-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-10226 2012-07-03 15:12:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : smartmontools Product : Fedora 17 Version : 5.43 Release : 1.fc17 URL : http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Summary : Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks Description : The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self- Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: - smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer. - smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings on startup. - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'. - smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is already running. Override with new option '-t force'. - smartctl supports extended self-test polling times greater than 255 minutes. - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'. - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive. - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Mon Jul 2 2012 Michal Hlavinka <[email protected]> - 1:5.43-1 - smartmontools updated to 5.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update smartmontools' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-announce
