Hard Disk Diagnostics

$ smartctl --scan -d ata
/dev/hda -d ata # /dev/hda, ATA device
/dev/hdc -d ata # /dev/hdc, ATA device
$ sudo smartctl --info /dev/hdc
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-2.6.33.1-xedvia] (local
build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen,
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 and 7200.7 Plus
Device Model:     ST3160023A
Serial Number:    5JS9MDKW
Firmware Version: 8.01
User Capacity:    160,041,885,696 bytes [160 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   6
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2
Local Time is:    Thu Feb  7 09:27:18 2013 PST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Disabled

$ sudo smartctl --smart=on --offlineauto=on --saveauto=on /dev/hdc
=== START OF ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION ===
SMART Enabled.
SMART Attribute Autosave Enabled.
SMART Automatic Offline Testing Enabled every four hours.

$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Temperature_Celsius | awk '{print $10}'
30

$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   094   094   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       171774027
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   003    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   049   049   000    Old_age   Always       -       44951 (46 68 0)
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       24
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0030   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       4
177 Wear_Leveling_Count     0x0000   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       8
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total  0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total  0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   032   038   000    Old_age   Always       -       32 (Min/Max 23/38)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001c   120   120   000    Old_age   Offline      -       171774027
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0033   100   100   003    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x001c   120   120   000    Old_age   Offline      -       171774027
204 Soft_ECC_Correction     0x001c   120   120   000    Old_age   Offline      -       171774027
230 Head_Amplitude          0x0013   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
231 Temperature_Celsius     0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0000   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       9071
234 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       1588
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       1588
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       15296

$ sudo smartctl --test=short /dev/hda
=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".
Drive command "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.
Testing has begun.
Please wait 1 minutes for test to complete.
Test will complete after Thu Feb  7 10:13:19 2013
Use smartctl -X to abort test.

$ sudo smartctl --log=selftest /dev/hda
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     43398        -

$ sudo smartctl --log=selftest /dev/hdc
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed: read failure       90%     37994         7234643

#!/bin/bash
function help { cat <<EOHELP
A simple script to save S.M.A.R.T. reports for hard drives for use
in later comparisons when units begin to fail. Saves in a filename
based on the serial number of the drive. Specify the drive,
just the "sd[a-z]" part, "/dev/" added automatically.
E.g.
    $0 sda
EOHELP
}
D=$1

# How to upgrade to root/sudo if regular user.
SUDO=''; if (( $EUID != 0 )); then SUDO='sudo'; fi

# Use a safe temporary file.
TDIR=/tmp
T=$(mktemp --tmpdir=${TDIR} smartstart.tmp.XXXXX)

# Check for such a drive.
if [[ -z "${D}" ]] || ! lsblk --nodeps -o NAME | tail -n+2 | grep "${D}" >/dev/null ; then
    help
    lsblk --nodeps -o NAME | tail -n+2
    exit
fi

${SUDO} smartctl -a /dev/${D} > ${T}
#For sensible name, extract unique serial number formatted like this.
#Serial Number:    WD-WCAYW0003385
N=smart-$(sed -n 's/^Serial Number: *\(.*\)$/\1/p' ${T})-$(date '+%Y%m%d')
mv ${T} ${TDIR}/${N}

echo "Copying to /lost+found..."
${SUDO} cp ${TDIR}/${N} /lost+found/${N}
${SUDO} ls -l ${TDIR}/${N} /lost+found/${N}