[smartmontools-support] Read SMART Self-Test Log Failed for WDC WD120EDAZ-11F3RA0

[Carlos E. R.]

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On Wednesday, 2020-10-21 at 08:57 +0200, Christian Franke wrote:

> Sascha Effert wrote:
>>  I have an issue monitoring a WDC WD120EDAZ-11F3RA0 (12TB WD MyBook USB
>>  HDD). I have this problem since updating to Upbuntu 20.04, before with
>>  Ubuntu 18.04 I had no problem. I use following version of
>>  smartmontools:

I have same problem, for years, two such disks of 8TB each.

> USB bridges typically set the disk to a low power mode after some time of 
> inactivity. It this possibly the case here?
>
> Try `-n standby` in smartd.conf or smartctl command line.

Ah!

Isengard:~ # smartctl -n standby /dev/sdb
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-4.12.14-lp151.28.67-default] (SUSE RPM)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, 
www.smartmontools.org

Device is in IDLE_A mode
Isengard:~ # smartctl -n standby /dev/sdd
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-4.12.14-lp151.28.67-default] (SUSE RPM)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, 
www.smartmontools.org

Device is in IDLE_A mode
Isengard:~ #

[...]

Your idea worked, thanks :-)

Using now:

/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_My_Book_25EE_32544B5354325344-0:0 -s on -d removable -d sat,12 -n standby -T permissive -a -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03)

/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_My_Book_25EE_37484B53554B424A-0:0 -d removable -d sat,16 -n standby  -T permissive -T permissive -T permissive -T permissive -a -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03)

The "permissive" was the previous attempt to make it work. And other 
changes applied.

I will now have to purge other options that are not needed and did not 
work.


- -- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E. R.
        (from openSUSE 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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