(Had to seprate the posts due to too many characters)
This is what the smart-log said yesterday when I rebooted. The upper four entries where from former boots with different drive IDs:
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__C090397067CD-0:0 [SAT], open() failed: No such device
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__C090397067CD-0:1 [SAT], open() failed: No such device
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__2CC1D61B6A08-0:0 [SAT], open() failed: No such device
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__2CC1D61B6A08-0:1 [SAT], open() failed: No such device
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat'
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], opened
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], TREKSTORSSD128GB, S/N:AA000000000000008698, FW:R0522A0, 125 GB
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], not found in smartd database.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], enabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], SMART Automatic Offline Testing unsupported...
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.TREKSTORSSD128GB-AA000000000000008698.ata.state
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], opened
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], ST2000VN004-2E4164, S/N:Z5285KVW, FW:13621010, 2.00 TB
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], found in smartd database: Seagate IronWolf
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], enabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], not capable of SMART Health Status check
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], Read SMART Self Test Log Failed
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], no SMART Self-test Log, ignoring -l selftest
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], Read Summary SMART Error Log failed
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], no SMART Error Log, ignoring -l error
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], no ATA CHECK POWER STATUS support, ignoring -n Directive
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST2000VN004_2E4164-Z5285KVW.ata.state
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], opened
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], ST2000VN004-2E4164, S/N:Z5285KKW, WWN:5-000c50-0b57842be, FW:SC60, 2.00 TB
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], found in smartd database: Seagate IronWolf
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], enabled SMART Attribute Autosave.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], not capable of SMART Health Status check
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], no ATA CHECK POWER STATUS support, ignoring -n Directive
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST2000VN004_2E4164-Z5285KKW.ata.state
Oct 25 23:06:43 chromebox smartd[1580]: Monitoring 3 ATA/SATA, 0 SCSI/SAS and 0 NVMe devices
Oct 25 23:06:44 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TREKSTORSSD128GB_AA000000000000008698 [SAT], state written to /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.TREKSTORSSD128GB-AA000000000000008698.ata.state
Oct 25 23:06:44 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:0 [SAT], state written to /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST2000VN004_2E4164-Z5285KVW.ata.state
Oct 25 23:06:44 chromebox smartd[1580]: Device: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST2000VN_004-2E4164_RANDOM__EEA16EF0C17A-0:1 [SAT], state written to /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST2000VN004_2E4164-Z5285KKW.ata.state
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Additionally, I am not sure whether smart status can be checked correctly. "not capable of SMART Health Status check" does not sound like everything is ok. Dunno if it makes sense to investigate further or if I just ditch that case (I can still send it back) and look for a different solution.