Message during boot: “ZFS: inconsistent nvlist contents“

[Paul Lupa]

I upgraded from FreeNas 11.3. to 12.0 a few weeks ago. Then upgraded to 12.1 all with no issues.

I then migrated from a USB boot to an SSD drive (I know, I should have started out this way) and now I get the error:

ZFS: inconsistent nvlist contents
just as the machine boots.

The USB -> SSD upgrade was done by downloading the config, Installing TrueNAS on the SSD, uploading the config.
Since then I have been getting this “ZFS: ...” error as the system first boots. The system does boot without input from me, and seems to be running fine. (See the attached images)

Any recommendations? Should I be worried?

Sincerely,
Paul Lupa

 

[Kris Moore]

Paul,

We believe this is cosmetic, the boot-loader doesn't always support all the features of ZFS. If it's running normally you should be good. If you see any other oddities which prevent system operation though, please let us know on a bug ticket for investigation.