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  1. S

    releasing multiple snapshots

    We have a 109TB FreeNAS server which we had ZFS replication enabled going to a remote site. We are no longer doing this. We currently have 1.5TB free and I'm looking to clear up space however ive run into the issue where the snapshots are stuck. See below for exact issue...
  2. Borja

    BUILD Suggestions about Storage device for FreeNAS NAS backups

    Hello, We have a NAS running FreeNAS with 8 disk and about 20TB storage. Its been running for about a year without problem, really fast, I build it from recommendations posted here in this forum. Now, we started to store critical data on NAS and we need to make backups of all information...
  3. Patrol02

    Sending/receiving a snapshot, still empty dataset

    Hello, I am implementing a "backup" solution which periodically sends snapshots from one pool to another. It boils down to theese commands: zfs send -Ri $dst_snapshot_name $latest_src_snapshot | zfs receive -Fduv $dst_pool zfs rollback $new_dst_snapshot but you can see the full script here...
  4. prototype0815

    Scrubs - SMART - Snapshot notwendig oder überflüssig mit Non-ECC RAM?

    Hey folks, ich bin gerade am einrichten meines Servers und hab zu den oben genannten Tasks bzw. Tests ein paar Fragen. Wie einige wissen habe ich ein Consumer Board mit Non-ECC RAM, aber es ist dennoch besser dies nochmal zu erwähnen. Scrubs für die Boot-Platte. In FreeNAS zu finden unter...
  5. T

    SOLVED Snapshots gone

    All my snapshots disappeared on my FreeNAS server and now they only go back as far as Sunday the 15/01/2017. This is fine, I don't need to restore anything from snapshot but I am trying to figure out why they were deleted. I've output the contents from "cat messages | grep destroy" below. I...
  6. W

    NAS Replication Complications

    I have tried to setup the replication according to the documentation and am having issues. Build: FreeNAS-9.10.1-U4 (ec9a7d3) NAS-01: Push NAS-02: Pull Directions: http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_storage.html section 8.2 Issue: The replication from NAS-01 to NAS-02 is failing. I am getting...
  7. S

    Exclude folder from periodic snapshot

    Hi, I have a structure like this : Dataset Transmission_download_folder Some_other_folder_where_I_put_finished_transmission_downloads And a periodic snapshot set for the Dataset. The problem is that the files in Transmission_download_folder change constantly (since they are progressing...
  8. someone1

    Looking for Testers/Feedback on backup software for ZFS

    Hello all, Let me preface this with I have not found a piece of software that does what I am trying to do. I am halfway through writing version 1 of a backup utility for ZFS systems. The idea was inspired by a file-level backup solution I currently use, duplicity, for my NAS share sitting on...
  9. nello

    Rollback Snapshot Button Is Missing

    Within Storage > Snapshots, I see a list of snapshots. But none of them have a Restore Rollback button under the Actions column: Why aren't there any Restore Rollback buttons?
  10. S

    zvols and snapshots

    So, I seem to be missing something. I run several pools in a variety of configurations in various locations no problem... Except when using snapshots on iSCSI targets. I have yet to figure out why but the snapshot command always returns an "out of space" value despite their being plenty of space...
  11. C

    SOLVED Previous Versions not found on Replicated Dataset 2nd NAS

    Situation: 2 FreeNAS units Primary and Backup (FreeNAS-9.10-STABLE-201606270534 (dd17351)) Periodic Snapshots on Primary unit replicating to Backup unit - No Issues, works great. Primary unit CIFS share - I can see all files and go back to any available snapshot and pull a previous version of a...
  12. M

    Snapshot replica into writable share

    I have two FreeNAS servers running the latest 9.10 build. Once a snapshot replication has completed, is it possible to change the replicated share on the receiving server into a normal writable shared dataset? This will be a once of task, scripts or scheduled tasks wouldn't be required.
  13. Keven

    Storage configuration & backup

    Hi everyone I’m new to the community. I’m planning a freenas build. http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/fdGwhq I’m planning to run RAIDZ1 to have some kind of efficiency at the beginning. My plan to be able to grow my storage size and efficiency is to eventually add a backup of my main pool. My...
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