Usage: smartctl [options] device
============================================ SHOW INFORMATION OPTIONS =====
-h, --help, --usage
Display this help and
exit
-V, --version, --copyright, --license
Print license, copyright, and version information and
exit
-i, --info
Show identity information
for
device
-g NAME, --get=NAME
Get device setting: all, aam, apm, lookahead, security, wcache
-a, --all
Show all SMART information
for
device
-x, --xall
Show all information
for
device
--scan
Scan
for
devices
--scan-
open
Scan
for
devices and try to
open
each device
================================== SMARTCTL RUN-TIME BEHAVIOR OPTIONS =====
-q TYPE, --quietmode=TYPE (ATA)
Set smartctl quiet mode to one of: errorsonly, silent, noserial
-d TYPE, --device=TYPE
Specify device
type
to one of: ata, scsi, sat[,auto][,N][+TYPE],
usbcypress[,X], usbjmicron[,x][,N], usbsunplus, marvell, areca,N
/E
,
3ware,N, hpt,L
/M/N
, megaraid,N, cciss,N, auto,
test
-T TYPE, --tolerance=TYPE (ATA)
Tolerance: normal, conservative, permissive, verypermissive
-b TYPE, --badsum=TYPE (ATA)
Set action on bad checksum to one of: warn,
exit
, ignore
-r TYPE, --report=TYPE
Report transactions (see
man
page)
-n MODE, --nocheck=MODE (ATA)
No check
if
: never,
sleep
, standby, idle (see
man
page)
============================== DEVICE FEATURE ENABLE
/DISABLE
COMMANDS =====
-s VALUE, --smart=VALUE
Enable
/disable
SMART on device (on
/off
)
-o VALUE, --offlineauto=VALUE (ATA)
Enable
/disable
automatic offline testing on device (on
/off
)
-S VALUE, --saveauto=VALUE (ATA)
Enable
/disable
Attribute autosave on device (on
/off
)
-s NAME[,VALUE], --
set
=NAME[,VALUE]
Enable
/disable/change
device setting: aam,[N|off], apm,[N|off],
lookahead,[on|off], security-freeze, standby,[N|off|now],
wcache,[on|off]
======================================= READ AND DISPLAY DATA OPTIONS =====
-H, --health
Show device SMART health status
-c, --capabilities (ATA)
Show device SMART capabilities
-A, --attributes
Show device SMART vendor-specific Attributes and values
-f FORMAT, --
format
=FORMAT (ATA)
Set output
format
for
attributes: old, brief, hex[,
id
|val]
-l TYPE, --log=TYPE
Show device log. TYPE: error, selftest, selective, directory[,g|s],
xerror[,N][,error], xselftest[,N][,selftest],
background, sasphy[,reset], sataphy[,reset],
scttemp[sts,hist], scttempint,N[,p],
scterc[,N,M], devstat[,N], ssd,
gplog,N[,RANGE], smartlog,N[,RANGE]
-
v
N,OPTION , --vendorattribute=N,OPTION (ATA)
Set display OPTION
for
vendor Attribute N (see
man
page)
-F TYPE, --firmwarebug=TYPE (ATA)
Use firmware bug workaround: none, samsung, samsung2,
samsung3, swapid
-P TYPE, --presets=TYPE (ATA)
Drive-specific presets: use, ignore, show, showall
-B [+]FILE, --drivedb=[+]FILE (ATA)
Read and replace [add] drive database from FILE
[default is +
/etc/smart_drivedb
.h
and
then
/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb
.h]
============================================ DEVICE SELF-TEST OPTIONS =====
-t TEST, --
test
=TEST
Run
test
. TEST: offline, short, long, conveyance, force, vendor,N,
select
,M-N, pending,N, afterselect,[on|off]
-C, --captive
Do
test
in
captive mode (along with -t)
-X, --abort
Abort any non-captive
test
on device
=================================================== SMARTCTL EXAMPLES =====
smartctl --all
/dev/hda
(Prints all SMART information)
smartctl --smart=on --offlineauto=on --saveauto=on
/dev/hda
(Enables SMART on first disk)
smartctl --
test
=long
/dev/hda
(Executes extended disk self-
test
)
smartctl --attributes --log=selftest --quietmode=errorsonly
/dev/hda
(Prints Self-Test & Attribute errors)
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2
/dev/sda
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2
/dev/twe0
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2
/dev/twa0
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2
/dev/twl0
(Prints all SMART info
for
3rd ATA disk on 3ware RAID controller)
smartctl --all --device=hpt,1
/1/3
/dev/sda
(Prints all SMART info
for
the SATA disk attached to the 3rd PMPort
of the 1st channel on the 1st HighPoint RAID controller)
smartctl --all --device=areca,3
/1
/dev/sg2
(Prints all SMART info
for
3rd ATA disk of the 1st enclosure
on Areca RAID controller)