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Date:      Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:48:21 -0453.75
From:      "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Ominous smartd messages ....
Message-ID:  <e5a65f8a-27a0-65e7-42db-28bef824e0c0@hiwaay.net>

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I have a workstation, recently (within the last 12 mos.) purpose built 
that is my dev. box for in house software (CFD code & user interface). 
It has 8 1 TB HDD's in a ZFS unmirrored pool. All data is backed up 
nightly by rsunc to other boxen on my LAN & weekly by compressed tar to 
those boxen as well. This A.M., I noticed some messages on the console 
from smartd about 1 of the HDDs. I tailed my syslog file & see the 
following:


[root@devbox, /etc, 9:42:37pm] 360 % tail -50 /var/log/messages ; 
hwclock -r ; date
Jul 26 05:11:34 devbox kernel: pid 39865 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Jul 26 05:22:29 devbox kernel: pid 41916 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 26 05:22:41 devbox kernel: pid 41953 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 26 05:22:52 devbox kernel: pid 41990 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 26 22:51:42 devbox healthd: A value of 1.64 for CPU #0 Core Voltage 
with a range of (1.65 <= n <= 2.30)
Jul 27 06:30:56 devbox kernel: pid 71015 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6
Jul 27 06:30:56 devbox kernel: pid 71014 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Jul 27 06:41:44 devbox kernel: pid 73053 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 27 06:41:55 devbox kernel: pid 73090 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 27 06:42:07 devbox kernel: pid 73127 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 28 05:10:56 devbox kernel: pid 2029 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 1110: 
exited on signal 6
Jul 28 05:10:56 devbox kernel: pid 2028 (time), uid 1110: exited on signal 6
Jul 28 05:21:41 devbox kernel: pid 4067 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 1110: 
exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 28 05:21:51 devbox kernel: pid 4104 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 1110: 
exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 28 05:22:02 devbox kernel: pid 4141 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 1110: 
exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 29 06:30:46 devbox kernel: pid 33158 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6
Jul 29 06:30:47 devbox kernel: pid 33157 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Jul 29 06:41:39 devbox kernel: pid 35197 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 29 06:41:51 devbox kernel: pid 35234 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 29 06:42:01 devbox kernel: pid 35271 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 30 05:10:54 devbox kernel: pid 64110 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6
Jul 30 05:10:54 devbox kernel: pid 64109 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Jul 30 05:21:44 devbox kernel: pid 66149 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 30 05:21:55 devbox kernel: pid 66186 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 30 05:22:06 devbox kernel: pid 66223 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 31 16:18:28 devbox kernel: pid 96421 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6
Jul 31 16:18:28 devbox kernel: pid 96420 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Jul 31 16:29:15 devbox kernel: pid 98457 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 31 16:29:26 devbox kernel: pid 98494 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Jul 31 16:29:36 devbox kernel: pid 98531 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Aug  1 06:31:17 devbox kernel: pid 26641 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6
Aug  1 06:31:17 devbox kernel: pid 26640 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Aug  1 06:42:45 devbox kernel: pid 28681 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Aug  1 06:42:58 devbox kernel: pid 28718 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Aug  1 06:43:09 devbox kernel: pid 28755 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Aug  1 23:09:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  1 23:39:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 00:09:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 00:39:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 01:09:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 01:39:58 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 02:09:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 02:39:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 03:09:59 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 03:39:58 devbox smartd[835]: Device: /dev/ada5, 8 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug  2 05:11:06 devbox kernel: pid 57518 (memcheck-amd64-free), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6
Aug  2 05:11:06 devbox kernel: pid 57517 (time), uid 1110: exited on 
signal 6
Aug  2 05:21:55 devbox kernel: pid 59557 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Aug  2 05:22:07 devbox kernel: pid 59594 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Aug  2 05:22:16 devbox kernel: pid 59642 (PreBFCGL.opteron.TE), uid 
1110: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
hwclock: Command not found.
Tue Aug  2 22:28:28 MCDT 2016
You have new mail.
[root@devbox, /etc, 10:28:28pm] 361 % uname -a
FreeBSD devbox 9.3-RELEASE-p33 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p33 #0: Wed Jan 13 
17:55:39 UTC 2016 
root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
[root@devbox, /etc, 10:28:53pm] 362 %


I am asking about the smartd messages from overnight Aug 1-2. The rest 
gives a bit of context about the duty cycle of the machine, which is 
pretty light except for rebuild code nightly & run a suite of scripted 
tests, some of which obviously don't complete successfully :-). The 
HDD's were brand new 2.5" SATA3 7200 RPM HGST's, which I have had good 
luck with in other builds (I have about 25 in service, all purchased new 
from NewEgg for each build). Case is well ventilated, drives are cool, 
etc. From a shell script to nicely format smartctl output:


[root@devbox, /etc, 10:39:28pm] 364 % hddtemp /dev/ada[0-7]
SMART supported, SMART enabled
drive /dev/ada0: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1EEJZN, Temp. 27 
degC, min/max, cycle: 17/36, lifetime: 17/36, lifetime avg. 25 degC
drive /dev/ada1: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1E5ZWN, Temp. 27 
degC, min/max, cycle: 17/37, lifetime: 17/37, lifetime avg. 25 degC
drive /dev/ada2: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1EKG0N, Temp. 27 
degC, min/max, cycle: 16/36, lifetime: 16/36, lifetime avg. 24 degC
drive /dev/ada3: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1EK72N, Temp. 27 
degC, min/max, cycle: 17/37, lifetime: 17/37, lifetime avg. 25 degC
drive /dev/ada4: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1E649N, Temp. 25 
degC, min/max, cycle: 15/32, lifetime: 15/33, lifetime avg. 23 degC
drive /dev/ada5: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1E69HN, Temp. 25 
degC, min/max, cycle: 14/31, lifetime: 14/31, lifetime avg. 22 degC
drive /dev/ada6: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1EK92N, Temp. 25 
degC, min/max, cycle: 14/31, lifetime: 14/32, lifetime avg. 22 degC
drive /dev/ada7: HGST HTS721010A9E630, S/N: JR10046P1E6A4N, Temp. 25 
degC, min/max, cycle: 14/32, lifetime: 14/32, lifetime avg. 23 degC
[root@devbox, /etc, 10:39:43pm] 365 %


My question is: Are these messages benign, or am I in the market for 
more hardware ? *ANY* more questions, please ask. TIA & have a good one.

-- 

	William A. Mahaffey III

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