Hard drive serial Numbers.

Lou898989 · 07-17-2012, 01:02 PM

Is there a command to list the hard drive serial numbers for the OS drives and an array? This is usefull for organizations who track serial numbers.

amani · 07-17-2012, 01:04 PM

hdparm, sdparm, gsmartctl, smartctl

Kustom42 · 07-17-2012, 01:09 PM

I cant remember the exact syntax, but you can use the smartctl command.

I checked the man page and it looks like the command is:

Code:

smartctl --info /dev/hda

I didnt test it though, you may want to read over the man page to make sure the syntax is good.

etech3 · 07-17-2012, 01:10 PM

You can try:

Code:

apt-get install lshw

Then run

Code:

lshw

That will give all kinds of info about the hardware

Hope this helps

Kustom42 · 07-17-2012, 01:11 PM

Oh yea, you can also just run the dmidecode command.

amani · 07-17-2012, 01:24 PM

@Kustom42 dmidecode does not provide the info.
@etech3, lshw is overkill
while the ones suggested by me are more specific.

Kustom42 · 07-17-2012, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amani

@Kustom42 dmidecode does not provide the info.
.

Funny, it shows the serial number on my system when I run it..

Kustom42 · 07-17-2012, 01:31 PM

I think it may be showing my serial number due to it being a VM? I don't ever check for this info so I'm just trying to clarify here...

amani · 07-18-2012, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kustom42

I think it may be showing my serial number due to it being a VM? I don't ever check for this info so I'm just trying to clarify here...

Your bios must be reporting more, so dmidecode must be reporting that way. It does not scan h/w.

sharadchhetri · 07-18-2012, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amani

Your bios must be reporting more, so dmidecode must be reporting that way. It does not scan h/w.

I edited my reply, I did mistake. Rather than serial no. I answered for UUID

For this Answer is

sdparm /dev/sdX

or

ls /dev/disk/by-id

amani · 07-19-2012, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharadchhetri

ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid

Irrelevant. Read before posting.