If this isn't the place to bring this up please tell me where I should post to.
The computer is a older Dell Optiplex GX270 with a single 200gb hard drive. I is the firewall machine in my system and doesn't use but a small part of the hard drive.
uname -a
Linux nub 2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Wed Nov 15 16:16:47 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I never found the SYSLOG they reference.This email was generated by the smartd daemon running on:
host name: nub
DNS domain: [Unknown]
NIS domain: (none)
The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:
Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
For details see host's SYSLOG.
You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
No additional email messages about this problem will be sent.
I have run short and long test and I am not sure what the problem is. One web post suggested using smartctl -q noserial -a /dev/sda to find the sectors that have issues. But I don't get any thing I recognise.
here's the messages data from the last startup.
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: smartd 5.43 2016-09-28 r4347 [i686-linux-2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.i686] (local build)
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed.
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat'
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], opened
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], WDC WD2000JB-00REA0, S/N:WD-WMANL1335413, FW:20.00K20, 200 GB
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], found in smartd database: Western Digital Caviar SE
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], enabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Dec 6 15:41:51 nub smartd[2383]: Monitoring 1 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
Dec 6 15:41:52 nub smartd[2383]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Dec 6 15:41:52 nub smartd[2383]: Sending warning via mail to root ...
Dec 6 15:41:53 nub smartd[2383]: Warning via mail to root: successful
Dec 6 15:41:53 nub smartd[2390]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=2390.
du -sh
6.3M .
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002d7a6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 64 24322 194847744 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/mapper/vg_nub-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/vg_nub-lv_swap: 3187 MB, 3187671040 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 387 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/vg_nub-lv_home: 142.6 GB, 142648279040 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17342 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
long test
Perhaps #7 above is where the error occurs?smartctl 5.43 2016-09-28 r4347 [i686-linux-2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.i686] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Caviar SE
Device Model: WDC WD2000JB-00REA0
Serial Number: WD-WMANL1335413
Firmware Version: 20.00K20
User Capacity: 200,049,647,616 bytes [200 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 7
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Wed Dec 6 18:57:46 2017 PST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x84) Offline data collection activity
was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 120) The previous self-test completed having
the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 6780) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 80) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 6) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003f) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
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 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 196 047 021 Pre-fail Always - 5200
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 503
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 199 199 140 Pre-fail Always - 6
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 2
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 74299
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 500
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 117 099 000 Old_age Always - 33
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 198 198 000 Old_age Always - 2
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 2
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 200 200 051 Pre-fail Offline - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 80% 8762 83532641
# 2 Extended captive Interrupted (host reset) 90% 8762 -
# 3 Extended captive Interrupted (host reset) 90% 8762 -
# 4 Extended captive Interrupted (host reset) 90% 8760 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8747 -
# 6 Extended captive Interrupted (host reset) 90% 8737 -
# 7 Extended offline Completed: read failure 70% 8729 126261593
# 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8723 -
# 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8699 -
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8675 -
#11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 8653 -
#12 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8651 -
#13 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8627 -
#14 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8603 -
#15 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8579 -
#16 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8555 -
#17 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8531 -
#18 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8507 -
#19 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 8485 -
#20 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8483 -
#21 Short offline Completed without error 00% 8459 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
AHA
Jim