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smartctl — Monitor disk health including SMART data. More information: <https://manned.org/smartctl>.

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Problem

How to use the smartctl command: Monitor disk health including SMART data. More information: <https://manned.org/smartctl>.

Solution

smartctl — Monitor disk health including SMART data. More information: <https://manned.org/smartctl>.

Display SMART health summary:
sudo smartctl {{[-H|--health]}} {{/dev/sdX}}


Display device information:
sudo smartctl {{[-i|--info]}} {{/dev/sdX}}


Start a short/long self-test in the background:
sudo smartctl {{[-t|--test]}} {{short|long}} {{/dev/sdX}}


Display the self-test log:
sudo smartctl {{[-l|--log]}} selftest


Display current/last self-test status and other SMART capabilities:
sudo smartctl {{[-c|--capabilities]}} {{/dev/sdX}}


Display exhaustive SMART data:
sudo smartctl {{[-a|--all]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Code Snippets

Display SMART health summary

sudo smartctl {{[-H|--health]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Display device information

sudo smartctl {{[-i|--info]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Start a short/long self-test in the background

sudo smartctl {{[-t|--test]}} {{short|long}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Display the self-test log

sudo smartctl {{[-l|--log]}} selftest

Display current/last self-test status and other SMART capabilities

sudo smartctl {{[-c|--capabilities]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/smartctl

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