smart(8) Call for Testing

[Chuck Tuffli]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 1:25 PM, Mark Saad <nonesuch at longcount.org> wrote:
> Mike / Chuck
>   Silly question , how does it handle a failed disk ?

It depends on how failed the device is. The application uses CAM to
send pass-through commands. So, if the device doesn't appear in
camcontrol devlist, you'd get "no such device" or a message from CAM
indicating you might need to load a module. If the device is still
registered with the system but not processing commands, I'd expect
(hope?) the commands to timeout. In either case, there may not be any
out put, but the exit status should be non-zero.

On the other hand, if the disk is in some sort of Monty Python-eske
"I'm not dead" state and responds to SMART / admin commands, you could
see the output.

--chuck