Device: /dev/sdi [SAT], Read SMART Error Log Failed

I am getting alerts two of three times a day.
“Device: /dev/sdi [SAT], Read SMART Error Log Failed.”

Pool shows as is still healthy.

Do I need to replace the disk?

Pool healt Is a different thing, but a drive that fail smart test have high chance to fail soon.
What you must do Is check your drive health, share the smart output for a better understand

I haven’t come across this before, and internet research doesn’t give much help, but here’s my take.

Some people have said that they experienced this temporarily, so it may not indicate any sort of permanent issue. Someone else said this might be a consequence of a minor SATA power cable or PSU issue.

If it were me, my first action would be to run a smartctl -x command to try to retrieve the SMART data including the error log and see what you get. You can also run a SMART SHORT test on the drive to see whether the firmware gives an error.

If the SHORT test works fine, I might then schedule a system power off for a minute in order to restart the firmware execution on the drive and see if that fixes it.

If a reset doesn’t fix it I would be tempted to swap out the drive on the basis that a complete firmware failure would mean a dead drive - and I would probably want to do a drive replacement on my own schedule rather than as a reactive urgent action.

P.S. If you haven’t already done so, you should implement @joeschmuck 's Multi-Report script as it is an order of magnitude better at monitoring drive health than native TN.

Output of smartctl

smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.6.32-production+truenas] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate IronWolf
Device Model:     ST10000VN0004-1ZD101
Serial Number:    ZA24ZVW6
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0afd1f611
Firmware Version: SC60
User Capacity:    10,000,831,348,736 bytes [10.0 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Sep 25 14:23:40 2024 BST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82) Offline data collection activity
                                        was completed without error.
                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
                                        without error or no self-test has ever 
                                        been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:                (  559) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:                    (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                                        Suspend Offline collection upon new
                                        command.
                                        Offline surface scan supported.
                                        Self-test supported.
                                        Conveyance Self-test supported.
                                        Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
                                        power-saving mode.
                                        Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
                                        General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:        (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:        ( 826) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:              (0x50bd) SCT Status supported.
                                        SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
                                        SCT Feature Control supported.
                                        SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     POSR--   083   064   044    -    207855469
  3 Spin_Up_Time            PO----   095   085   000    -    0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--CK   083   083   020    -    17776
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   100   100   010    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         POSR--   096   060   045    -    4029533578
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   047   047   000    -    46919 (142 102 0)
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        PO--C-   100   100   097    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   020    -    502
184 End-to-End_Error        -O--CK   100   100   099    -    0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
188 Command_Timeout         -O--CK   100   066   000    -    47245426767
189 High_Fly_Writes         -O-RCK   012   012   000    -    88
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel -O---K   069   045   040    -    31 (Min/Max 30/31)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      -O--CK   097   097   000    -    6219
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    245
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   054   054   000    -    92144
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   031   055   000    -    31 (0 18 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  -O-RC-   009   001   000    -    207855469
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--C-   100   100   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----C-   100   100   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -OSRCK   200   197   000    -    42
200 Pressure_Limit          PO---K   100   100   001    -    0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       ------   100   253   000    -    15457h+01m+58.169s
241 Total_LBAs_Written      ------   100   253   000    -    216759515841
242 Total_LBAs_Read         ------   100   253   000    -    221501115796
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      5  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL     R/O    256  Device Statistics log
0x04       SL      R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x08       GPL     R/O      2  Power Conditions log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x0c       GPL     R/O   2048  Pending Defects log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x13       GPL     R/O      1  SATA NCQ Send and Receive log
0x15       GPL     R/W      1  Rebuild Assist log
0x21       GPL     R/O      1  Write stream error log
0x22       GPL     R/O      1  Read stream error log
0x24       GPL     R/O    768  Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa1       GPL,SL  VS      24  Device vendor specific log
0xa2       GPL     VS   16320  Device vendor specific log
0xa6       GPL     VS     192  Device vendor specific log
0xa8-0xa9  GPL,SL  VS     136  Device vendor specific log
0xab       GPL     VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xad       GPL     VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xb0       GPL     VS   17208  Device vendor specific log
0xbe-0xbf  GPL     VS   65535  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xc3       GPL,SL  VS       8  Device vendor specific log
0xc9       GPL,SL  VS       8  Device vendor specific log
0xca       GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xd1       GPL     VS     304  Device vendor specific log
0xd2       GPL     VS   10000  Device vendor specific log
0xd4       GPL     VS    2048  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (5 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     46886         -
# 2  Short offline       Interrupted (host reset)      00%     46836         -
# 3  Extended offline    Interrupted (host reset)      00%     46828         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     46667         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     46499         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     46331         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     46166         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45997         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45859         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45693         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45525         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45358         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45189         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     45021         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     44853         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     44685         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     44518         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     44349         -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     44192         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       522 (0x020a)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    30 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     30/31 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:     17/55 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/1

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         3 minutes
Temperature Logging Interval:        59 minutes
Min/Max recommended Temperature:      0/ 0 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:            0/ 0 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    128 (40)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
  41    2024-09-20 08:58    24  *****
 ...    ..(  7 skipped).    ..  *****
  49    2024-09-20 16:50    24  *****
  50    2024-09-20 17:49    25  ******
  51    2024-09-20 18:48    24  *****
  52    2024-09-20 19:47    24  *****
  53    2024-09-20 20:46    24  *****
  54    2024-09-20 21:45    25  ******
  55    2024-09-20 22:44    25  ******
  56    2024-09-20 23:43    26  *******
  57    2024-09-21 00:42    26  *******
  58    2024-09-21 01:41    25  ******
 ...    ..(  2 skipped).    ..  ******
  61    2024-09-21 04:38    25  ******
  62    2024-09-21 05:37    24  *****
 ...    ..(  9 skipped).    ..  *****
  72    2024-09-21 15:27    24  *****
  73    2024-09-21 16:26    25  ******
 ...    ..(  2 skipped).    ..  ******
  76    2024-09-21 19:23    25  ******
  77    2024-09-21 20:22    26  *******
  78    2024-09-21 21:21    26  *******
  79    2024-09-21 22:20    27  ********
  80    2024-09-21 23:19    27  ********
  81    2024-09-22 00:18    27  ********
  82    2024-09-22 01:17    26  *******
  83    2024-09-22 02:16    26  *******
  84    2024-09-22 03:15    26  *******
  85    2024-09-22 04:14    37  ******************
  86    2024-09-22 05:13    42  ***********************
  87    2024-09-22 06:12     ?  -
  88    2024-09-22 07:11    24  *****
  89    2024-09-22 08:10    36  *****************
  90    2024-09-22 09:09    36  *****************
  91    2024-09-22 10:08    37  ******************
  92    2024-09-22 11:07    36  *****************
  93    2024-09-22 12:06    37  ******************
  94    2024-09-22 13:05    38  *******************
  95    2024-09-22 14:04    38  *******************
  96    2024-09-22 15:03    37  ******************
  97    2024-09-22 16:02    36  *****************
  98    2024-09-22 17:01    36  *****************
  99    2024-09-22 18:00     ?  -
 100    2024-09-22 18:59    36  *****************
 101    2024-09-22 19:58     ?  -
 102    2024-09-22 20:57    29  **********
 103    2024-09-22 21:56     ?  -
 104    2024-09-22 22:55    28  *********
 105    2024-09-22 23:54     ?  -
 106    2024-09-23 00:53    30  ***********
 107    2024-09-23 01:52     ?  -
 108    2024-09-23 02:51    30  ***********
 109    2024-09-23 03:50     ?  -
 110    2024-09-23 04:49    30  ***********
 111    2024-09-23 05:48     ?  -
 112    2024-09-23 06:47    30  ***********
 113    2024-09-23 07:46     ?  -
 114    2024-09-23 08:45    30  ***********
 115    2024-09-23 09:44     ?  -
 116    2024-09-23 10:43    31  ************
 117    2024-09-23 11:42     ?  -
 118    2024-09-23 12:41    31  ************
 119    2024-09-23 13:40     ?  -
 120    2024-09-23 14:39    33  **************
 121    2024-09-23 15:38     ?  -
 122    2024-09-23 16:37    31  ************
 123    2024-09-23 17:36     ?  -
 124    2024-09-23 18:35    31  ************
 125    2024-09-23 19:34     ?  -
 126    2024-09-23 20:33    31  ************
 127    2024-09-23 21:32     ?  -
   0    2024-09-23 22:31    30  ***********
   1    2024-09-23 23:30     ?  -
   2    2024-09-24 00:29    30  ***********
   3    2024-09-24 01:28     ?  -
   4    2024-09-24 02:27    30  ***********
   5    2024-09-24 03:26     ?  -
   6    2024-09-24 04:25    30  ***********
   7    2024-09-24 05:24     ?  -
   8    2024-09-24 06:23    30  ***********
   9    2024-09-24 07:22     ?  -
  10    2024-09-24 08:21    30  ***********
  11    2024-09-24 09:20     ?  -
  12    2024-09-24 10:19    30  ***********
  13    2024-09-24 11:18     ?  -
  14    2024-09-24 12:17    32  *************
  15    2024-09-24 13:16     ?  -
  16    2024-09-24 14:15    31  ************
  17    2024-09-24 15:14     ?  -
  18    2024-09-24 16:13    31  ************
  19    2024-09-24 17:12     ?  -
  20    2024-09-24 18:11    30  ***********
  21    2024-09-24 19:10     ?  -
  22    2024-09-24 20:09    29  **********
  23    2024-09-24 21:08     ?  -
  24    2024-09-24 22:07    29  **********
  25    2024-09-24 23:06     ?  -
  26    2024-09-25 00:05    29  **********
  27    2024-09-25 01:04     ?  -
  28    2024-09-25 02:03    30  ***********
  29    2024-09-25 03:02     ?  -
  30    2024-09-25 04:01    24  *****
  31    2024-09-25 05:00     ?  -
  32    2024-09-25 05:59    29  **********
  33    2024-09-25 06:58     ?  -
  34    2024-09-25 07:57    29  **********
  35    2024-09-25 08:56     ?  -
  36    2024-09-25 09:55    29  **********
  37    2024-09-25 10:54     ?  -
  38    2024-09-25 11:53    30  ***********
  39    2024-09-25 12:52     ?  -
  40    2024-09-25 13:51    30  ***********

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:     70 (7.0 seconds)
          Write:     70 (7.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01  0x008  4             502  ---  Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01  0x010  4           46919  ---  Power-on Hours
0x01  0x018  6    216743834562  ---  Logical Sectors Written
0x01  0x020  6      1676856926  ---  Number of Write Commands
0x01  0x028  6    221519579810  ---  Logical Sectors Read
0x01  0x030  6      1072329554  ---  Number of Read Commands
0x01  0x038  6               -  ---  Date and Time TimeStamp
0x03  =====  =               =  ===  == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x03  0x008  4      1651114742  N--  Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
0x03  0x010  4      1651079753  N--  Head Flying Hours
0x03  0x018  4           92144  ---  Head Load Events
0x03  0x020  4               0  ---  Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
0x03  0x028  4               0  ---  Read Recovery Attempts
0x03  0x030  4               0  ---  Number of Mechanical Start Failures
0x03  0x038  4               0  ---  Number of Realloc. Candidate Logical Sectors
0x03  0x040  4             245  ---  Number of High Priority Unload Events
0x04  =====  =               =  ===  == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04  0x008  4               0  ---  Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04  0x010  4              62  ---  Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05  0x008  1              30  ---  Current Temperature
0x05  0x010  1              30  ---  Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x018  1              26  ---  Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x020  1              54  ---  Highest Temperature
0x05  0x028  1               0  ---  Lowest Temperature
0x05  0x030  1              50  ---  Highest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x038  1              22  ---  Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x040  1              43  ---  Highest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x048  1              25  ---  Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x050  4               0  ---  Time in Over-Temperature
0x05  0x058  1              70  ---  Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x05  0x060  4               0  ---  Time in Under-Temperature
0x05  0x068  1               0  ---  Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
0x06  =====  =               =  ===  == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06  0x008  4           13395  ---  Number of Hardware Resets
0x06  0x010  4             732  ---  Number of ASR Events
0x06  0x018  4              46  ---  Number of Interface CRC Errors
0xff  =====  =               =  ===  == Vendor Specific Statistics (rev 1) ==
0xff  0x008  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c)
No Defects Logged

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x000a  2            1  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS

Nothing is jumping out on me to indicate a fault.
I have 2 backup HDD’s so I am prepared if it does fail.

Just got a new error

Device: /dev/sdj [SAT], Read SMART Error Log Failed.

I think this is an indication that the Motherboard SATA controller might be the problem.

Another possibility is this started to happen after I upgraded TrueNAS to the latest version.

New alerts:

  • Device: /dev/sdj [SAT], Read SMART Error Log Failed.

Current alerts:

  • Device: /dev/sdi [SAT], Read SMART Error Log Failed.
  • Device: /dev/sdi [SAT], failed to read SMART Attribute Data.
  • Device: /dev/sdj [SAT], failed to read SMART Attribute Data.
  • Device: /dev/sdj [SAT], Read SMART Error Log Failed.

Actually your drive have a lot of Raw_Read_Error_Rate and UDMA_CRC_Error_Count that shouldn’t be ignored, but that doesn’t mean his faulting.
Plus, i see that only short test are performed.
What I would do:

  • reseat, or better, change SATA cable on the drive
  • change SATA port, if no one Is available swap It with the port of another disk
  • perform a long smart test, without interrupting It like the last
  • monitoring if errors count increase

I have tried to run Long smart tests on both drives running in the background. Progress stops at 0% an the log says the tests where aborted.

Have you try with the other things mentioned?

I have re-seated the SATA connectors and have not had any new Smart logging errors for 24 hours. I am also running Smart long tests via the system shell since it just aborts when I try to do it in the GUI. Should that fail, I will order a new SATA cable.

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The UDMA errors are an issue. If they do not increment then it is not an issue but rather an old cinnectivity issue. The raw read rate errors are typical for Seagate drives. Subtract FFFFFFFF (4294967295) to get the real value of errors for thr rate. I think that is the value. I’m mobile after the hurricane.