[Smartmontools-database] USB interface general advise

[fragmentux]

hello

I have been watching this list for a few weeks and have
extensively studied your website for information.
Unfortunately, I am a little out of my depth ..

I have two USB attached hard disks, details at the end.

Using Windows and Acronis Drive Monitor 1.0 these disks,
in this exact configuration, fully support S.M.A.R.T functions.

Using Linux and smartmontools there is no S.M.A.R.T support.

I fully accept there may be nothing smartmontools can do ..
but I decided to ask here just in case there is some positive
action I can take.

Thanks for any help
frag

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1.
# smartctl -q noserial -x -T verypermissive -d scsi /dev/sda
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.15.0-38-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor:               JMicron
Product:              Generic
Revision:             8101
Compliance:           SPC-4
User Capacity:        2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Logical block size:   512 bytes
LU is fully provisioned
Device type:          disk
Local Time is:        Thu Nov  1 17:10:56 2018 GMT
SMART support is:     Unavailable - device lacks SMART capability.
Read Cache is:        Enabled
Writeback Cache is:   Disabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
Current Drive Temperature:     0 C
Drive Trip Temperature:        0 C

Error Counter logging not supported

No self-tests have been logged

Device does not support Background scan results logging


2.
# smartctl -q noserial -x -T verypermissive -d scsi /dev/sdc
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.15.0-38-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor:
Product:              SUMOdisk
Revision:             1.43
User Capacity:        2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Logical block size:   512 bytes
 >> Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
Read Cache is:        Unavailable
Writeback Cache is:   Unavailable

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
Current Drive Temperature:     0 C
Drive Trip Temperature:        0 C

Error Counter logging not supported

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