Migration and volume import issue 11.1-U6

[gideonomalley]

I've been running 11.1 on a loud 1U unit so I wanted to change over to something a little bigger and quieter. I recently picked up a different server to set up as my freenas and after installing 11.1-U6 and putting in the drives I can't find my old volumes in the system. This seems like a simple thing I'm overlooking.

I hope to be able to explain well enough what is going on.

Build FreeNAS-11.1-U6
Platform Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
Memory 16341MB

I can see the old drives when I open Shell and use: camcontrol devlist

Code:

<SEAGATE ST3146855SS S527>		 at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0)			 
<SEAGATE ST3146356SS XRHA>		 at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (pass1)			
<ATA ST2000NM0011 SN03>			at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass2)			
<ATA ST2000NM0011 SN03>			at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass3)			
<DP BACKPLANE 1.05>				at scbus0 target 8 lun 0 (ses0,pass4)		
<HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR-T10N 1.02>   at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass5)		
<SanDisk Cruzer Glide 1.00>		at scbus3 target 0 lun 0 (pass6,da0)

The SanDisk is what the system boots from. The two seagates are what I'm trying to import. But I can't find those in the webserver gui. This new server has a RAID controller but I didn't set up the seagates in that, would that matter? What am I doing wrong?

 

[Chris Moore]

Kind of a side issue I guess, but when you list text like that, could you please put it in CODE tags so it shows up like this instead:

Code:

 # camcontrol devlist
<HITACHI HUSSL4010BSS600 A110>	 at scbus0 target 8 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
<HITACHI HUSSL4010BSS600 A110>	 at scbus0 target 9 lun 0 (pass1,da1)
<HITACHI HUSSL4010BSS600 A110>	 at scbus0 target 10 lun 0 (pass2,da2)
<HITACHI HUSSL4010BSS600 A110>	 at scbus0 target 11 lun 0 (pass3,da3)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 20 lun 0 (pass4,da4)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 21 lun 0 (pass5,da5)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 22 lun 0 (pass6,da6)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 23 lun 0 (pass7,da7)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 24 lun 0 (pass8,da8)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 25 lun 0 (pass9,da9)
<1401-00 80H10024001A0 1401>	   at scbus0 target 26 lun 0 (ses0,pass10)
<1401-00 80H10024001A0 1401>	   at scbus0 target 45 lun 0 (ses1,pass11)
<ATA WDC WD6002FRYZ-0 1M02>		at scbus0 target 47 lun 0 (pass12,da10)
<ATA WDC WD6002FRYZ-0 1M02>		at scbus0 target 48 lun 0 (pass13,da11)
<ATA WDC WD6002FRYZ-0 1M02>		at scbus0 target 49 lun 0 (pass14,da12)
<ATA WDC WD6002FRYZ-0 1M02>		at scbus0 target 50 lun 0 (pass15,da13)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 51 lun 0 (pass16,da14)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 52 lun 0 (pass17,da15)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 53 lun 0 (pass18,da16)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 54 lun 0 (pass19,da17)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 55 lun 0 (pass20,da18)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 56 lun 0 (pass21,da19)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 57 lun 0 (pass22,da20)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 58 lun 0 (pass23,da21)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 59 lun 0 (pass24,da22)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 60 lun 0 (pass25,da23)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 61 lun 0 (pass26,da24)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC52>		at scbus0 target 62 lun 0 (pass27,da25)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 66 lun 0 (pass28,da26)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 67 lun 0 (pass29,da27)
<ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 CC54>		at scbus0 target 68 lun 0 (pass30,da28)
<ATA ST4000NM0033-9ZM SN06>		at scbus0 target 69 lun 0 (pass31,da29)
<ATA ST4000NM0033-9ZM SN06>		at scbus0 target 70 lun 0 (pass32,da30)
<ATA ST4000NM0033-9ZM SN06>		at scbus0 target 71 lun 0 (pass33,da31)
<FUJITSU MHW2040BS 00000012>	   at scbus4 target 0 lun 0 (pass34,ada0)
<FUJITSU MHW2040BS 00000012>	   at scbus5 target 0 lun 0 (pass35,ada1)

It just looks better / easier to read.

This new server has a RAID controller

Well, that could be a factor. Would you please review this guide:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/updated-forum-rules-8-3-16.45124/
and give us some more detail about what hardware you are using.

Then, did you review the section of the manual on importing a volume:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11/storage.html?#import-volume

 

[gideonomalley]

Not sure what other hardware you want to know about. It's a Dell PE 2950

I did look up everything I could on importing Volumes.
I just tried doing a config upload and now it shows the old Volume name in the Volume section but it says, "0 (Error)" in the Used column and "Error getting available space" in the available column and status is Unknown.

What else should I let you know to try to figure this out?

 

[Chris Moore]

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz

I guess I should have taken a moment to look that CPU up, but I never guessed that someone would try to use a CPU that old. Launched in 2007, that is a 4 core processor in an LGA771 socket that uses Front Side Bus (FSB) technology.

Not sure what other hardware you want to know about.

The kind of RAID controller for starters because it is apparently not compatible. Probably too old. Did you read the resource I pointed you at, even a little?

It's a Dell PE 2950

A PowerEdge 2950 is extremely old and I can't see it as being worth while for any purpose at all. Some hardware is just ready to be recycled, ie, dropped in a smelter and melted down.

Was this supposed to be an upgrade? I hate to imagine what you were using before. I have no doubt that the entire problem is that the disk controller is not working properly / not compatible with FreeNAS, but you don't even appear to know what hardware is in the system.

I think you need to start reading:

Slideshow explaining VDev, zpool, ZIL and L2ARC
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...ning-vdev-zpool-zil-and-l2arc-for-noobs.7775/

Terminology and Abbreviations Primer
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/terminology-and-abbreviations-primer.28174/

Why not to use RAID-5 or RAIDz1
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/

FreeNAS® Quick Hardware Guide
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas®-quick-hardware-guide.7/

Hardware Recommendations Guide Rev 1e) 2017-05-06
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/hardware-recommendations-guide.12/