not 100% correct, and no serial number is
reported. This is because the USB dongle card that is built into the external USB enclosure has some minor bugs
with their emulation. Below is sample output for what would be reported if you unplugged a Seagate SCSI disk drive.
This also shows the difference in output if you do not use the -ping command.
Here is an example where we polled 2 Seagate disk drives with the command. (No -ping was used).
./smartmon-ux -L - F 10 /dev/sd[b-c]
Fri Mar 25 23:18:38 2005: Discovered SEAGATE ST336706LC S/N "3FD010LG" on /dev/sdb (SMART enabled)(35003 MB)
Fri Mar 25 23:18:38 2005: Discovered SEAGATE ST373307LC S/N "3HZ0381E" on /dev/sdc (SMART enabled)(70007 MB)
Fri Mar 25 23:18:38 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:18:38 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:18:38 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:18:38 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:18:48 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:18:48 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:18:48 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:18:48 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:18:58 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:18:58 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:18:58 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:18:58 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:19:08 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:08 2005 Status:Passed
(We unplugged the disk at /dev/sdc).
Fri Mar 25 23:19:09 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:08 2005 - Device offline (skipping)
Fri Mar 25 23:19:19 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:19 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:19:19 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:19 2005 - Device offline (skipping)
Fri Mar 25 23:19:29 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:29 2005 Status:Passed
Fri Mar 25 23:19:30 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:29 2005 - Device offline (skipping)
Fri Mar 25 23:19:40 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:19:40 2005 Status:Passed
Below is with the -ping. (Note serial number is reported).
./smartmon-ux -L - F 10 -ping /dev/sd[b-c]
Fri Mar 25 23:24:51 2005: Discovered SEAGATE ST336706LC S/N "3FD010LG" on /dev/sdb (Enabling SMART)(35003
MB)
Fri Mar 25 23:24:51 2005: Discovered SEAGATE ST373307LC S/N "3HZ0381E" on /dev/sdc (Enabling SMART)(70007
MB)
Fri Mar 25 23:24:51 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:24:51 2005 Status:Online [S/N=3FD010LG]
Fri Mar 25 23:24:51 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:24:51 2005 Status:Online [S/N=3HZ0381E]
Fri Mar 25 23:25:01 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:25:01 2005 Status:Online [S/N=3FD010LG]
Fri Mar 25 23:25:01 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:25:01 2005 Status:Online [S/N=3HZ0381E]
Fri Mar 25 23:25:11 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:25:11 2005 Status:Online [S/N=3FD010LG]
(The disk was pulled).
Fri Mar 25 23:25:12 2005: /dev/sdc polled at Fri Mar 25 23:25:11 2005 Status:Offline [S/N=3HZ0381E]
Fri Mar 25 23:25:22 2005: /dev/sdb polled at Fri Mar 25 23:25:22 2005 Status:Online [S/N=3FD010LG]
Use this command to monitor your hardware to make sure nobody removes peripherals.
1.30 Read Raw Block
This feature was added in release 1.22. It instructs the software to read the selected block(s) from a random access
device.
Syntax
-read s,n,file Reads n (512-528 byte) blocks from random access device starting at block #s and saves to
binary file.
Example:
./smartmon-ux -read 0,200,/tmp/First100KBData.bin /dev/sda
This will read the first 200 x 512 bytes and save it into the file, assuming the disk is formatted to a standard block size