Hard Drives not showing in Available Disks field

[matt70]

FreeNAS machine with 2X 3TB WD Red Hard Disks ran well for more than a year. The operating system was on a USB that apparently failed. Replaced with a new USB installation (no saved config. files available), version 9.3.1.

Now Volume Manager window in GUI does not show either of the 2 disks in the Available Disks field.

 

[gpsguy]

It's a feature - do you really want to overwrite your existing data with a new volume?

See section 8.1.6 of the documentation to learn how to import your existing volume - http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_storage.html#import-volume

 

[SweetAndLow]

yeah don't use the volume manager unless you want to start over from scratch.

 

[matt70]

I should have also mentioned that I also tried to Import Volume but similarly there is nothing available to select.

 

[SweetAndLow]

what was your old version of freenas? was it using zfs?

 

[matt70]

I really cannot remember the version on the failed freeNAS. Maybe 8. I believe it was ZFS.

 

[SweetAndLow]

what does 'gpart status' tell you?

 

[matt70]

da0p1 OK da0
da0p2 OK da0

 

[SweetAndLow]

ahh woops i meant 'gpart list'

 

[matt70]

 

[SweetAndLow]

Try zpool import and post the out put. If it works post the output of zpool status also.

 

[matt70]

I attempted zpool import in the shell. Nothing happened.

Results of zpool status

 

[gpsguy]

Since you think you might have been on version 8.x, you might want to install 8.3.2 and try importing the volume.

If by chance you used UFS - it's no longer supported with the release of 9.3.


Sent from my phone

 

[SweetAndLow]

Doesn't gpart show that they have zfs? But I agree you should install the version it was working on previously and go from there.

 

[matt70]

I tried installing FreeNAS 8.3.2 and can't figure out how to stop this infinite loop...
View attachment 8831

 

[matt70]

Now running FreeNAS 8.3.2. The problem as originally posted is still the same. The FreeNAS GUI cannot see the two internal hard disks in Volume Manager, Import Volume, Auto Import Volume or View Disks.

 

[matt70]

I am not sure how to proceed to find a solution. Any help is appreciated.

 

[matt70]

The FreeNAS GUI cannot see the two internal hard disks in Volume Manager, Import Volume, Auto Import Volume or View Disks.
I am looking for some options on how to proceed.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

It would be best if you:

1. Posted full hardware details as required by forum rules.
2. Ruled out any possibility of hardware failure.

 

[matt70]

HP motherboard. I am not sure how to identify model number.
AMD64 Athlon x2
8GB RAM
Two WD Red 3TB disks

I am not sure how to rule out hardware failure.