In case of hardware (boot drive, motherboard) failure?

[albercuba]

Hello everyone. I would like to know what are the options after a hardware failure, specifically the Boot Drive or the Motherboard.

1 - In case of motherboard failure can I just take the boot drive and my data disks and put them in another motherboard?

2 - In case of boot drive failure can I just reinstall in a new boot drive and load the saved configuration?

Thanks in advance

 

[danb35]

In case of motherboard failure can I just take the boot drive and my data disks and put them in another motherboard?

Yes.

In case of boot drive failure can I just reinstall in a new boot drive and load the saved configuration?

Also yes.

 

[Mirfster]

To add to situation #1, you may also need to update the network interface since it will be a different MAC.

 

[danb35]

Different MAC shouldn't require doing anything with the configuration, but different NIC driver might.

 

[albercuba]

Ok, thanks for the info. what worries me the most is not loosing the data after mainboard or boot drive replacement. The NIC issues can be solved easily later.

 

[Touche]

Yes.

Also yes.

Does it also apply to a boot drive that has the system dataset on it?

 

[danb35]

Does it also apply to a boot drive that has the system dataset on it?

It should, but you wouldn't ordinarily have your .system dataset on the boot device once you've created a storage pool, and it certainly isn't recommended if you're booting from USB.

 

[Touche]

It should, but you wouldn't ordinarily have your .system dataset on the boot device once you've created a storage pool, and it certainly isn't recommended if you're booting from USB.

Isn't it the only option if pool drives are encrypted? The manual says so, but the UI shows the encrypted pool in the list for the system dataset placement, so it's not quite clear.

 

[danb35]

Isn't it the only option if pool drives are encrypted?

Ah, there I can't help you--I don't mess with encryption.