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- Results from last self-test: Short background test in progress
Terminating program.
The test is still running. Let's wait a few minutes and ask for the results again.
[root@rh90 smartmon]# ./smartmon-ux -str /dev/sda
SMARTMon-ux [Release 1.21, Build 26-JUL-2003] - Copyright 2003 SANtools, Inc. http://www.SANtools.com
Discovered SEAGATE ST373307LC S/N "3HZ0381E" on /dev/sda (SMART enabled)(70007 MB)
- Results from last self-test: Short background test completed w/o error
Terminating program.
The test completed without any errors. What can be seen from the -C option which reports all log page results? We
have truncated part of the output to focus on the part we care about.
[root@rh90 smartmon]# ./smartmon-ux -C /dev/sda
SMARTMon-ux [Release 1.21, Build 26-JUL-2003] - Copyright 2003 SANtools, Inc. http://www.SANtools.com
Discovered SEAGATE ST373307LC S/N "3HZ0381E" on /dev/sda (Not Enabling SMART)(70007 MB)
Statistical log pages dump below [# of bytes reserved for value in device]:
Logical blocks sent to initiators: 74497749 [4]
...
Self-test (short background): Completed w/o error @ 1769 powered hours
Self-test (short background): Completed w/o error @ 1765 powered hours
Self-test (extended background): Completed w/o error @ 1755 powered hours
The drive had been powered up for 1769 cumulative hours when the test was completed. The cumulative hours figure
is reported by the Seagate disk and not some internal timer running on your operating system or our software. Below
is what you would see if you initiated the extended test. The software will start the test and tell you how long the drive
reports it will take.
[root@rh90 smartmon]# ./smartmon=ux -steb /dev/sda
SMARTMon-ux [Release 1.21, Build 26-JUL-2003] - Copyright 2003 SANtools, Inc. http://www.SANtools.com
Discovered SEAGATE ST373307LC S/N "3HZ0381E" on /dev/sda (SMART enabled)(70007 MB)
- Initiating extended (25 minutes) background self-test on SEAGATE ST373307LC at /dev/sda
Finally, if the self-test failed, you might see something like below:
[root@rh90 smartmon]# ./smartmon-ux -str /dev/sda
SMARTMon-ux [Release 1.21, Build 26-JUL-2003] - Copyright 2003 SANtools, Inc. http://www.SANtools.com
Discovered SEAGATE ST373307LC S/N "3HZ0381E" on /dev/sda (Not Enabling SMART)(70007 MB)
- Results from last self-test: Short background test FAILED in segment #0 at Block #00000000 000238CFh @ 21
powered hours [Drive media failed] Unrecovered read error ASC=1
1 ASCQ=00, SelfTestByte=00, VendorSpecificByte=E4
Self-tests for a SATA Disk Drive Examples
Case 1: Initiate an extended background self test, for a SATA disk running on a Windows XP-64 machine, then look
at the results. We are using a disk that has 3 known bad blocks on it.
E:\Test1>smartmon-ux -steba \\.\PhysicalDrive1
SMARTMon-UX [Release 1.41, Build 1-NOV-2009] - Copyright 2001-2009 SANtools(R), Inc.
http://www.SANtools.com
Discovered Maxtor 6L100P0 S/N "L23MTW0G" on \\.\PhysicalDrive1 (SMART Enabled)
The current device temperature is: 43C (109F) degrees
Initiating extended background self-test on Maxtor 6L100P0 S/N "L23MTW0G"
Program Ended.
Note, this returned immediately. We then queried the drive to see what happened..
E:\Test1>smartmon-ux -stra \\.\PhysicalDrive1
SMARTMon-UX [Release 1.41, Build 1-NOV-2009] - Copyright 2001-2009 SANtools(R), Inc.
http://www.SANtools.com
Discovered Maxtor 6L100P0 S/N "L23MTW0G" on \\.\PhysicalDrive1 (SMART Enabled)
The current device temperature is: 43C (109F) degrees