Re: smartd.conf changes lost

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At 4:10 PM +0930 10/26/07, Tim wrote:
>Tim:
>>> Today I noticed the following in my log file, but I
>>> haven't yet explored any further about it:
>>>
>>> --------------------- Smartd Begin ------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> /dev/sda :
>>>    Usage: Load_Cycle_Count (193) changed to
>>>      99,
>>>    Usage: Temperature_Celsius (194) changed to
>>>      220, 203, 189, 183, 253, 220, 189, 196,
>>>
>>> **Unmatched Entries**
>>> Drive: DEVICESCAN, implied '-a' Directive on line 18 of file
>>>/etc/smartd.conf
>>> Problem creating device name scan list
>>> Device /dev/sda: ATA disk detected behind SAT layer
>>>   Try adding '-d sat' to the device line in the smartd.conf file.
>>>   For example: '/dev/sda -a -d sat'
>>>
>>> ---------------------- Smartd End -------------------------
>>>
>>> Despite what it says.  To the best of my knowledge, my HDD is actually a
>>> SATA drive, and the motherboard pretends its PATA.
>
>Tony Nelson:
>> It did't say anything about SATA or PATA, only about ATA behind SCSI SAT
>>layer.
>
>Ah...  Well, if it'd used the word SCSI, I would have had a hint to
>follow (in that message, itself).  ;-)
>
>Looking through /var/log/messages, with the current simple DEVICESCAN
>option set in the configuration file (and nothing else), I see entries
>like this:
>
>Oct 26 13:33:32 suspishus smartd[2609]: Opened configuration file
>/etc/smartd.conf
>Oct 26 13:33:32 suspishus smartd[2609]: Drive: DEVICESCAN, implied '-a'
>Directive on line 18 of file /etc/smartd.conf
>Oct 26 13:33:33 suspishus smartd[2609]: Configuration file
>/etc/smartd.conf was parsed, found DEVICESCAN, scanning devices
>Oct 26 13:33:33 suspishus smartd[2609]: Problem creating device name scan list
>Oct 26 13:33:33 suspishus smartd[2609]: Device: /dev/sda, opened
>Oct 26 13:33:33 suspishus smartd[2609]: Device /dev/sda: ATA disk detected
>behind SAT layer
>Oct 26 13:33:34 suspishus smartd[2609]:   Try adding '-d sat' to the
>device line in the smartd.conf file.
>Oct 26 13:33:34 suspishus smartd[2609]:   For example: '/dev/sda -a -d sat'
>Oct 26 13:33:34 suspishus smartd[2609]: Device: /dev/sda, opened
>Oct 26 13:33:35 suspishus smartd[2609]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in
>smartd database.
>Oct 26 13:33:35 suspishus smartd[2609]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART
>capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
>Oct 26 13:33:35 suspishus smartd[2609]: Monitoring 1 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
>Oct 26 13:33:36 suspishus smartd[2611]: smartd has fork()ed into
>background mode. New PID=2611.
>Oct 26 14:03:33 suspishus smartd[2611]: Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage
>Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 250 to 203
>Oct 26 14:33:33 suspishus smartd[2611]: Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage
>Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 203 to 183
>Oct 26 15:33:33 suspishus smartd[2611]: Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage
>Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 183 to 177
>
>So I presume I don't really need to customise the file any further, it
>appears to be reading data from the drive, as it is (it's found a drive,
>it's monitoring 1 drive, and showing some values associated with that
>drive).

Yes.

In my case, without the change smartd monitored 0 devices, so the change
was needed.
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