How to import jails to new install

[hansmuff]

FreeNAS 9.3 install ran fine, then boot media got corrupted and I had to reinstall from scratch.
The ZFS pool was left untouched and intact. It holds about 10 jails that ran various plugins, they took a long time to configure properly.

How do I get plugins re-installed on the new FreeNAS instance such that I can run them from the old jails again? I can actually point the jail root to the old jails, and they're all there with their old IP setup (which is what I want), but I have no plugins registered to them.

Thanks!

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

FreeNAS 9.3 install ran fine, then boot media got corrupted and I had to reinstall from scratch.
The ZFS pool was left untouched and intact. It holds about 10 jails that ran various plugins, they took a long time to configure properly.

How do I get plugins re-installed on the new FreeNAS instance such that I can run them from the old jails again? I can actually point the jail root to the old jails, and they're all there with their old IP setup (which is what I want), but I have no plugins registered to them.

Thanks!

if you have a backup of your config you could restore that. otherwise, I don't know.

 

[hansmuff]

I'll ask a better question:
After pointing my new install at the old jails, the jail list populates with them, with the correct names and IP addresses (I managed them manually, I do not let the jail manager use DHCP.)
And of course, the plugins themselves keep their configurations in various files in their jails.
So -- all I seem to have lost is the list of installed plugins, as well as their "tie" to the correct jail.

Is there a known good way to restore the plugins and have them tied back to their old jails?
I do not have a config backup.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

not that I know of, but SQL wizards might know what to do.

 

[cyberjock]

You have to do SQL hacking. Sorry, no guide exists for it. You will have to delete and recreate the plugins if you want them to function as plugins. :/

 

[hansmuff]

My own fault, anyway. So maybe the best course is to just change the jail root, re-install plugins one by one and if there are config issues look at the old jails' files. Then when I'm all done, delete old jails.
I'm not complaining, a backup config would probably fix this to some degree, but I can also see how it might not in some cases.
Cheers!