Hello Guys,
Smartctl (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a command line utility or a tool in UNIX like operating system that perform SMART tasks such as printing the SMART self-test and error logs, enabling and disabling SMART automatic testing, and initiating device self-tests.
Steps to install of Smartcl in CentOS:1. Login to your server via SSH as a root user.
2. Use yum command to install Smartctl.
Quote#yum install smartmontools
3. Now start the service of Smartctl.
Quote#service smartd start
# chkconfig smartd on
3. To enable Smart Capability for the disk run below command.
Quote#smartctl -s on /dev/sdb
4. To disable Smart Capability for the disk run below command.
Quote#smartctl -s off /dev/sdb
5. To display details Smart info for the disk run below command.
Quote#smartctl -a /dev/sdb // For IDE drive
#smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdb // For SATA drive
That's it, Enjoy !!