smartd documentation improvements (#6207)
smartd files additional info
Chris Akritidis committed
Jun 4, 2019 at 09:54 UTC
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collectors/python.d.plugin/smartd_log/README.md
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@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ For this you need to set `smartd_opts` (or `SMARTD_ARGS`, check _smartd.service_
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# dump smartd attrs info every 600 seconds
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smartd_opts="-A /var/log/smartd/ -i 600"
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```
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-You may need to create the smartd directory before smartd will write to it:
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-`mkdir -p /var/log/smartd`
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+You may need to create the smartd directory before smartd will write to it:
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+```
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+mkdir -p /var/log/smartd
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+```
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+Otherwise, all the smartd `.csv` files may get written to `/var/lib/smartmontools` (default location). See also [https://linux.die.net/man/8/smartd](https://linux.die.net/man/8/smartd) for more info on the `-A --attributelog=PREFIX` command.
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`smartd` appends logs at every run. It's strongly recommended to use `logrotate` for smartd files.
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