Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

Installing smart monitor tools

We need to install smartmontools in our storage using the following command:

#apt-get install smartmontools

Retrieve a list of all the attached drives using the following command:

# fdisk -l

Verify that each attached drive has the S.M.A.R.T. feature, and that it is turned on, using the following command:

#smartctl -a /dev/sdX

If the drive has the S.M.A.R.T. feature and it is enabled, it will appear as shown in the following screenshot:

 

If the feature is available but disabled for any reason, we can enable it using the following command:

#smartctl -s on -a /dev/sdX