SMART Devices
Listing 7: Short Test Output
# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda smartctl 7.2 2020-07-11 r5076 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-42-generic] (CircleCI) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== 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% 12441 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 12441 -
In this case, the output reports Completed without error . Also notice from the additional entry in the output that the test has been run previously.
Listings 8 and 9 show running the long , or extended, offline test and viewing its output. Remember, the command just kicks off the test; the long test might take several minutes to complete. To check whether the test has completed, use the same -l selftest option as before.
Listing 8: Long Self-Test
# smartctl -t long /dev/sda smartctl 7.2 2020-07-11 r5076 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-42-generic] (CircleCI) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 30 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Sun Aug 9 09:50:56 2020 EDT Use smartctl -X to abort test.