SMART

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) is a technology built into modern hard drives to monitor the health of the drive and anticipate failures. The two classes of failures are: predictable and unpredictable. Examples of predicable failures are increased number of bad sectors and increased temperature from wear; they typically occur from slow processes. Unpredictable failures occur without warning and suddenly; for example, a hard drive dropped may report more than a normalized number of read errors.

The hard drives within SafeNet Luna Network HSM appliances implements SMART. A background process called the SMART control daemon (smartd) starts automatically at power up and is responsible for monitoring the hard drive via the SMART technology in it. The daemon records its findings via syslog.

Facility Keyword

Software Process

Log File

daemon

smartd[pid]

messages

SMART Attributes

From LunaSH, you can query the SMART attributes (Luna SA/SP: status disk; Luna IS: system disk). The example below shows the SMART attributes reported from the shell command lunash:>status disk:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   154   152   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       1300
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       601
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1383
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       601
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       138
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       462
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   115   092   000    Old_age   Always       -       28
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0

The ID# and ATTRIBUTE NAME columns are the SMART attribute defined by the drive vendor. Note that vendors have generally standardized on the attributes and their meaning. The FLAG column indicates the main purpose of each attribute; correlating to the text in the TYPE and UPDATED columns. Only the last two bits are of any significance. Bit 0 identifies whether the attribute is an advisory (0) or a pre-fail notification (1). An advisory means that the disk has exceeded its intended design life while a pre-fail notification means that the disk is predicated to fail within 24 hours. Bit 1 indicates whether attribute monitoring occurs strictly offline (0) or during offline and normal operations (1).

The RAW_VALUE, VALUE, WORST and THRESH columns report on the specific attribute. The drive controller reports the RAW_VALUE. VALUE is normalized where a higher value is better. As VALUE drops (i.e., becomes worse), it approaches a threshold. THRESH is the value at which SMART reports a ‘threshold exceeded’ event. WORST is the most extreme reading recorded for the attribute. A VALUE of 100 is an initial default value. Consider attribute #174 (Temperature) as an example to put these four values in context. The example shows the current temperature reading of the drive as 28 degrees Celsius. Normalized, this reading is 115. A value of 100 therefore is 43 degrees Celsius. The worst reading recorded is a normalized value of 092 which translates to 51 degrees Celsius. This attribute has no threshold as it represents an advisory.

Assume that the SMART control daemon generated the following log message:

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 200 to 92

The next query of the SMART attributes might report the following information for attribute #1:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   092   092   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       37767785

If the drive controller reads a value that, once normalized, is less than or equal to the THRESH value, the daemon generates a critical log message and a query of the SMART attributes reports a VALUE less than or equal to THRESH as the following example shows.

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 92 to 51
 
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   051   051   051    Pre-fail  Always   FAILING_NOW 4528445

The WHEN_FAILED column indicates that the attribute has reached the THRESH value.

Significant Expected Log Messages

Banner at Start Up

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: smartd version 5.38 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#012

These two messages are the first log entries written by the smart control daemon. When Thales Group updates the SMART control daemon to a more recent version, the following messages more closely resemble the startup banner.

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: 1411:smartd 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-2.6.18-164.el5] (local build)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Read Configuration File

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed.

These messages indicate that the SMART control daemon successfully opened and read the contents of the configuration file that contains the directives for how the daemon is to operate. When Thales Group updates the daemon to a newer release, the location of the configuration file will change as represented in the follow examples.

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Opened configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf parsed.

Monitoring Devices at Start Up

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, opened
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device /dev/sda: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, opened
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in smartd database.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, enabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 1 SCSI devices

These messages indicate that the SMART control daemon was successful in starting up and identifies the type and number of each device the daemon is monitoring. For SafeNet Luna Network HSM appliances, only one serial ATA device applies. The daemon opens the device to query its capabilities [the first message in the examples above]. The daemon uses SCSI/ATA Translation (SAT) to enable communication with the drive [the second message]. In SAT mode, the daemon reopens the device [third message] and looks for it in an internal database [fourth message] but does not find an entry for the device. The smart.conf file sets the directives for the daemon and these directives include attribute autosave (-S on) and automatic offline testing (-o on) [fifth and sixth messages]. Turning on attribute autosave instructs the disk drive to use non-volatile storage for attributes such as error counters, power-up hours and other useful data so that these values do not get reset to zero the next time the device is power-cycled. Turning on automatic offline testing instructs the drive to update certain SMART attributes every four hours. The disk used in the SafeNet Luna Network HSM appliance is SMART-capable [seventh message] so the daemon monitors it [eighth message].

In preparing this document, Thales Group reviewed the source code of a newer version of the smart control daemon. Thales Group plans to update the daemon at some future date. The next set of messages show the messages this new daemon outputs at start up.

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat'
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], opened
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], WDC WD2500BHTZ-04JCPV0, S/N:WD-WX11EC1TE568, WWN:5-0014ee-058a177e6, FW:04.06A00, 250 GB
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], not found in smartd database.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], enabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Monitoring 1 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], initial Temperature is 28 Celsius (Min/Max ??/28)

The SMART control daemon opens the device [third message] and successfully queries it for device-specific information [fourth message]. Similar messages follow in the output. The newer daemon reports the initial temperature reading from a sensor built into the disk [tenth message].

Fork Into Background Process

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=23509.

This message indicates that the startup sequence for the smart control daemon completed successfully, leading to the daemon to fork into a background mode process as exhibited if you query the process list.

root     23509     1  0 11:04 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/smartd -q never

Self Tests

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, starting scheduled Short Self-Test.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, starting scheduled Long Self-Test.

These messages record that the smart-enabled drive ran a short and/or long self-test. The short self-test runs daily; the long self-test runs weekly, an hour after the short test. These tests usually run early in the morning.

Attribute Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate changed from 100 to 200
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours changed from 100 to 99
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage Attribute: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate changed from 100 to 200

These messages show changes in SMART attributes. The log severity of info means that the new values are still within acceptable ranges.

Prefailure Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 100 to 200

Messages such as this example show changes in SMART pre-failure attributes.

Temperature Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Temperature changed +5 Celsius to 37 Celsius (Min/Max 26/37)

This message is common in the log file and indicates a change in temperature measured at the hard disk sensor. The SMART control daemon monitors the sensor once every 30 minutes and logs the temperature if it has changed from the last reading.

Temperature Limit Reached

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Temperature 45 Celsius reached limit of 44 Celsius (Min/Max 31/49)

This message indicates that the temperature measured at the hard disk drive reached an upper limit for normally expected readings.

Critical Temperature Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Temperature 49 Celsius reached critical limit of 48 Celsius (Min/Max 31/49)

This message indicates that the temperature measured at the hard disk drive exceeds the critical upper limit.

Received Exit Signal

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: smartd received signal 15: Terminated
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: smartd received signal 3: Quit
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: smartd received signal <#>: <Xxxxxxx>

These messages indicate that the SMART control daemon received an exit signal. info severity messages are normal and expected; crit severity messages are not. In the latter case, the signal number is <#> and the text translation of this signal is <Xxxxxx>.

Unexpected Log Messages

Under normal circumstances, you should not see any of these log messages. If you do so, please contact Thales Group Technical Support to report the message and seek guidance on what to do next.

Configuration File not in Expected Location

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: No configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf found, scanning devices

At start up, the SMART control daemon expects to find the configuration file for its directives in the /usr/local/etc directory.

Cannot Open Configuration File

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: <error message>: Unable to open configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf

This message indicates that although the SMART control daemon located the configuration file, the daemon was unable to open it for the reason cited by <error message> in the log message.

Configuration File Format Errors

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Error: line 14 of file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf is more than MAXLINELEN=256 characters.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Error: continued line 44 (actual line 14) of file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf is more than MAXCONTLINE=1023 characters.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 1 (drive DEVICESCAN): unknown Directive: /dev/sd4
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Run smartd –D to print a list of valid Directives.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 15 (drive /dev/sda): -s argument "(" is INVALID extended regular expression. Unmatched ( or \(.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 15 (drive /dev/sda): ignoring previous Test Directive -s (S/../.././02)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 15 (drive /dev/sda): warning, character 4 (x) looks odd in extended regular expression (S/x./.././02)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 15 (drive /dev/sda): ignoring previous Address Directive -m john@email.com
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf has fatal syntax errors.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf parsed but has no entries (like /dev/hda)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 16 (drive /dev/sda): Directive -M 'exec' argument: missing closing quote
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 16 (drive /dev/sda): Directive -M 'exec' argument must be followed by executable path.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 16 (drive /dev/sda): ignoring previous mail Directive -M exec /usr/local/smtp
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line %18 (drive /dev/sda): unknown Directive: -b
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line %19 (drive /dev/sda): Missing argument to -W Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line %20 (drive /dev/sda): Invalid argument to -M Directive: yearly
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Valid arguments to -n Directive are:  never[,N][,q], sleep[,N][,q], standby[,N][,q], idle[,N][,q] *
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Drive: /dev/sda, implied '-a' Directive on line 21 of file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Drive: /dev/sda, -M Directive(s) on line 22 of file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf need -m ADDRESS Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Drive: /dev/sda, -m <nomailer> Directive on line 23 of file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf needs -M exec Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 35 (drive /dev/sda): Directive: -i takes integer argument from 1 to 255.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 36 (drive /dev/sda): Directive: -I has argument: on; needs integer from 1 to 255.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 37 (drive /dev/sda): Directive: -W takes 1-3 integer argument(s) from 0 to 255.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: File /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf line 38 (drive /dev/sda): Directive: -W has argument: off; needs 1-3 integer(s) from 0 to 255.

These messages indicate format errors in the smartd.conf file. Depending upon the version of the smart control daemon, the configuration file might be /etc/smartd.conf or /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf.

* This text is an example. See man smartd.conf for a complete list and description of directives and arguments.

Cannot Register Device

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Unable to register scsi device /dev/sda at line 17 of file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Unable to register scsi device /dev/sda

These messages indicate that the smart control daemon was unable to register the device specified in the smartd.conf file.

Force Scan For Devices

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Configuration file /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf was parsed, found DEVICESCAN, scanning devices

This message indicates that the configuration file specified that the SMART control daemon was to scan for devices rather than rely on entries in the file.

Could Not Scan For Devices or No Devices To Scan

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Problem creating device name scan list
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: In the system's table of devices NO devices found to scan

The first message indicates that the configuration file specified that the SMART control daemon was to scan for devices but that the scan failed. The second message indicates that daemon has no SMART-enabled devices to scan.

Out of Memory

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Smartd: Out of memory

This message indicates that the SMART control daemon did not have sufficient memory on startup.

Exception

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Smartd: Exception: <xxxxxx>

This message indicates that the SMART control daemon encountered an exception <xxxxxx> on startup and exited.

Received Hang Up or Interrupt Signal

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Signal HUP - rereading configuration file /etc/smartd.conf
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Signal INT - rereading configuration file /etc/smartd.conf ("SIGQUIT_KEYNAME" quits)

These messages indicate that the SMART control daemon was instructed via a signal to reread the configuration file normally read on startup.

Continue on Error

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Reusing previous configuration

This message indicates that while rereading the configuration file, the daemon encountered an error and reverted to the previously-read configuration settings instead.

Unable to Monitor Devices

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Unable to monitor any SMART enabled devices. Try debug (-d) option. Exiting...

This message indicates that the SMART control daemon did not find any SMART-enabled devices to monitor.

Mail-Related Messages

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Mail can't be enabled together with --capabilities. All mail will be suppressed.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Sending a mail was suppressed.  Mails can't be send when capabilites [sic] are enabled
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: internal error in MailWarning(): cfg.mailwarn->emailfreq=0
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Contact smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net; internal error in MailWarning(): which=-1, size=88
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Sending warning via <mail> to <nomailer> ...
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Executing test of <mail> to <nomailer> ...
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: failed (fork or pipe failed, or no memory) <error string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer> produced unexpected output (here truncated to 1024 bytes) to STDOUT/STDERR:
<unexpected output>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: flushed remaining STDOUT/STDERR
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: more than 1 MB STDOUT/STDERR flushed, breaking pipe
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: pclose(3) failed <error string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>:  failed (32-bit/8-bit exit status: 255/133) perhaps caught signal 5 [Trace/breakpoint trap]
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: failed (32-bit/8-bit exit status: 255/133)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: successful
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: exited because of uncaught signal 5 [Trace/breakpoint trap]
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Warning via <mail> to <nomailer>: process STOPPED because it caught signal 5 [Trace/breakpoint trap]
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, Read SMART Self-Test Log worked again, warning condition reset after 16 emails

Thales Group does not compile the SMART control daemon with libcap-ng enabled to send mail. The first two messages indicate that the daemon is compiled this way and that the settings in the configuration file are incompatible with libcap-ng settings. The latter messages indicate problems with how mail is configured to be sent and/or status of sending mail.

One Check

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Started with '-q onecheck' option. All devices successfully [sic] checked once.
smartd is exiting (exit status 0)

The message indicates that the smartd.conf file contains a directive for the SMART control daemon to start and terminate with only a check of any SMART-enabled devices.

Ignore Device or Duplicate Device

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda[auto], ignored
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, duplicate, ignored

The first message indicates that the smartd.conf file identifies a device but directs the SMART control daemon to ignore the device for monitoring. The second message indicates that the device is specified more than once in the smartd.conf file.

Could Not Detect Device, Unsupported Device, Not a ATA/SCSI Device or Device Cannot be Registered

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, unable to autodetect device type
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, unsupported device type 'auto'
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, neither ATA nor SCSI device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, not available
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Unable to register device /dev/sda (no Directive -d removable). Exiting.

The first message indicates that the SMART control daemon was unable to interrogate the device specified in the smartd.conf file. The second message indicates that the device is not SMART-enabled. The third message indicates that the device is not ATA or SCSI. The fourth message is a warning that the daemon could not detect the device but is continuing, while the fifth message indicates that the daemon is stopping because it could not detect the device and the smartd.conf file contains a directive to do so under this circumstance.

Could Not Open Device

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, open() failed: <xxxxxx>

If debug is enabled or scanning is not, this message indicates that the SMART control daemon was unable to open the device for monitoring: <xxxxxx> is the reason why.

Could Not Fork Into Background Process

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: smartd unable to fork daemon process!
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: PID file /var/run/smartd.pid0 didn't show up!
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: unable to write PID file /var/run/smartd.pid0 - exiting.

These messages indicate that the startup sequence for the SMART control daemon was unable to complete successfully because the daemon could not properly fork a new process.

Writing PID File

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: file /var/run/smartd.pid0 written containing PID 1729

This message identifies the process identifier and process identifier file for the background smart control daemon process.

Help for Configuration File Directives

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:Configuration file (/usr/local/etc/smartd.conf) Directives (after device name):
  -d TYPE Set the device type: auto, ignore, removable
          ...
  -T TYPE Set the tolerance to one of: normal, permissive
  -o VAL  Enable/disable automatic offline tests (on/off)
  -S VAL  Enable/disable attribute autosave (on/off)
  -n MODE No check if: never, sleep[,N][,q], standby[,N][,q], idle[,N][,q]
  -H      Monitor SMART Health Status, report if failed
  -s REG  Do Self-Test at time(s) given by regular expression REG
  -l TYPE Monitor SMART log or self-test status:
          error, selftest, xerror, offlinests[,ns], selfteststs[,ns]
  -l scterc,R,W  Set SCT Error Recovery Control
  -e      Change device setting: aam,[N|off], apm,[N|off], lookahead,[on|off],
          security-freeze, standby,[N|off], wcache,[on|off]
  -f      Monitor 'Usage' Attributes, report failures
  -m ADD  Send email warning to address ADD
  -M TYPE Modify email warning behavior (see man page)
  -p      Report changes in 'Prefailure' Attributes
  -u      Report changes in 'Usage' Attributes
  -t      Equivalent to -p and -u Directives
  -r ID   Also report Raw values of Attribute ID with -p, -u or -t
  -R ID   Track changes in Attribute ID Raw value with -p, -u or -t
  -i ID   Ignore Attribute ID for -f Directive
  -I ID   Ignore Attribute ID for -p, -u or -t Directive
  -C ID[+] Monitor [increases of] Current Pending Sectors in Attribute ID
  -U ID[+] Monitor [increases of] Offline Uncorrectable Sectors in Attribute ID
  -W D,I,C Monitor Temperature D)ifference, I)nformal limit, C)ritical limit
  -v N,ST Modifies labeling of Attribute N (see man page)  
  -P TYPE Drive-specific presets: use, ignore, show, showall
  -a      Default: -H -f -t -l error -l selftest -l selfteststs -C 197 -U 198
  -F TYPE Use firmware bug workaround:
          ...
Attribute ID is a decimal integer 1 <= ID <= 255
Use ID = 0 to turn off -C and/or -U Directives
Example: /dev/sda -a

This text is the help information for configuring the smartd.conf file.

Write State File

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, state written to /var/log/devstate

This message indicates that the SMART control daemon wrote the state(s) of monitored device(s) to a file.

Cannot Unlink PID File

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Can't unlink PID file /var/run/smartd.pid0 (<error string>).

This message indicates that the SMART control daemon was unable to delete a process identifier file because of the error reported: <error string>.

Close Failed

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, <error string>, close() failed

This message indicates that the SMART control daemon was unable to close a monitored device because of the error reported: <error string>.

Code Bug

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Please inform smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net, including output of smartd -V.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  smartd is exiting (exit status 10)

These messages indicate a coding error in the SMART control daemon.

ATA Error Log Read Failure

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, Read Summary SMART Error Log failed
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, Read Extended Comprehensive SMART Error Log failed
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, Read SMART Self Test Log Failed

These messages indicate a failure to read the error log(s) of ATA devices.

ATA Device Scan Messages

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, not ATA, no IDENTIFY DEVICE Structure
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, packet devices [this device CD/DVD] not SMART capable
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, smartd database not searched (Directive: -P ignore).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/ada, found in smartd database.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]: Device: /dev/sda, WARNING: <warning text>*
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, presets are: ...
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, lacks SMART capability
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 82-83 don't specify if SMART capable.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, proceeding since '-T permissive' Directive given.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, to proceed anyway, use '-T permissive' Directive.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, could not enable SMART capability
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, could not disable SMART Attribute Autosave.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, disabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, could not enable SMART Attribute Autosave.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of SMART Health Status check
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, Read SMART Values failed
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, Read SMART Thresholds failed, ignoring -f Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, can't monitor Temperature, ignoring -W 3,44,48
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no Attribute 279, ignoring -r 279!
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not monitoring Prefailure Attributes, ignoring -r 196!
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, could not disable SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, SMART Automatic Offline Testing unsupported...
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, enable SMART Automatic Offline Testing failed.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SMART Self-test Log, ignoring -l selftest (override with -T permissive)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SMART Self-test Log, ignoring -l selftest
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SMART Error Log, ignoring -l error (override with -T permissive)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SMART Error Log, ignoring -l error
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no Extended Comprehensive SMART Error Log, ignoring -l xerror (override with -T permissive)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no Extended Comprehensive SMART Error Log, ignoring -l xerror
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, SMART Error Logs report different error counts: 12 != 143
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SMART Offline Data Collection capability, ignoring -l offlinests (override with -T permissive)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SMART Self-test capability, ignoring -l selfteststs (override with -T permissive)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no ATA CHECK POWER STATUS support, ignoring -n Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, CHECK POWER STATUS returned 17, not ATA compliant, ignoring -n Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, ATA settings applied: <settings string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, no SCT Error Recovery Control support, ignoring -l scterc
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, set of SCT Error Recovery Control failed
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, SCT Error Recovery Control set to: Read: 7, Write: 7
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST3500620AS-5QM2644Q.ata.state

* Example: ATA error count 9 inconsistent with error log pointer 5

These messages indicate the status or a failure of a scan of an ATA device. The SafeNet Luna Network HSM appliance does not use ATA devices.

SCSI Device Scan Messages

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Both 36 and 64 byte INQUIRY failed; skip device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, INQUIRY response less than 36 bytes; skip device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, not a disk like device [PDT=0x7], skip
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, WDC WD2500JS-60NCB1
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, NOT READY (e.g. spun down); skip device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, NO MEDIUM present; skip device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, BECOMING (but not yet) READY; skip device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, failed Test Unit Ready [err=-22]
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Bad IEC (SMART) mode page, err=-5, skip device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, IE (SMART) not enabled, skip device
Try 'smartctl -s on /dev/sda' to turn on SMART features
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, unexpectedly failed to read SMART values
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, can't monitor Temperature, ignoring -W 3,44,48
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, does not support SMART Self-Test Log.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, could not disable autosave (set GLTSD bit).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, disabled autosave (set GLTSD bit).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, could not enable autosave (clear GLTSD bit).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, enabled autosave (cleared GLTSD bit).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST3500620AS-5QM2644Q.ata.state

These messages indicate the status or a failure of a scan of a SCSI or SCSI-like device. The SafeNet Luna Network HSM appliance uses a serial ATA device which SMART considers SCSI-like. However, the messages in this section are unexpected in the logs.

Log Self-Test Progress & Errors

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test completed without error
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test was aborted by the host
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test was interrupted by the host with a reset
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test could not complete due to a fatal or unknown error
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test completed with error (unknown test element)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test completed with error (electrical test element)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test completed with error (servo/seek test element)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test completed with error (read test element)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, previous self-test completed with error (handling damage?)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, self-test in progress, 80% remaining
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, unknown self-test status 0x1f
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Self-Test Log error count increased from 12 to 13
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, new Self-Test Log error at hour timestamp 7202
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Self-Test Log error count decreased from 27 to 26
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, does not support Self-Tests
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, skip since Self-Test already in progress
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, not capable of L Self-Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, not capable of Long Self-Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, execute Long Self-Test failed (err: -1)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Offline or Self-Testing.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Offline or Self-Testing.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Offline Immediate Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Conveyance Self-Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Short Self-Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Long Self-Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of Selective Self-Test
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, will not skip scheduled Offline Immediate Test despite unclear Self-Test byte (SAMSUNG Firmware bug).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, skip scheduled Offline Immediate Test; 20% remaining of current Self-Test.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, prepare Offline Immediate Test failed
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, next test span at LBA 1256500 - 1460000 2500000 sectors, 50% - 58% of disk).
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, execute Offline Immediate Test failed.

These messages indicate the status of an in-progress self-test, a failure to log self-tests or a self-test error.

Test Schedule

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, old test of type S not run at Wed Feb 29 02:00:00 2012 GMT, starting now.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Next scheduled self tests (at most 5 of each type per device):
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, will do test 1 of type S at Wed Feb 29 02:00:00 2012 GMT
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Totals [Wed Feb 29 12:05:00 2012 GMT - Wed Feb 29 02:00:00 2012 GMT]:
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, will do 050 tests of type S

These messages indicate status of scheduled tests.

Check Pending Sector Count Identifier

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, can't monitor Current Pending Sector count - no Attribute 197
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, ignoring Current Pending Sector count - bogus Attribute 197 value 3442 (0xd72)

These messages indicate an error on the sector count identifier for a SMART attribute.

Critical Attribute Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Usage Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate changed from 10000 to 20000

Messages such as this example, show critical changes in SMART attributes, possibly indicating impending disk failure.

Critical Prefailure Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 92 to 51

Messages such as this example, show critical changes in SMART pre-failure attributes, possibly indicating impending disk failure.

Sector Count Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, 1237505 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, 1237505 Total unreadable (pending) sectors
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, 1237505 Offline uncorrectable sectors
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, 1237505 Total offline uncorrectable sectors

These messages indicate sector attribute changes. Any one of these messages may include additional information at the end of the message to indicate the change from the last measure, [e.g., (changed 57500)].

Temperature Change

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, failed to read Temperature
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  [trip Temperature is 65 Celsius]

The first message indicates that the SMART control daemon was unable to obtain a measure of the temperature attribute. The second message indicates the temperature at which the drive shuts down if it measures this value.

Attribute Error

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 185 Head Stability.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, same Attribute has different ID numbers: 185 = 200

These messages indicate errors by the SMART control daemon to interpret SMART attributes.

Check ATA Device Health

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, open() failed: No such device or address
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, opened ATA device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, CHECK POWER STATUS spins up disk (0x00 -> 0xff)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, CHECK POWER STATUS returned 1, not ATA compliant, ignoring -n Directive
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, is in STANDBY mode, suspending checks
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, IDLE mode ignored due to reached limit of skipped checks (15 checks skipped)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, is back in ACTIVE or IDLE mode, resuming checks (1 check skipped)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, not capable of SMART self-check
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, FAILED SMART self-check. BACK UP DATA NOW!
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, failed to read SMART Attribute Data
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/ada, ATA error count increased from 15 to 16

These messages provide health status of ATA device attributes.

Check SCSI Device Health

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, open() failed: No such device or address
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, opened SCSI device
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, failed to read SMART values
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART Failure: <failure string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, self-test in progress
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, non-SMART asc,ascq: 4,26
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, SMART health: passed*

* if debug mode enabled.

These messages provide health status of SCSI device attributes.

Auto Standby Feature

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, System auto standby enable failed: <failure string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Disable auto standby not supported, ignoring ',ns' from -l offlinests,ns and -l selfteststs,ns
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Self-test(s) completed, system auto standby enable failed: <failure string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Self-test(s) completed, system auto standby enabled
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Self-test(s) in progress, system auto standby disable rejected: <failure string>
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, Self-test(s) in progress, system auto standby disabled

These messages indicate failures of the auto standby feature of the hard disk.

Sleep and Wakeup

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon crit  smartd[1234]:  System clock time adjusted to the past. Resetting next wakeup time.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Sleep time was 10 seconds too long, assuming wakeup from standby mode.
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Signal USR1 - checking devices now rather than in 30 seconds.

These messages indicate failures in the mechanism to sleep and wake up the SMART control daemon at prescribed intervals to query and report on SMART attributes.

Offline Log Collection Status

2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, offline data collection was never started (auto:on)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, offline data collection was completed without error (auto:on)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, offline data collection is in progress (auto:on)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, offline data collection was suspended by an interrupting command from host (auto:on)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, offline data collection was aborted by an interrupting command from host (auto:on)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, offline data collection was aborted by the device with a fatal error (auto:on)
2012 Feb 29 12:05:01 myLuna  daemon info  smartd[1234]:  Device: /dev/sda, unknown offline data collection status 0x78

These messages indicate failures to perform offline data collection. Depending upon the status, the SMART control daemon logs these messages as either crit or info; the examples above show info only.