script to get hard disk health in fedora/ubuntu

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:12:08 +0000

First, put this in a script.

#!/bin/bash

#Change as appropriate
HDD=sda

export sub="SmartCtl data for HDD"
echo 'To: &lt;Your Email&gt;
Sub: [Cron] $sub
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Disposition: inline

&lt;html&gt;&lt;pre&gt;'


echo '&lt;style&gt;

hr {
    display: block;
    height: 1px;
    border: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    margin: 1em 0;
    padding: 0;
}
&lt;/style&gt;
'

echo '&lt;h2&gt;Errors on HDD:&lt;/h2&gt;'
echo '&lt;hr&gt;'
sudo smartctl -l error  /dev/$HDD
echo '&lt;h2&gt;Health of HDD:&lt;/h2&gt;'
echo '&lt;hr&gt;'
sudo smartctl -H  /dev/$HDD

echo '&lt;h2&gt;Detailed info&lt;/h2&gt;'
echo '&lt;hr&gt;'
sudo smartctl -a -d ata /dev/$HDD

echo '&lt;h2&gt;Journalctl output for smartd&lt;/h2&gt;'
echo '&lt;hr&gt;'

if [[ -f /etc/fedora-release ]]
then
journalctl -x --show-cursor -u smartd --since=yesterday
else
#This is for Ubuntu.. still using dmesg

dmesg -T -l err,crit,alert,emerg

fi


echo '&lt;h2&gt;All Details&lt;/h2&gt;'
echo '&lt;hr&gt;'

sudo smartctl --xall /dev/$HDD


echo "Thanks for using Amit Agarwal's script"
echo '&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/html&gt;'

and then put this in cron:

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script to get hard disk health in fedora/ubuntu