  In Paper I, we presented an overview of the Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre
(SMART) survey, including the survey design and search pipeline. While the
combination of MWA's large field-of-view and the voltage capture system brings
a survey speed of ~450 square degrees per hour, the survey progression relies
on the availability of compact configuration of the Phase II array. Over the
past few years, by taking advantage of multiple windows of opportunity when the
compact configuration was available, we have advanced the survey to 75%
completion. To date, about 10% of the data collected thus far have been
processed for a first-pass search, where 10 minutes of observation is processed
for dispersion measures out to 250 ${\rm pc\,cm^{-3}}$, to realise a shallow
survey for long-period pulsars. The ongoing analysis has led to two new pulsar
discoveries, as well as an independent discovery and a rediscovery of a
previously incorrectly characterised pulsar, all from ~3% of the data for which
candidate scrutiny is completed. Here we describe the strategies for further
detailed follow-up including improved sky localisation and convergence to
timing solution, and illustrate them using example pulsar discoveries. The
processing has also led to re-detection of 120 pulsars in the SMART observing
band, bringing the total number of pulsars detected to date with the MWA to
180, and these are used to assess the search sensitivity of current processing
pipelines. The planned second-pass (deep survey) processing is expected to
yield a three-fold increase in sensitivity for long-period pulsars, and a
substantial improvement to millisecond pulsars by adopting optimal
de-dispersion plans. The SMART survey will complement the highly successful
Parkes High Time Resolution Universe survey at 1.2-1.5 GHz, and inform future
large survey efforts such as those planned with the low-frequency Square
Kilometre Array.
