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NAME

       smartd.conf - SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon Configuration File

DESCRIPTION

       [This  man  page is generated for the Linux version of smartmontools.  It does not contain
       info specific to other platforms.]

       /etc/smartd.conf is the configuration file for the smartd daemon.

       If the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf is present, smartd reads  it  at  startup.   If
       smartd  subsequently  receives  a HUP signal, it will then re-read the configuration file.
       If smartd is running in debug mode, then an INT signal  will  also  make  it  re-read  the
       configuration  file.   This  signal can be generated by typing <CONTROL-C> in the terminal
       window where smartd is running.

       In the absence of a configuration file smartd will try to open all available devices  (see
       smartd(8)  man  page).  A configuration file with a single line 'DEVICESCAN -a' would have
       the same effect.

       This can be annoying if you have an ATA or SCSI  device  that  hangs  or  misbehaves  when
       receiving  SMART  commands.   Even  if  this causes no problems, you may be annoyed by the
       string of error log messages about devices that can't be opened.

       One can avoid this problem, and gain more control over the types of  events  monitored  by
       smartd,  by  using  the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf.  This file contains a list of
       devices to monitor, with one device per line.   An  example  file  is  included  with  the
       smartmontools   distribution.    You   will   find   this  sample  configuration  file  in
       /usr/share/doc/smartmontools/.   For  security,  the  configuration  file  should  not  be
       writable by anyone but root.  The syntax of the file is as follows:

       •   There  should  be  one  device  listed  per line, although you may have lines that are
           entirely comments or white space.

       •   Any text following a hash sign '#' and up to the end of the line  is  taken  to  be  a
           comment, and ignored.

       •   Lines  may  be  continued  by using a backslash '\' as the last non-whitespace or non-
           comment item on a line.

       •   Note: a line whose first character is a hash sign '#'  is  treated  as  a  white-space
           blank line, not as a non-existent line, and will end a continuation line.

       Here  is an example configuration file.  It's for illustrative purposes only; please don't
       copy it onto your system without reading to the end of the DIRECTIVES Section below!

       ################################################
       # This is an example smartd startup config file
       # /etc/smartd.conf
       #
       # On the second disk, start a long self-test every
       # Sunday between 3 and 4 am.
       #
       /dev/sda -a -m admin@example.com,root@localhost
       /dev/sdb -a -I 194 -I 5 -i 12 -s L/../../7/03
       #
       # Send a TEST warning email to admin on startup.
       #
       /dev/sdc -m admin@example.com -M test
       #
       # Strange device.  It's SCSI.  Start a scheduled
       # long self test between 5 and 6 am Monday/Thursday
       /dev/weird -d scsi -s L/../../(1|4)/05
       #
       # An ATA disk may appear as a SCSI device to the
       # OS.  If a SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) layer
       # is between the OS and the device then this can be
       # flagged with the '-d sat' option.  This situation
       # may become common with SATA disks in SAS and FC
       # environments.
       /dev/sda -a -d sat
       #
       # Disks connected to a MegaRAID controller
       # Start short self-tests daily between 1-2, 2-3, and
       # 3-4 am.
       # Linux:
       /dev/sda -d megaraid,0 -a -s S/../.././01
       /dev/sda -d megaraid,1 -a -s S/../.././02
       /dev/sda -d megaraid,2 -a -s S/../.././03
       /dev/bus/0 -d megaraid,2 -a -s S/../.././03
       #
       # Three disks connected to an AacRaid controller
       # Start short self-tests daily between 1-2, 2-3, and
       # 3-4 am.
       /dev/sda -d aacraid,0,0,66 -a -s S/../.././01
       /dev/sda -d aacraid,0,0,67 -a -s S/../.././02
       /dev/sda -d aacraid,0,0,68 -a -s S/../.././03
       #
       # Two SATA (not SAS) disks on a 3ware 9750 controller.
       # Start long self-tests Sundays between midnight and
       # 1 am and 2-3 am
       # under Linux
       /dev/twl0 -d 3ware,0 -a -s L/../../7/00
       /dev/twl0 -d 3ware,1 -a -s L/../../7/02
       #
       # Monitor 2 disks connected to the first HP SmartArray controller which
       # uses the cciss driver. Start long tests on Sunday nights and short
       # self-tests every night and send errors to root
       #  /dev/sda -d cciss,0 -a -s (L/../../7/02|S/../.././02) -m root
       #  /dev/sda -d cciss,1 -a -s (L/../../7/03|S/../.././03) -m root
       #
       # Three SATA disks on a HighPoint RocketRAID controller.
       # Start short self-tests daily between 1-2, 2-3, and
       # 3-4 am.
       # under Linux
       /dev/sde -d hpt,1/1 -a -s S/../.././01
       /dev/sde -d hpt,1/2 -a -s S/../.././02
       /dev/sde -d hpt,1/3 -a -s S/../.././03
       #
       # Two SATA disks connected to a HighPoint RocketRAID
       # via a pmport device.  Start long self-tests Sundays
       # between midnight and 1 am and 2-3 am.
       # under Linux
       /dev/sde -d hpt,1/4/1 -a -s L/../../7/00
       /dev/sde -d hpt,1/4/2 -a -s L/../../7/02
       #
       # Three SATA disks connected to an Areca
       # RAID controller.  Start long self-tests Sundays
       # between midnight and 3 am.
       # under Linux
       /dev/sg2 -d areca,1 -a -s L/../../7/00
       /dev/sg2 -d areca,2 -a -s L/../../7/01
       /dev/sg2 -d areca,3 -a -s L/../../7/02
       #
       # Two SATA disks on an Intelliprop controller.
       # Start short self-tests daily between 1-2, 2-3, and
       # 3-4 am.
       /dev/sde -d intelliprop,0+sat -a -s S/../.././01
       /dev/sde -d intelliprop,1+sat -a -s S/../.././02
       #
       # The following line enables monitoring of the
       # ATA Error Log and the Self-Test Error Log.
       # It also tracks changes in both Prefailure
       # and Usage Attributes, apart from Attributes
       # 9, 194, and 231, and shows  continued lines:
       #
       /dev/sdd -l error \
            -l selftest \
            -t \         # Attributes not tracked:
            -I 194 \     # temperature
            -I 231 \     # also temperature
            -I 9         # power-on hours
       #
       ################################################

       If a cciss controller is used then the  corresponding  block  device  (/dev/sd?)  must  be
       listed, along with the ´-d cciss,N´ Directive (see below).

       DEVICESCAN
              If  a  non-comment entry in the configuration file is the text string DEVICESCAN in
              capital letters, then smartd will ignore any remaining lines in  the  configuration
              file,  and will scan for devices.  If DEVICESCAN is not followed by any Directives,
              then '-a' will apply to all devices.

       DEVICESCAN may optionally be followed by Directives that will apply to  all  devices  that
       are found in the scan.  For example

         DEVICESCAN -m root@example.com

       will  scan  for  all  devices,  and then monitor them.  It will send one email warning per
       device for any problems that are found.

         DEVICESCAN -H -m root@example.com

       will do the same, but only monitors the SMART health status of the  devices,  rather  than
       the default '-a'.

       Multiple '-d TYPE' options may be specified with DEVICESCAN to combine the scan results of
       more than one TYPE.

       Configuration entries for specific devices may precede the DEVICESCAN entry.  For example

         DEFAULT -m root@example.com
         /dev/sda -s S/../.././02
         /dev/sdc -d ignore
         DEVICESCAN -s L/../.././02

       will scan for all devices except /dev/sda and /dev/sdc, monitor them, and run a long  test
       between  2–3  am  every morning.  Device /dev/sda will also be monitored, but only a short
       test will be run.  Device /dev/sdc will be ignored.  Warning emails will be sent  for  all
       monitored devices.

       A  device  is  ignored  by  DEVICESCAN  if  a configuration line with the same device name
       exists.
       [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] Symbolic links are resolved before this check is done.

       A device name is also ignored if another device with same  identify  information  (vendor,
       model, firmware version, serial number, WWN) already exists.

DEFAULT SETTINGS

       If  an  entry in the configuration file starts with DEFAULT instead of a device name, then
       all directives in this entry are set as defaults for the next device entries.

       This configuration:

         DEFAULT -a -R5! -W 2,40,45 -I 194 -s L/../../7/00 -m admin@example.com
         /dev/sda
         /dev/sdb
         /dev/sdc
         DEFAULT -H -m admin@example.com
         /dev/sdd
         /dev/sde -d removable

       has the same effect as:

         /dev/sda -a -R5! -W 2,40,45 -I 194 -s L/../../7/00 -m admin@example.com
         /dev/sdb -a -R5! -W 2,40,45 -I 194 -s L/../../7/00 -m admin@example.com
         /dev/sdc -a -R5! -W 2,40,45 -I 194 -s L/../../7/00 -m admin@example.com
         /dev/sdd -H -m admin@example.com
         /dev/sde -d removable -H -m admin@example.com

CONFIGURATION FILE DIRECTIVES

       The following are the Directives that may appear following the device name  or  DEVICESCAN
       or  DEFAULT  on  any line of the /etc/smartd.conf configuration file.  Note that these are
       NOT command-line options for smartd.  The  Directives  below  may  appear  in  any  order,
       following the device name.

       For  an  ATA  device, if no Directives appear, then the device will be monitored as if the
       '-a' Directive (monitor all SMART properties) had been given.

       If a SCSI disk is listed, it will be monitored at the maximum implemented  level:  roughly
       equivalent  to  using the '-H -l selftest' options for an ATA disk.  So with the exception
       of '-d', '-m', '-l selftest', '-s', and '-M', the Directives below are  ignored  for  SCSI
       disks.   For  SCSI  disks,  the  '-m'  Directive sends a warning email if the SMART status
       indicates a disk failure or problem, if the SCSI inquiry about disk status  fails,  or  if
       new errors appear in the self-test log.

       If  a  3ware controller is used then the corresponding SCSI (/dev/sd?) or character device
       (/dev/twe?, /dev/twa?, /dev/twl? or /dev/tws?) must be listed, along with the '-d 3ware,N'
       Directive  (see below).  The individual ATA disks hosted by the 3ware controller appear to
       smartd as normal ATA devices.  Hence all the ATA directives can be used  for  these  disks
       (but see note below).

       If  an  Areca  controller is used then the corresponding device (SCSI /dev/sg? on Linux or
       /dev/arcmsr0 on FreeBSD) must be listed,  along  with  the  '-d  areca,N'  Directive  (see
       below).   The  individual  SATA  disks  hosted by the Areca controller appear to smartd as
       normal ATA devices.  Hence all the ATA directives can be  used  for  these  disks.   Areca
       firmware  version  1.46 or later which supports smartmontools must be used; Please see the
       smartctl(8) man page for further details.

       -d TYPE
              Specifies the type of the device.  The valid arguments to this directive are:

              auto - attempt to guess the device type from the device  name  or  from  controller
              type  info  provided by the operating system or from a matching USB ID entry in the
              drive database.  This is the default.

              ata - the device type is ATA.  This prevents smartd from issuing SCSI  commands  to
              an ATA device.

              scsi  - the device type is SCSI.  This prevents smartd from issuing ATA commands to
              a SCSI device.

              nvme[,NSID] - the device type is NVM Express (NVMe).  The optional  parameter  NSID
              specifies  the  namespace id (in hex) passed to the driver.  Use 0xffffffff for the
              broadcast namespace id.  The default for NSID is the namespace id addressed by  the
              device name.

              sat[,auto][,N] - the device type is SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT).  This is for ATA
              disks that have a SCSI to ATA Translation Layer (SATL) between  the  disk  and  the
              operating  system.   SAT  defines  two ATA PASS THROUGH SCSI commands, one 12 bytes
              long and the other 16 bytes long.  The default is the 16 byte variant which can  be
              overridden with either '-d sat,12' or '-d sat,16'.

              If '-d sat,auto' is specified, device type SAT (for ATA/SATA disks) is only used if
              the SCSI INQUIRY data reports a SATL (VENDOR: "ATA     ").  Otherwise  device  type
              SCSI (for SCSI/SAS disks) is used.

              usbcypress  -  this  device  type is for ATA disks that are behind a Cypress USB to
              PATA bridge.  This will use the ATACB proprietary scsi pass through  command.   The
              default  SCSI  operation  code  is 0x24, but although it can be overridden with '-d
              usbcypress,0xN', where N is the scsi operation code, you're  running  the  risk  of
              damage to the device or filesystems on it.

              usbjmicron[,p][,x][,PORT]  -  this  device type is for SATA disks that are behind a
              JMicron USB to PATA/SATA bridge.  The 48-bit ATA commands (required  e.g.  for  '-l
              xerror',  see  below)  do  not  work  with  all  of these bridges and are therefore
              disabled by default.  These commands can be enabled by '-d usbjmicron,x'.   If  two
              disks  are  connected to a bridge with two ports, an error message is printed if no
              PORT is specified.  The port can be specified  by  '-d  usbjmicron[,x],PORT'  where
              PORT  is  0 (master) or 1 (slave).  This is not necessary if the device uses a port
              multiplier to connect multiple disks to one port.  The disks appear under  separate
              /dev/ice  names then.  CAUTION: Specifying ',x' for a device which does not support
              it results in I/O errors and may disconnect the drive.  The  same  applies  if  the
              specified PORT does not exist or is not connected to a disk.

              The  Prolific  PL2507/3507  USB  bridges with older firmware support a pass-through
              command similar to  JMicron  and  work  with  '-d  usbjmicron,0'.   Newer  Prolific
              firmware  requires  a  modified command which can be selected by '-d usbjmicron,p'.
              Note that this does not yet support the SMART status command.

              usbprolific - this device type is  for  SATA  disks  that  are  behind  a  Prolific
              PL2571/2771/2773/2775 USB to SATA bridge.

              usbsunplus  - this device type is for SATA disks that are behind a SunplusIT USB to
              SATA bridge.

              sntasmedia - [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] this device type is for  NVMe  disks
              that are behind an ASMedia USB to NVMe bridge.

              sntjmicron[,NSID]  -  this  device type is for NVMe disks that are behind a JMicron
              USB to NVMe bridge.  The optional parameter NSID specifies  the  namespace  id  (in
              hex)  passed to the driver.  The default namespace id is the broadcast namespace id
              (0xffffffff).

              sntrealtek - [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] this device type is for  NVMe  disks
              that are behind a Realtek USB to NVMe bridge.

              marvell - [Linux only] interact with SATA disks behind Marvell chip-set controllers
              (using the Marvell rather than libata driver).

              megaraid,N - [Linux and FreeBSD only] the device consists of one or  more  SCSI/SAS
              disks connected to a MegaRAID controller.  The non-negative integer N (in the range
              of 0 to 127 inclusive) denotes which disk on the  controller  is  monitored.   This
              interface  will  also  work  for  Dell  PERC  controllers.   In log files and email
              messages this disk will be identified as megaraid_disk_XXX with XXX  in  the  range
              from 000 to 127 inclusive.

              Please see the smartctl(8) man page for further details.

              aacraid,H,L,ID  -  [Linux,  Windows  and Cygwin only] the device consists of one or
              more SCSI/SAS or SATA disks connected to an AacRaid controller.   The  non-negative
              integers  H,L,ID  (Host  number,  Lun,  ID)  denote which disk on the controller is
              monitored.  In log files and  email  messages  this  disk  will  be  identified  as
              aacraid_disk_HH_LL_ID.  Please see the smartctl(8) man page for further details.

              3ware,N  -  [FreeBSD  and  Linux only] the device consists of one or more ATA disks
              connected to a 3ware RAID controller.  The non-negative integer  N  (in  the  range
              from 0 to 127 inclusive) denotes which disk on the controller is monitored.  In log
              files and email messages this disk will be identified as 3ware_disk_XXX with XXX in
              the range from 000 to 127 inclusive.

              Note  that  while  you  may  use  any of the 3ware SCSI logical devices /dev/tw* to
              address any of the physical disks (3ware ports), error and log messages  will  make
              the  most  sense  if you always list the 3ware SCSI logical device corresponding to
              the particular physical disks.  Please see the smartctl(8)  man  page  for  further
              details.

              areca,N  -  [FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and Cygwin only] the device consists of one or
              more SATA disks connected to an Areca SATA RAID controller.  The positive integer N
              (in  the  range  from  1  to  24 inclusive) denotes which disk on the controller is
              monitored.  In log files and  email  messages  this  disk  will  be  identified  as
              areca_disk_XX  with  XX  in  the  range  from  01  to 24 inclusive.  Please see the
              smartctl(8) man page for further details.

              areca,N/E - [FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and Cygwin only] the device consists of one or
              more  SATA  or  SAS disks connected to an Areca SAS RAID controller.  The integer N
              (range 1 to 128) denotes the channel (slot) and  E  (range  1  to  8)  denotes  the
              enclosure.   Important: This requires Areca SAS controller firmware version 1.51 or
              later.

              cciss,N - [FreeBSD and Linux only] the device consists of one or more  SCSI/SAS  or
              SATA  disks  connected  to a cciss RAID controller.  The non-negative integer N (in
              the range from 0  to  15  inclusive)  denotes  which  disk  on  the  controller  is
              monitored.   In  log  files  and  email  messages  this  disk will be identified as
              cciss_disk_XX with XX in the range  from  00  to  15  inclusive.   Please  see  the
              smartctl(8) man page for further details.

              hpt,L/M/N  -  [FreeBSD and Linux only] the device consists of one or more ATA disks
              connected to a HighPoint RocketRAID controller.  The integer L  is  the  controller
              id,  the integer M is the channel number, and the integer N is the PMPort number if
              it is available.  The allowed values of L are from 1 to 4 inclusive, M are  from  1
              to  128 inclusive and N from 1 to 4 if PMPort available.  And also these values are
              limited by the model of the HighPoint RocketRAID  controller.   In  log  files  and
              email  messages  this disk will be identified as hpt_X/X/X and X/X/X is the same as
              L/M/N, note if no N indicated, N set to  the  default  value  1.   Please  see  the
              smartctl(8) man page for further details.

              intelliprop,N[+TYPE]  -  the  device consists of multiple ATA disks connected to an
              Intelliprop controller.  The integer N is the port number from 0 to 3  of  the  ATA
              drive to be targeted.  Please see the smartctl(8) man page for further details.

              jmb39x[-q],N[,sLBA][,force][+TYPE]  -  [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] the device
              consists of multiple SATA disks connected to a JMicron JMB39x RAID port multiplier.
              The  suffix '-q' selects a slightly different command variant used by some QNAP NAS
              devices.  The integer N is the port number from 0 to 4.  Please see the smartctl(8)
              man page for further details.

              jms56x,N[,sLBA][,force][+TYPE]  -  [NEW  EXPERIMENTAL  SMARTD  FEATURE]  the device
              consists of multiple SATA disks connected to a JMicron  JMS56x  USB  to  SATA  RAID
              bridge.  See 'jmb39x...' above for valid arguments.

              ignore  - the device specified by this configuration entry should be ignored.  This
              allows one to ignore specific devices which are detected by a following  DEVICESCAN
              configuration  line.   It  may  also be used to temporary disable longer multi-line
              configuration entries.  This Directive may be used in conjunction  with  the  other
              '-d' Directives.

              removable - the device or its media is removable.  This indicates to smartd that it
              should continue (instead of exiting, which is the default behavior) if  the  device
              does  not  appear  to  be  present  when  smartd  is  started.  This directive also
              suppresses warning emails and repeated log messages if the device is removed  after
              startup.  This Directive may be used in conjunction with the other '-d' Directives.
              WARNING:  Removing a device and connecting a different one to same interface is not
              supported and may result in bogus warnings until smartd is restarted.

       -n POWERMODE[,N][,q]
              [ATA only] This 'nocheck' Directive is used to prevent a disk  from  being  spun-up
              when it is periodically polled by smartd.

              ATA  disks  have  five  different  power  states.   In  order  of  increasing power
              consumption they are: 'OFF', 'SLEEP', 'STANDBY', 'IDLE', and  'ACTIVE'.   Typically
              in  the  OFF,  SLEEP,  and STANDBY modes the disk's platters are not spinning.  But
              usually, in response to SMART commands issued by smartd, the disk platters are spun
              up.  So if this option is not used, then a disk which is in a low-power mode may be
              spun up and put into a higher-power mode when it is periodically polled by smartd.

              Note that if the disk is in SLEEP mode  when  smartd  is  started,  then  it  won't
              respond  to  smartd  commands,  and so the disk won't be registered as a device for
              smartd to monitor.  If a disk is in any other low-power  mode,  then  the  commands
              issued by smartd to register the disk will probably cause it to spin-up.

              The  '-n' (nocheck) Directive specifies if smartd's periodic checks should still be
              carried out when the device is in a low-power mode.  It may be used  to  prevent  a
              disk  from  being  spun-up  by  periodic  smartd  polling.   The  allowed values of
              POWERMODE are:

              never - smartd will poll (check) the device regardless of its power mode.  This may
              cause  a  disk which is spun-down to be spun-up when smartd checks it.  This is the
              default behavior if the '-n' Directive is not given.

              sleep - check the device unless it is in SLEEP mode.

              standby - check the device unless it is in SLEEP or STANDBY mode.  In  these  modes
              most  disks are not spinning, so if you want to prevent a laptop disk from spinning
              up each time that smartd polls, this is probably what you want.

              idle - check the device unless it is in SLEEP, STANDBY or IDLE mode.  In  the  IDLE
              state, most disks are still spinning, so this is probably not what you want.

              Maximum  number of skipped checks (in a row) can be specified by appending positive
              number ',N' to POWERMODE (like '-n standby,15').  After N checks are skipped  in  a
              row, powermode is ignored and the check is performed anyway.

              When  a  periodic  test is skipped, smartd normally writes an informal log message.
              The message can be suppressed by appending the option ',q' to POWERMODE  (like  '-n
              standby,q').  This prevents a laptop disk from spinning up due to this message.

              Both ',N' and ',q' can be specified together.

       -T TYPE
              Specifies  how  tolerant  smartd  should  be  of SMART command failures.  The valid
              arguments to this Directive are:

              normal - do not try to monitor the disk if a mandatory  SMART  command  fails,  but
              continue if an optional SMART command fails.  This is the default.

              permissive - try to monitor the disk even if it appears to lack SMART capabilities.
              This may be  required  for  some  old  disks  (prior  to  ATA-3  revision  4)  that
              implemented  SMART  before the SMART standards were incorporated into the ATA/ATAPI
              Specifications.  [Please see the smartctl -T command-line option.]

       -o VALUE
              [ATA only] Enables or disables SMART Automatic Offline Testing when  smartd  starts
              up  and  has  no  further effect.  The valid arguments to this Directive are on and
              off.

              The delay between tests is vendor-specific, but is typically four hours.

              Note that SMART Automatic Offline Testing is not part  of  the  ATA  Specification.
              Please   see   the  smartctl  -o  command-line  option  documentation  for  further
              information about this feature.

       -S VALUE
              Enables or disables Attribute Autosave when smartd starts up  and  has  no  further
              effect.   The  valid arguments to this Directive are on and off.  Also affects SCSI
              devices.  [Please see the smartctl -S command-line option.]

       -H     [ATA] Check the health status of the disk with the SMART RETURN STATUS command.  If
              this  command  reports  a  failing health status, then disk failure is predicted in
              less than 24 hours, and a message at loglevel 'LOG_CRIT' will be logged to  syslog.
              [Please see the smartctl -H command-line option.]

              [NVMe]  Checks  the  "Critical Warning" byte from the SMART/Health Information log.
              If any warning bit is set, a message at  loglevel  'LOG_CRIT'  will  be  logged  to
              syslog.

       -l TYPE
              Reports  increases  in  the number of errors in one of three SMART logs.  The valid
              arguments to this Directive are:

              error - [ATA] report if the number of ATA errors  reported  in  the  Summary  SMART
              error log has increased since the last check.

              error  -  [NVMe]  report  if the "Number of Error Information Log Entries" from the
              SMART/Health Information log has increased since the last check.

              xerror - [ATA] report if  the  number  of  ATA  errors  reported  in  the  Extended
              Comprehensive SMART error log has increased since the last check.

              If both '-l error' and '-l xerror' are specified, smartd checks the maximum of both
              values.

              [Please see the smartctl -l xerror command-line option.]

              xerror - [NVMe] same as '-l error'.

              selftest - report if the number of failed tests reported in the SMART Self-Test Log
              has  increased  since  the last check, or if the timestamp associated with the most
              recent failed test has increased.  Note that such errors will only be logged if you
              run  self-tests  on  the  disk  (and  it  fails  a  test!).   Self-Tests can be run
              automatically by smartd: please see the '-s' Directive below.  Self-Tests can  also
              be  run  manually by using the '-t short' and '-t long' options of smartctl and the
              results of the testing can be observed using the  smartctl  '-l selftest'  command-
              line option.  [Please see the smartctl -l and -t command-line options.]

              [ATA  only] Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended self-test are
              ignored.  The warning email counter is reset if the number  of  failed  self  tests
              dropped  to  0.  This typically happens when an extended self-test is run after all
              bad sectors have been reallocated.

              offlinests[,ns] - [ATA only] report if  the  Offline  Data  Collection  status  has
              changed  since  the  last  check.  The report will be logged as LOG_CRIT if the new
              status indicates an error.  With some drives the status  often  changes,  therefore
              '-l  offlinests' is not enabled by '-a' Directive.  Appending ',ns' (no standby) to
              this directive is not implemented on Linux.

              selfteststs[,ns] - [ATA only] report if the Self-Test execution status has  changed
              since  the  last  check.   The  report will be logged as LOG_CRIT if the new status
              indicates an error.   Appending  ',ns'  (no  standby)  to  this  directive  is  not
              implemented on Linux.

              scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME - [ATA only] sets the SCT Error Recovery Control settings
              to the specified values (deciseconds) when smartd starts  up  and  has  no  further
              effect.   Values  of  0 disable the feature, other values less than 65 are probably
              not  supported.   For  RAID  configurations,  this  is  typically  set   to   70,70
              deciseconds.  [Please see the smartctl -l scterc command-line option.]

       -e NAME[,VALUE]
              Sets  non-SMART  device  settings  when smartd starts up and has no further effect.
              [Please see the smartctl --set command-line option.]  Valid arguments are:

              aam,[N|off] - [ATA only] Sets the Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) feature.

              apm,[N|off] - [ATA only] Sets the Advanced Power Management (APM) feature.

              lookahead,[on|off] - [ATA only] Sets the read look-ahead feature.

              security-freeze - [ATA only] Sets ATA Security feature to frozen mode.

              standby,[N|off] - [ATA only] Sets the standby (spindown) timer and places the drive
              in the IDLE mode.

              wcache,[on|off] - [ATA only] Sets the volatile write cache feature.

              dsn,[on|off] - [ATA only] Sets the DSN feature.

       -s REGEXP
              Run  Self-Tests or Offline Immediate Tests, at scheduled times.  A Self- or Offline
              Immediate Test will be run at the  end  of  periodic  device  polling,  if  all  12
              characters of the string T/MM/DD/d/HH match the extended regular expression REGEXP.
              Here:

              T   is the type of the test.  The values that smartd will try to  match  (in  turn)
                  are:  'L' for a Long Self-Test, 'S' for a Short Self-Test, 'C' for a Conveyance
                  Self-Test (ATA only), and 'O' for an Offline Immediate  Test  (ATA  only).   As
                  soon  as  a  match is found, the test will be started and no additional matches
                  will be sought for that device and that polling cycle.

                  To run scheduled Selective Self-Tests, use 'n' for next span, 'r' to redo  last
                  span,  or  'c'  to continue with next span or redo last span based on status of
                  last test.  The LBA range is based on the first span from the last  test.   See
                  the smartctl -t select,[next|redo|cont] options for further info.

                  Some  disks  (e.g. WD) do not preserve the selective self test log across power
                  cycles.  If state persistence ('-s' option) is enabled, the last test  span  is
                  preserved  by  smartd  and used if (and only if) the selective self test log is
                  empty.

              MM  is the month of the year, expressed with two decimal digits.  The range is from
                  01  (January) to 12 (December) inclusive.  Do not use a single decimal digit or
                  the match will always fail!

              DD  is the day of the month, expressed with two decimal digits.  The range is  from
                  01 to 31 inclusive.  Do not use a single decimal digit or the match will always
                  fail!

              d   is the day of the week, expressed with one decimal digit.  The range is from  1
                  (Monday) to 7 (Sunday) inclusive.

              HH  is  the  hour  of  the day, written with two decimal digits, and given in hours
                  after midnight.  The range is 00 (midnight to just before 1 am) to 23 (11pm  to
                  just  before  midnight)  inclusive.   Do  not use a single decimal digit or the
                  match will always fail!

              [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] If the regular expression contains substrings  of
              the  form  :NNN  or :NNN-LLL, where NNN and LLL are three decimal digits, staggered
              tests are enabled.  Then a test will also be run if all 16 (or  20)  characters  of
              the string T/MM/DD/d/HH:NNN (or T/MM/DD/d/HH:NNN-LLL) match the regular expression.
              This check is done  for  up  to  seven  :NNN  or  :NNN-LLL  found  in  the  regular
              expression.  The time used for the check is adjusted to the past such that tests of
              the first drive are not delayed, tests of the  second  drive  are  delayed  by  NNN
              hours, tests of the third drive are delayed by 2*NNN hours, and so on.
              If  LLL  is  also  specified,  delays  are limited to LLL hours by calculating each
              individual delay as:
              '((DRIVE_INDEX * NNN) mod (LLL + 1))'.

              Some examples follow.  In reading these, keep in  mind  that  in  extended  regular
              expressions  a dot '.' matches any single character, and a parenthetical expression
              such as '(A|B|C)' denotes any one of the three possibilities A, B, or C.

              To schedule a short Self-Test between 2–3 am every morning, use:
               -s S/../.././02
              To schedule a long Self-Test between 4–5 am every Sunday morning, use:
               -s L/../../7/04
              To enable staggered tests with delays in three hour steps, use:
               -s L/../../7/04:003
              To enable staggered tests with delays 0, 3, 6, 9, 1, 4, 7, 10,  2,  5,  8,  0,  ...
              hours, use:
               -s L/../../7/04:003-010
              To enable staggered tests with delays 0, 1, 2, ..., 9, 10, 0, ... hours, use:
               -s L/../../7/04:001-010
              To  schedule  a  long  Self-Test between 10–11 pm on the first and fifteenth day of
              each month, use:
               -s L/../(01|15)/./22
              To schedule an Offline Immediate test after every midnight, 6 am, noon, and  6  pm,
              plus  a  Short Self-Test daily at 1–2 am and a Long Self-Test every Saturday at 3–4
              am, use:
               -s (O/../.././(00|06|12|18)|S/../.././01|L/../../6/03)
              To enable staggered Long Self-Tests with delays in three hour steps, use:
               -s (O/../.././(00|06|12|18)|S/../.././01|L/../../6/03:003)
              If Long Self-Tests of a large disks take longer than the system uptime, a full disk
              test can be performed by several Selective Self-Tests.  To setup a full test of a 1
              TB disk within 20 days (one 50 GB span each day), run this command once:
                smartctl -t select,0-99999999 /dev/sda
              To run the next test spans on Monday–Friday between 12–13 am, run smartd with  this
              directive:
               -s n/../../[1-5]/12

              Scheduled  tests  are  run  immediately  following  the  regularly-scheduled device
              polling, if the current local date, time, and test type, match REGEXP.  By  default
              the  regularly-scheduled  device polling occurs every thirty minutes after starting
              smartd.  Take caution if you use the '-i' option to make this polling interval more
              than  sixty  minutes:  the  poll times may fail to coincide with any of the testing
              times that you have specified with REGEXP.  In this  case  the  test  will  be  run
              following the next device polling.

              Before  running  an offline or self-test, smartd checks to be sure that a self-test
              is not already running.  If a self-test is already running, then this running  self
              test will not be interrupted to begin another test.

              smartd will not attempt to run any type of test if another test was already started
              or run in the same hour.

              To avoid performance problems during system boot, smartd will not  attempt  to  run
              any  scheduled  tests following the very first device polling (unless '-q onecheck'
              is specified).

              Each time a test is run, smartd will log an entry to SYSLOG.  You can use these  or
              the  '-q  showtests'  command-line  option  to  verify  that you constructed REGEXP
              correctly.  The matching order (L before S before  C  before  O)  ensures  that  if
              multiple  test  types are all scheduled for the same hour, the longer test type has
              precedence.  This is usually the desired behavior.

              If the scheduled tests  are  used  in  conjunction  with  state  persistence  ('-s'
              option), smartd will also try to match the hours since last shutdown (or 90 days at
              most).  If any test would have been  started  during  downtime,  the  longest  (see
              above) of these tests is run after second device polling.

              If  the  '-n'  directive  is  used and any test would have been started during disk
              standby time, the longest of these tests is run when the disk is active again.

              Unix  users:  please  beware  that  the  rules  for  extended  regular  expressions
              [regex(7)]  are  not  the  same  as the rules for file-name pattern matching by the
              shell [glob(7)].  smartd will issue harmless informational warning messages  if  it
              detects  characters  in  REGEXP  that  appear  to  indicate that you have made this
              mistake.

       -m ADD Send a warning email to the email address ADD if the '-H', '-l error', '-l xerror',
              '-l  selftest',  '-f',  '-C',  '-U',  or  '-W' Directives detect a failure or a new
              error, or if a SMART command to the disk  fails.   This  Directive  only  works  in
              conjunction  with  these  other  Directives  (or  with  the equivalent default '-a'
              Directive).

              To prevent your email in-box from getting  filled  up  with  warning  messages,  by
              default  only a single warning and (depending on '-s' option) daily reminder emails
              will be sent for each of the enabled alert types.  See the '-M' Directive below for
              details.

              To  send  email  to  more than one user, please use the following "comma separated"
              form for the address: user1@add1,user2@add2,...,userN@addN (with no spaces).

              To test that email is being sent correctly, use the '-M test'  Directive  described
              below to send one test email message on smartd startup.

              By  default,  email is sent using the system mail(1) command.  In order that smartd
              find this command (normally /usr/bin/mail) the executable must be in  the  path  of
              the  shell or environment from which smartd was started.  If you wish to specify an
              explicit path to the mail executable (for example /usr/local/bin/mail) or a  custom
              script to run, please use the '-M exec' Directive below.

              Note  also  that  there  is a special argument <nomailer> which can be given to the
              '-m' Directive in conjunction with the '-M exec' Directive.  Please see  below  for
              an explanation of its effect.

              If  the  mailer  or  the shell running it produces any STDERR/STDOUT output, then a
              snippet of that output will be copied to SYSLOG.  The remainder of  the  output  is
              discarded.   If  problems  are encountered in sending mail, this should help you to
              understand and fix them.  If you have mail problems, we recommend running smartd in
              debug mode with the '-d' flag, using the '-M test' Directive described below.

              If  a  word  of  the  comma  separated list has the form '@plugin', a custom script
              /etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.d/plugin is run and the word is removed from  the
              list  before sending mail.  The string 'plugin' may be any valid name except 'ALL'.
              If '@ALL' is specified, all scripts  in  /etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.d/*  are
              run       instead.        This       is       handled       by      the      script
              /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd_warning.sh (see  also  '-M  exec'  below).   Plugin
              scripts  without  execute permission are silently ignored.  If any plugin script is
              missing or fails a with nonzero exit status, the warning script  exits  immediately
              without sending mail.

       -M TYPE
              These  Directives modify the behavior of the smartd email warnings enabled with the
              '-m'  email  Directive  described  above.   These  '-M'  Directives  only  work  in
              conjunction with the '-m' Directive and can not be used without it.

              Multiple  -M  Directives  may be given.  If more than one of the following three -M
              Directives are given (example: -M once  -M  daily)  then  the  final  one  (in  the
              example, -M daily) is used.

              The valid arguments to the -M Directive are (one of the following three):

              once - send only one warning email for each type of disk problem detected.  This is
              the default unless state persistence ('-s' option) is enabled.

              daily - send additional warning reminder emails, once per day,  for  each  type  of
              disk  problem  detected.  This is the default if state persistence ('-s' option) is
              enabled.

              diminishing - send additional warning reminder emails, after  a  one-day  interval,
              then  a two-day interval, then a four-day interval, and so on for each type of disk
              problem detected.  Each interval is twice as long as the previous interval.

              If a disk problem is no longer detected, the internal email counter is  reset.   If
              the problem reappears a new warning email is sent immediately.

              In addition, one may add zero or more of the following Directives:

              test  -  send a single test email immediately upon smartd startup.  This allows one
              to verify that email is delivered correctly.  Note that if this Directive is  used,
              smartd  will  also  send  the normal email warnings that were enabled with the '-m'
              Directive, in addition to the single test email!

              exec PATH - run the executable PATH instead  of  the  default  mail  command,  when
              smartd  needs  to  send  email.   PATH  must  point to an executable binary file or
              script.

              By setting PATH to point to a customized script, you can make smartd perform useful
              tricks  when  a  disk  problem  is detected (beeping the console, shutting down the
              machine, broadcasting warnings  to  all  logged-in  users,  etc.)   But  please  be
              careful.   smartd  will  block  until  the  executable  PATH  returns,  so  if your
              executable hangs, then smartd will also hang.  Some sample scripts are included  in
              /usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examples//.

              The  exit status of the executable is recorded by smartd in SYSLOG.  The executable
              is not expected to write to STDOUT or STDERR.  If it does, then this is interpreted
              as indicating that something is going wrong with your executable, and a fragment of
              this output is logged to SYSLOG to help you to understand the  problem.   Normally,
              if  you  wish to leave some record behind, the executable should send mail or write
              to a file or device.

              Before running the executable, smartd  sets  a  number  of  environment  variables.
              These  environment variables may be used to control the executable's behavior.  The
              environment variables exported by smartd are:

              SMARTD_MAILER
                  is set to the argument of -M exec, if present  or  else  to  'mail'  (examples:
                  /usr/local/bin/mail, mail).

              SMARTD_DEVICE
                  is set to the device path (example: /dev/sda).

              SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
                  is set to the device type specified by '-d' directive or 'auto' if none.

              SMARTD_DEVICESTRING
                  is  set  to  the  device  description.  It starts with SMARTD_DEVICE and may be
                  followed by an optional controller identification  (example:  /dev/sda  [SAT]).
                  The string may contain a space and is NOT quoted.

              SMARTD_DEVICEINFO
                  is set to device identify information.  It includes most of the info printed by
                  smartctl -i but uses a brief single line format.   This  device  info  is  also
                  logged  when smartd starts up.  The string contains space characters and is NOT
                  quoted.

              SMARTD_FAILTYPE
                  gives the reason for the warning or message email.  The possible values that it
                  takes and their meanings are:
                  EmailTest: this is an email test message.
                  Health: the SMART health status indicates imminent failure.
                  Usage: a usage Attribute has failed.
                  SelfTest: the number of self-test failures has increased.
                  ErrorCount: the number of errors in the ATA error log has increased.
                  CurrentPendingSector: one of more disk sectors could not be read and are marked
                  to be reallocated (replaced with spare sectors).
                  OfflineUncorrectableSector: during off-line testing, or  self-testing,  one  or
                  more disk sectors could not be read.
                  Temperature: Temperature reached critical limit (see -W directive).
                  FailedHealthCheck: the SMART health status command failed.
                  FailedReadSmartData: the command to read SMART Attribute data failed.
                  FailedReadSmartErrorLog: the command to read the SMART error log failed.
                  FailedReadSmartSelfTestLog: the command to read the SMART self-test log failed.
                  FailedOpenDevice: the open() command to the device failed.

              SMARTD_ADDRESS
                  is  determined  by  the  address argument ADD of the '-m' Directive.  If ADD is
                  <nomailer>, then SMARTD_ADDRESS is not set.  Otherwise, it is set to the comma-
                  separated-list  of  email  addresses given by the argument ADD, with the commas
                  replaced by spaces (example:admin@example.com root).  If more  than  one  email
                  address  is  given,  then  this string will contain space characters and is NOT
                  quoted, so to use it in a shell script you may want to  enclose  it  in  double
                  quotes.

              SMARTD_ADDRESS_ORIG
                  is  set  to  the  original value of SMARTD_ADDRESS with '@plugin' strings still
                  present.  If there are no such strings in the '-m' Directive, this variable  is
                  NOT set.

              SMARTD_MESSAGE
                  is  set  to  the one sentence summary warning email message string from smartd.
                  This message string contains space characters and is NOT  quoted.   So  to  use
                  $SMARTD_MESSAGE  in  a  shell  script  you should probably enclose it in double
                  quotes.

              SMARTD_FULLMESSAGE
                  is set to the contents of the entire email warning message string from  smartd.
                  This message string contains space and return characters and is NOT quoted.  So
                  to use $SMARTD_FULLMESSAGE in a shell script you should probably enclose it  in
                  double quotes.

              SMARTD_TFIRST
                  is  a  text  string giving the time and date at which the first problem of this
                  type was reported.  This text string contains space characters and no newlines,
                  and is NOT quoted.  For example:
                  Sun Feb  9 14:58:19 2003 CST

              SMARTD_TFIRSTEPOCH
                  is  an  integer,  which is the unix epoch (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970)
                  for SMARTD_TFIRST.

              SMARTD_PREVCNT
                  is an integer specifying the number of previous messages sent.  It  is  set  to
                  '0' for the first message.

              SMARTD_NEXTDAYS
                  is  an  integer  specifying  the  number of days until the next message will be
                  sent.  It it set to empty on '-M once' and set to '1' on '-M daily'.

              If the '-m ADD' Directive is  given  with  a  normal  address  argument,  then  the
              executable  pointed to by PATH will be run in a shell with STDIN receiving the body
              of the email message, and with the same command-line arguments:
                -s "$SMARTD_SUBJECT" $SMARTD_ADDRESS
              that would normally be provided to 'mail'.  Examples include:
              -m user@home -M exec /usr/bin/mail
              -m admin@work -M exec /usr/local/bin/mailto
              -m root -M exec /Example_1/shell/script/below

              If the '-m ADD' Directive is given with the  special  address  argument  <nomailer>
              then  the  executable  pointed  to  by  PATH is run in a shell with no STDIN and no
              command-line arguments, for example:
                -m <nomailer> -M exec /Example_2/shell/script/below

              If the executable produces any  STDERR/STDOUT  output,  then  smartd  assumes  that
              something  is  going  wrong, and a snippet of that output will be copied to SYSLOG.
              The remainder of the output is then discarded.

              Some EXAMPLES of scripts that can be used with the '-M exec'  Directive  are  given
              below.       Some      sample      scripts      are      also      included      in
              /usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examples//.

              The executable is run  by  the  script  /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd_warning.sh.
              This  script  formats  subject  and  full message based on SMARTD_MESSAGE and other
              environment variables set by smartd.  The environment variables SMARTD_SUBJECT  and
              SMARTD_FULLMESSAGE are set by the script before running the executable.

       -f     [ATA  only]  Check  for 'failure' of any Usage Attributes.  If these Attributes are
              less than or equal to the threshold, it does NOT indicate  imminent  disk  failure.
              It  "indicates  an  advisory  condition  where  the  usage or age of the device has
              exceeded its intended design life period."  [Please see the  smartctl  -A  command-
              line option.]

       -p     [ATA  only] Report anytime that a Prefail Attribute has changed its value since the
              last check.  [Please see the smartctl -A command-line option.]

       -u     [ATA only] Report anytime that a Usage Attribute has changed its  value  since  the
              last check.  [Please see the smartctl -A command-line option.]

       -t     [ATA  only]  Equivalent to turning on the two previous flags '-p' and '-u'.  Tracks
              changes in all device Attributes (both Prefailure  and  Usage).   [Please  see  the
              smartctl -A command-line option.]

       -i ID  [ATA  only]  Ignore  device  Attribute number ID when checking for failure of Usage
              Attributes.  ID must be a decimal integer  in  the  range  from  1  to  255.   This
              Directive modifies the behavior of the '-f' Directive and has no effect without it.

              This  is  useful,  for  example, if you have a very old disk and don't want to keep
              getting messages  about  the  hours-on-lifetime  Attribute  (usually  Attribute  9)
              failing.  This Directive may appear multiple times for a single device, if you want
              to ignore multiple Attributes.

       -I ID  [ATA only] Ignore device Attribute  ID  when  tracking  changes  in  the  Attribute
              values.   ID  must be a decimal integer in the range from 1 to 255.  This Directive
              modifies the behavior of the '-p', '-u', and '-t' tracking Directives  and  has  no
              effect without one of them.

              This  is  useful,  for  example,  if  one  of  the  device  Attributes  is the disk
              temperature (usually Attribute 194 or 231).  It's annoying to get reports each time
              the  temperature  changes.   This  Directive may appear multiple times for a single
              device, if you want to ignore multiple Attributes.

       -r ID[!]
              [ATA only] When tracking, report the Raw value  of  Attribute  ID  along  with  its
              (normally  reported)  Normalized  value.  ID must be a decimal integer in the range
              from 1 to 255.  This Directive modifies the behavior of the '-p',  '-u',  and  '-t'
              tracking  Directives  and has no effect without one of them.  This Directive may be
              given multiple times.

              A common use of this Directive is to track the device Temperature (often ID=194  or
              231).

              If  the  optional  flag  '!'  is  appended,  a  change  of  the Normalized value is
              considered critical.  The report will be logged as LOG_CRIT  and  a  warning  email
              will be sent if '-m' is specified.

       -R ID[!]
              [ATA  only]  When  tracking, report whenever the Raw value of Attribute ID changes.
              (Normally smartd only tracks/reports changes of the Normalized  Attribute  values.)
              ID  must  be a decimal integer in the range from 1 to 255.  This Directive modifies
              the behavior of the '-p', '-u', and '-t' tracking  Directives  and  has  no  effect
              without one of them.  This Directive may be given multiple times.

              If  this  Directive  is  given, it automatically implies the '-r' Directive for the
              same Attribute, so that the Raw value of the Attribute is reported.

              A common use of this Directive is to track the device Temperature (often ID=194  or
              231).   It  is also useful for understanding how different types of system behavior
              affects the values of certain Attributes.

              If the optional flag '!' is appended, a change  of  the  Raw  value  is  considered
              critical.   The  report will be logged as LOG_CRIT and a warning email will be sent
              if '-m' is specified.  An  example  is  '-R  5!'  to  warn  when  new  sectors  are
              reallocated.

       -C ID[+]
              [ATA only] Report if the current number of pending sectors is non-zero.  Here ID is
              the id number of the Attribute whose raw value is the Current Pending Sector count.
              The  allowed  range  of  ID is 0 to 255 inclusive.  To turn off this reporting, use
              ID = 0.  If the -C ID option is not given,  then  it  defaults  to  -C  197  (since
              Attribute  197  is generally used to monitor pending sectors).  If the name of this
              Attribute is changed by a '-v 197,FORMAT,NAME' directive, the default is changed to
              -C 0.

              If  '+'  is  specified,  a  report  is  only  printed  if the number of sectors has
              increased between two check cycles.  Some disks do not reset this attribute when  a
              bad sector is reallocated.  See also '-v 197,increasing' below.

              The  warning  email counter is reset if the number of pending sectors dropped to 0.
              This typically happens when all pending sectors have been reallocated or  could  be
              read again.

              A  pending  sector  is  a disk sector (containing 512 bytes of your data) which the
              device would like to mark as "bad" and reallocate.  Typically this is because  your
              computer  tried to read that sector, and the read failed because the data on it has
              been corrupted and has inconsistent Error  Checking  and  Correction  (ECC)  codes.
              This  is  important to know, because it means that there is some unreadable data on
              the disk.  The problem of figuring out what file this data belongs to is  operating
              system  and file system specific.  You can typically force the sector to reallocate
              by writing to it (translation: make the device substitute a spare good  sector  for
              the bad one) but at the price of losing the 512 bytes of data stored there.

       -U ID[+]
              [ATA only] Report if the number of offline uncorrectable sectors is non-zero.  Here
              ID is the id number of the Attribute whose raw value is the  Offline  Uncorrectable
              Sector  count.   The  allowed  range of ID is 0 to 255 inclusive.  To turn off this
              reporting, use ID = 0.  If the -U ID option is not given, then it  defaults  to  -U
              198  (since  Attribute  198  is  generally  used  to  monitor offline uncorrectable
              sectors).  If the name of this Attribute  is  changed  by  a  '-v  198,FORMAT,NAME'
              (except '-v 198,FORMAT,Offline_Scan_UNC_SectCt'), directive, the default is changed
              to -U 0.

              If '+' is specified, a report  is  only  printed  if  the  number  of  sectors  has
              increased  since the last check cycle.  Some disks do not reset this attribute when
              a bad sector is reallocated.  See also '-v 198,increasing' below.

              The warning email counter is reset if the number of offline  uncorrectable  sectors
              dropped  to  0.  This typically happens when all offline uncorrectable sectors have
              been reallocated or could be read again.

              An offline uncorrectable sector is a disk sector which was not readable  during  an
              off-line  scan or a self-test.  This is important to know, because if you have data
              stored in this disk sector, and you need to read it, the read  will  fail.   Please
              see the previous '-C' option for more details.

       -W DIFF[,INFO[,CRIT]]
              Report  if  the current temperature had changed by at least DIFF degrees since last
              report, or if new min or max temperature  is  detected.   Report  or  Warn  if  the
              temperature  is  greater or equal than one of INFO or CRIT degrees Celsius.  If the
              limit CRIT is reached, a message with loglevel 'LOG_CRIT' will be logged to  syslog
              and  a  warning email will be send if '-m' is specified.  If only the limit INFO is
              reached, a message with loglevel 'LOG_INFO' will be logged.

              The warning email counter is reset if the temperature dropped below INFO or  CRIT-5
              if INFO is not specified.

              If  this directive is used in conjunction with state persistence ('-s' option), the
              min and max temperature values are  preserved  across  boot  cycles.   The  minimum
              temperature value is not updated during the first 30 minutes after startup.

              To  disable  any of the 3 reports, set the corresponding limit to 0.  Trailing zero
              arguments may be omitted.  By default, all temperature reports  are  disabled  ('-W
              0').

              To track temperature changes of at least 2 degrees, use:
              -W 2
              To log informal messages on temperatures of at least 40 degrees, use:
              -W 0,40
              For warning messages/mails on temperatures of at least 45 degrees, use:
              -W 0,0,45
              To combine all of the above reports, use:
              -W 2,40,45

              For  ATA  devices, smartd interprets Attribute 194 or 190 as Temperature Celsius by
              default.  This can be changed to Attribute 9 or 220 by the drive database or by the
              '-v 9,temp' or '-v 220,temp' directive.

              For  NVMe devices, smartd checks the maximum of the Composite Temperature value and
              all Temperature Sensor values reported by SMART/Health Information log.

       -F TYPE
              [ATA only] Modifies the behavior  of  smartd  to  compensate  for  some  known  and
              understood  device  firmware  bug.  This directive may be used multiple times.  The
              valid arguments are:

              none - Assume that the device firmware obeys the ATA specifications.  This  is  the
              default,  unless the device has presets for '-F' in the drive database.  Using this
              directive will override any preset values.

              nologdir - Suppresses read attempts of SMART or GP Log Directory.  Support for  all
              standard  logs  is  assumed without an actual check.  Some Intel SSDs may freeze if
              log address 0 is read.

              samsung - In some Samsung disks (example: model SV4012H Firmware Version: RM100-08)
              some  of  the  two- and four-byte quantities in the SMART data structures are byte-
              swapped (relative to the ATA specification).  Enabling this option tells smartd  to
              evaluate  these quantities in byte-reversed order.  Some signs that your disk needs
              this option are (1) no self-test log printed, even though you have run  self-tests;
              (2) very large numbers of ATA errors reported in the ATA error log; (3) strange and
              impossible values for the ATA error log timestamps.

              samsung2 - In some Samsung disks the number of ATA errors reported is byte swapped.
              Enabling this option tells smartd to evaluate this quantity in byte-reversed order.

              samsung3  -  Some  Samsung disks (at least SP2514N with Firmware VF100-37) report a
              self-test still in progress with 0% remaining when the test was already  completed.
              If  this  directive is specified, smartd will not skip the next scheduled self-test
              (see Directive '-s' above) in this case.

              xerrorlba - This only affects smartctl.

              [Please see the smartctl -F command-line option.]

       -v ID,FORMAT[:BYTEORDER][,NAME]
              [ATA only] Sets a vendor-specific raw value print FORMAT, an optional BYTEORDER and
              an  optional  NAME  for  Attribute  ID.  This directive may be used multiple times.
              Please see smartctl -v command-line option for further details.

              The following arguments affect smartd warning output:

              197,increasing - Raw Attribute number 197 (Current Pending  Sector  Count)  is  not
              reset  if  uncorrectable  sectors are reallocated.  This sets '-C 197+' if no other
              '-C' directive is specified.

              198,increasing - Raw Attribute number 198 (Offline Uncorrectable Sector  Count)  is
              not  reset  if  uncorrectable  sectors  are reallocated.  This sets '-U 198+' if no
              other '-U' directive is specified.

       -P TYPE
              [ATA only] Specifies  whether  smartd  should  use  any  preset  options  that  are
              available for this drive.  The valid arguments to this Directive are:

              use - use any presets that are available for this drive.  This is the default.

              ignore - do not use any presets for this drive.

              show - show the presets listed for this drive in the database.

              showall - show the presets that are available for all drives and then exit.

              [Please see the smartctl -P command-line option.]

       -a     Equivalent  to  turning on all of the following Directives: '-H' to check the SMART
              health status, '-f' to report failures of Usage (rather than  Prefail)  Attributes,
              '-t' to track changes in both Prefailure and Usage Attributes, '-l error' to report
              increases in the number of ATA errors, '-l selftest' to  report  increases  in  the
              number  of  Self-Test  Log  errors, '-l selfteststs' to report changes of Self-Test
              execution status, '-C 197' to report nonzero values of the current  pending  sector
              count, and '-U 198' to report nonzero values of the offline pending sector count.

              Note  that -a is the default for ATA devices.  If none of these other Directives is
              given, then -a is assumed.

       -c OPTION=VALUE
              Allows one to override smartd command line options for specific devices.  Only  the
              following OPTION is currently supported:

       -c i=N, -c interval=N
              [NEW  EXPERIMENTAL  SMARTD  FEATURE]  Sets  the  interval  between disk checks to N
              seconds, where N is a decimal integer.  The minimum  allowed  value  is  ten.   The
              default  is  the  value  from  the  '-i N, --interval=N' command line option or its
              default of 1800 seconds.

       #      Comment: ignore the remainder of the line.

       \      Continuation character: if this is the last non-white or non-comment character on a
              line, then the following line is a continuation of the current one.

       If  you  are  not  sure which Directives to use, I suggest experimenting for a few minutes
       with smartctl to see what SMART functionality your disk(s) support(s).  If you do not like
       voluminous  syslog  messages,  a good choice of smartd configuration file Directives might
       be:
       -H -l selftest -l error -f.
       If you want more frequent information, use: -a.

       EXAMPLES OF SHELL SCRIPTS FOR '-M exec'
              These are two examples of shell scripts that can be used with the  '-M  exec  PATH'
              Directive described previously.  The paths to these scripts and similar executables
              is the PATH argument to the '-M exec PATH' Directive.

              Example 1: This script is for use with '-m ADDRESS -M exec PATH'.  It  appends  the
              output  of  smartctl -a to the output of the smartd email warning message and sends
              it to ADDRESS.

              #! /bin/sh

              # Save the email message (STDIN) to a file:
              cat > /root/msg

              # Append the output of smartctl -a to the message:
              /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -d $SMART_DEVICETYPE \
                $SMARTD_DEVICE >> /root/msg

              # Now email the message to the user at address ADD:
              /usr/bin/mail -s "$SMARTD_SUBJECT" $SMARTD_ADDRESS \
                < /root/msg

              Example 2: This script is for use with '-m <nomailer> -M exec PATH'.  It warns  all
              users about a disk problem, waits 30 seconds, and then powers down the machine.

              #! /bin/sh

              # Warn all users of a problem
              wall <<EOF
              Problem detected with disk: $SMARTD_DEVICESTRING
              Warning message from smartd is: $SMARTD_MESSAGE
              Shutting down machine in 30 seconds...
              EOF

              # Wait half a minute
              sleep 30

              # Power down the machine
              /sbin/shutdown -hf now

              Some   example   scripts   are  distributed  with  the  smartmontools  package,  in
              /usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examples/.

              Please note that these scripts typically run  as  root,  so  any  files  that  they
              read/write  should  not be writable by ordinary users or reside in directories like
              /tmp that are writable by ordinary users and may  expose  your  system  to  symlink
              attacks.

              As  previously  described,  if  the  scripts  write  to  STDOUT  or STDERR, this is
              interpreted as indicating that there was an internal error within the script, and a
              snippet of STDOUT/STDERR is logged to SYSLOG.  The remainder is flushed.

FILES

       /etc/smartd.conf
              full path of this file.

SEE ALSO

       smartd(8), smartctl(8), mail(1), regex(7).

PACKAGE VERSION

       smartmontools-7.3 2022-02-28 r5338
       $Id: smartd.conf.5.in 5333 2022-02-26 00:15:22Z dpgilbert $