[sles-beta] SLES11-Sp4 GMC succesfully installed, many smartd messages

Tue Jun 23 09:55:09 MDT 2015

Le mardi 23 juin 2015 à 15:39 +0000, urs.frey at post.ch a écrit :
> Hi
> Thank you very much for SLES11-SP4 x86_64 GMC
>  
> Just installed successfully SLES11-SP4 x86_64 on my test server HP
> Proliant BL460c-Gen9 using autoyast, having bonded NICs configured.
> Works without any problem
>  
> Online Update from SLES11-SP3 x86_64, kernel 3.0.101-0.47.52-default
> on my second test server HP Proliant BL465cG7 connected to SAN EMC
> works also without any problem.
>  
> From what I could see is, that obviously smartd is enabled and does
> scan my SAN LUNs which is really not a good idea
>  
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaz, is SMART
> capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaz, state read
> from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.EMC-SYMMETRIX-6025435AF000.scsi.state
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 52 SCSI
> devices
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sda, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdb, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdc, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdd, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sde, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdf, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdg, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdh, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdi, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdj, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdk, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdl, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdm, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdn, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdo, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdp, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdq, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdr, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sds, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdt, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdu, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdv, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdw, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdx, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdy, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdz, failed to read
> Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaa, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdab, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdac, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdad, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdae, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaf, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdag, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdah, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdai, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaj, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdak, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdal, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdam, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdan, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdao, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdap, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaq, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdar, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdas, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:29 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdat, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:30 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdau, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:30 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdav, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:30 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaw, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:30 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdax, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:30 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sday, failed to
> read Temperature
> Jun 23 17:30:30 h04wwl smartd[30169]: Device: /dev/sdaz, failed to
> read Temperature
>  
> Obviously the service smartd is enabled by default in SLES11-SP4 GMC
> now.
>  
> Under SLES11-SP3 default was disabled
> h05bug:~ # facter operatingsystemrelease
> 11.3
> h05bug:~ # chkconfig -l smartd
> smartd                    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off
> 6:off
> h05bug:~ #
>  
> Now under SLES11-SP4 smartd is enabled and causing many messages to be
> written to /var/log/messages, 1479 messages within 30min!
> h04wwl:/var/log # facter operatingsystemrelease
> 11.4
> h04wwl:/var/log # chkconfig -l smartd
> smartd                    0:off  1:off  2:on   3:on   4:off  5:on
> 6:off
> h04wwl:/var/log #
> h04wwl:/var/log # grep smartd /var/log/messages | wc -l
> 1479
> h04wwl:/var/log #
>  
> Why is smartd enabled by default?

I checked and the default haven't changed :

both SP3 and SP4 smartd initscript contains :
# Default-Start:              2 3 5
# X-UnitedLinux-Default-Enabled: yes

Which means smartd is expected to be enabled to runlevel 2 / 3 and 5 by
default in both SP3 and SP4.

> Why this change in a GMC?

There was no change in smartmontctl for 2 months (and the last relevant
changes was 3 months ago, with the version update of smartmontools from
6.0 to 6.3).

-- 
Frederic Crozat
Enterprise Desktop Release Manager
SUSE