linux smartd failed
2009-03-15 17:29
最近爱上linux,因为他的GUN精神,于是在努力学习,是用虚拟机装的,怕木有办法直接驾驭这个性格有点怪但是很有魅力的系统,开机时总是显示smartd进程失败,于是找到相关技术文章,分享下。
其实还有个问题,我的linux没有声音,声卡是正常的,但测试声音就是没有,下一个目标就是解决这个,呵呵~~
smartd是一个守护进程(一个帮助程序),它能监视拥有自我监视,分析和汇报技术(Self-Monitoring,

Analysis, and Reporting Technology – SMART)的硬盘。

SMART系统使得硬盘能监视并汇报自己的运行状况。它的一个重要特性是能够预测失败,使得系统管理员

能避免数据丢失。

smartd由kernel-utils包缺省安装。用命令 rpm -ql kernel-utils 可以列出kernel-utils包中的文件。

smartd守护进程通常在系统启动的时候被开启,它的配置文件是/etc/smartd.conf。

比如,假设有两个硬盘被安装,/dev/hda和/dev/hdb。一个是CD_ROM设备,另一个是硬盘。为了检测它们

是否支持SMART,使用命令 smartctl -i /dev/hda 和 smartctl -i /dev/hdb:

# /usr/sbin/smartctl -i /dev/hda

smartctl version 5.1-11 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen

Home page is


http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===

Device Model:     ST380011A

Serial Number: 3JVB672N

Firmware Version: 8.01

Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]

ATA Version is: 6

ATA Standard is:   ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2

Local Time is: Fri Aug 20 14:09:16 2004 EST

SMART support is: Available – device has SMART capability.

SMART support is: Enabled

”SMART support is: Available – device has SMART capability.“这行说明支持SMART。”SMART

support is: Enabled”这行说明SMART已经被打开。

CD-ROM设备和旧式的硬盘不支持SMART,这可以从smartctl -i /dev/hdb的输出看出:

# /usr/sbin/smartctl -i /dev/hdb

smartctl version 5.1-11 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen

Home page is


http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===

Device Model:     LTN526D

Serial Number: [No Information Found]

Firmware Version: 9S03

Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]

ATA Version is: 1

ATA Standard is:   Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated

Local Time is: Fri Aug 20 14:24:43 2004 EST

SMART is only available in ATA Version 3 Revision 3 or greater.

We will try to proceed in spite of this.

SMART support is: Unavailable – device lacks SMART capability.

A mandatory SMART command has failed: exiting. To continue, use the -T

option to set the tolerance level to ‘permissive’

注意有些硬盘控制器不支持SMART。比如有些硬件RAID控制器不支持,或者不会传递SMART信息,即使加入

的硬盘支持SMART。

可以修改/etc/smartctl.conf文件,使得smartd只监视你想监视的设备。假设只有/dev/hda需要被监视,

在该设备上如果有警告信息发生,需要把它发给根用户,那么/etc/smartd.conf需要这样修改:

# /etc/smartd.conf

# Sample configuration file for smartd.   See man 5 smartd.conf.

# Home page is:


http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net



# A very silent check.   Only report SMART health status if it fails

# But send an email in this case

/dev/hda -a -m


root@localhost.localdomain



编辑完/etc/smartd.conf,重启该守护进程:

# /sbin/service smartd restart

Shutting down smartd:                                      [FAILED]

Starting smartd:                                        [   OK   ]

要设置smartd在系统启动时候被激活,在根用户下用 chkconfig smartd on 命令。

关闭smartd服务自动启动

root LINUX smartd   is a daemon that monitors the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting

Technology (SMART) system built

   into many ATA-3 and later ATA, IDE and SCSI-3 hard drives. The purpose of SMART is to

monitor the reliability

   of   the   hard   drive   and predict drive failures, and to carry out different types of

drive self-tests.   This

   version of smartd is compatible with ATA/ATAPI-7 and earlier standards

简单地说,smartd是监控硬盘的可靠性并预测其失败、进行测试的守护进程!

仔细看看smartd的说明即可!(man smartd)

#chkconfig smartd off

这是关闭smartd服务自动启动,机器重新启动时smartd不再运行!