[OpenIndiana-discuss] smartmontools under OI151a7

[Hans J. Albertsson]

On 2017-01-19 14:51, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
> On 19/01/2017 14:47, Hans J Albertsson wrote:
>>> ....
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>> Read SMART Data failed: scsi error aborted command
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>> try smartctl -a -dsat,12 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
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>> That worked, it seems. What does the '12' signify?
>
> Use sata instead of scsi, and use only the 12-byte command, not the
> 16-byte variant of the passthrough command set.
>
>>
>> And, where can I find some docs to help me evaluate reports? In
>> /use/share/docs/smartmontools?
>
> I only use 'man smartctl'
>
>
I found one site that actually did some sort of analysis to try and say 
what report parts are useful for early prediction of failure: 
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-smart-stats-indicate-hard-drive-failures/