[smartmontools-support] Getting drive does not support Self-Tests but smartctl -a reports it is supported and self short test works fine

[Christian Franke]

Anthony Shaya wrote:
> I have 2 drives, WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0, WDC WD100EMAZ-00WJTA0 that 
> smartd reports *not *supporting self tests. When I use gsmartcontrol 
> and run self tests on the drives, they run just fine (also tried with 
> smartctl -t short /dev/sdd and it was also fine). I updated to latest 
> drivedb using update-smart-drivedb (since before they weren't in my 
> drivedb.h). Temperature also is not monitored by smartd, even though 
> smartctl reports the temperature just fine.
>
> Any ideas why smartd is having issues?
> ...
> Device: /dev/sdd1, [WDC WD10 0EMAZ-00WJTA0    0125], lu id: 
> 0x001b8c00050609000x50001b8c00050609, 10.0 TB
> Device: /dev/sdd1, can't monitor Temperature, ignoring -W 0,0,40
> Device: /dev/sdd1, does not support SMART Self-Test Log.

The device has been detected as a SCSI/SAS disk because the device name 
of the first partition is used. Try /dev/sdd instead.

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Regards,
Christian