SOLVED Can't create ZFS volume in 9.2.1

[ColinJack]

I have just built a 9.2.1 x64 FreeNAS box to add to my VMWare infrastructure as additional storage and all went well - created a ZFS Mirrored volume and and NFS share. Then decided to delete the volume and create an iSCSI share. Deleted the original volume and now no matter what I do I cannot create a new ZFS volume!

ZFS Volume Manager seems to work and I can select disks and layout, but when I hit Create Volume it appears to do it but nothing appears in the volumes - no matter what I try. I have even tried using the shell but still ended up with a blank.

Anybody able to give me a pointer(s)?

Thanks

Colin

 

[ColinJack]

Somebody more knowledgeable than I must be able to help? I am presuming that there is something 'left over' from the previous volume causing the problem, but I have wiped the disks (using the GUI) and still no joy. No doubt I need to use the CLI but what to do please? I'm stuck!

Thanks

Colin

 

[dlavigne]

Post the output of zpool status in code tags. Also, anything related in /var/log/messages?

 

[ColinJack]

"No pools available"

 

[cyberjock]

Hmm. You may have to wipe the disks. Try doing a "quick wipe" from the GUI for each of the disks.

 

[ColinJack]

Already done that (see my original post) ... but seeing something about "Unable to create the pool: mountpoint '/data' exists and is not empty, use '-m' option to provide a different default, " in the message log which sounds useful.

Working from the GUI shell because annoyingly SSH not working for some reason. Connection refused!

 

[ColinJack]

Quick wiped the discs again (from the GUI) and tried to create pool again ... same error: "Unable to create the pool: mountpoint '/data' exists and is not empty, use '-m' option to provide a different default, ". The /data mount point was the original one I created and then deleted. Guess I just need to clear that somehow but at the moment am foxed and out of my depth a little. Guess that is why I posted in NOObs! :)

What to do?

Thanks

 

[ColinJack]

Got SSH enabled now at least!

 

[ColinJack]

Done it ... typical noob problem. :(
Found a folder off the root called data with FreeNAS DB in it!!
Used a different name for spool and tadaaaa ...

Thanks for your help.

 

[eliasnas]

Done it ... typical noob problem. :(
Found a folder off the root called data with FreeNAS DB in it!!
Used a different name for spool and tadaaaa ...

Thanks for your help.

Can you please provide more details (the steps with command lines if possible/applicable) that you took to solve your issue? There many "infant" noobs out there that struggle. I have exactly the same problem. I see all drives but not all volumes. I deleted one of the volumes and try to re-create it but I can't. I became new member here today because you had the solution. I see the freenas-v1.db (operator) file, is that what you renamed? I will play around in this area but would appreciate your help. Thanks.

 

[ColinJack]

Can you please provide more details (the steps with command lines if possible/applicable) that you took to solve your issue? There many "infant" noobs out there that struggle. I have exactly the same problem. I see all drives but not all volumes. I deleted one of the volumes and try to re-create it but I can't. I became new member here today because you had the solution. I see the freenas-v1.db (operator) file, is that what you renamed? I will play around in this area but would appreciate your help. Thanks.

In my case it was just that I had tried to create a pool called 'data'. You can't - that is reserved name. Use say 'datastore' for your pool name and all will be fine.