internal copy function?

[dirkme]

what I mean is, if I have an excising volume (data) mounted and in use with FreeNAS and now I create a new volume (newdata), is there a function, like the "import disk" function to copy the existing data from one volume to the other volume (newdata) on FreeNAS without going through the network with a 2nd computer?

 

[danb35]

There are plenty of such functions, but all would be done at the command line. In addition to the standard Unix commands of cp, mv, and rsync, there's also the Midnight Commander ( mc), which makes it a bit easier.

 

[dirkme]

yep midnight commander will do, thanks a lot. I guess I become a FreeNAS expert soon ;-)

 

[dirkme]

There are plenty of such functions, but all would be done at the command line. In addition to the standard Unix commands of cp, mv, and rsync, there's also the Midnight Commander ( mc), which makes it a bit easier.

OK, seems I can't use my mouse or my F-keys, how do I mark a folder and how to I execute the copy function?

 

[danb35]

Are you using the shell through the web GUI? Don't do that. Set up SSH, and connect using an SSH client. See the manual or Fester's Guide for details.

 

[dirkme]

Are you using the shell through the web GUI? Don't do that. Set up SSH, and connect using an SSH client. See the manual or Fester's Guide for details.

can't login as root, it tells me my password would be wrong, but that is not true, my password is 100% right,

 

[danb35]

Either use a different user, or make sure "Login as root with password" is checked in the SSH settings on your FreeNAS box.

Edit: Or use public key authentication, in which case it won't ask for a password.

 

[Redcoat]

Is the error message "Wrong passphrase"? If so, you need to use the passphrase you created for the public key - it's not your root password for FreeNAS.

 

[dirkme]

Either use a different user, or make sure "Login as root with password" is checked in the SSH settings on your FreeNAS box.

Edit: Or use public key authentication, in which case it won't ask for a password.

tried the other user, but couldn't get mc started, chose the login as root version and it is now rocking and rolling thanks a lot again.

 

[dirkme]

Either use a different user, or make sure "Login as root with password" is checked in the SSH settings on your FreeNAS box.

Edit: Or use public key authentication, in which case it won't ask for a password.

Just a question which I never asked in my many years of Linux (also tried PC PSD/True OS now) if I have an SSH connection from my laptop to freenas - and use MC on Freenas to copy from that freenas station to the same station (local) and my laptop would get disconnected, does mc still continue to copy?

 

[danb35]

does mc still continue to copy?

Not sure, really. If you want to make sure it will continue, run mc inside a tmux session.

 

[dirkme]

Not sure, really. If you want to make sure it will continue, run mc inside a tmux session.

what is a tmux session ;-)

 

[danb35]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tmux
http://doc.freenas.org/11/cli.html#tmux
https://www.familybrown.org/dokuwik...lid_hdd#destructive_badblocks_test_using_tmux

 

[dirkme]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tmux
http://doc.freenas.org/11/cli.html#tmux
https://www.familybrown.org/dokuwik...lid_hdd#destructive_badblocks_test_using_tmux

You know what is embarrassing for me? The whole time you got this Uncle Fester's Basic Guide link in your replies and now I just start reading it. Thanks a lot for all your help, very appreciated.