New pool creation doesn't offer case sensitivity choice?

[seanm]

When you create a new pool, you get this UI:

https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.2/storage.html#creating-pools

is it me or there no UI to choose case sensitivity there?

Creating the pool seems to create a default dataset, and then the case sensitivity is unchangable. Why is that?

 

[dlavigne]

That option can be set on a per-dataset basis.

 

[Chris Moore]

That option can be set on a per-dataset basis.

Answered before I could, but I notice that looking at the documentation on my phone, it doesn't allow the index to scroll down.
Not a problem from a desktop, but small screen size on a tablet and it is.

 

[dlavigne]

That's worth reporting as a bug so the doc team can take a look at their CSS options. Is this the html or the pdf version?

 

[Chris Moore]

Is this the html or the pdf version?

The HTML version from the link posted by the OP in the thread.

 

[seanm]

That option can be set on a per-dataset basis.

But the dataset is created by then, and the popup menu is disabled.

Or do you mean it can be set on child datasets (yes, I've seen), and that the root/parent dataset should in fact never be used for anything?

 

[Chris Moore]

But the dataset is created by then, and the popup menu is disabled.

Or do you mean it can be set on child datasets (yes, I've seen), and that the root/parent dataset should in fact never be used for anything?

The setting you inquire about is configured on the dataset, not on the pool. This is the way FreeNAS handles it.
Here is the link to the documentation:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.2/storage.html#adding-datasets
ZFS properties of the pool are set to global default values and modifications are done within each dataset.

 

[Chris Moore]

That's worth reporting as a bug so the doc team can take a look at their CSS options. Is this the html or the pdf version?

Would that be a ticket on the https://redmine.ixsystems.com/projects/freenas website?

 

[seanm]

The setting you inquire about is configured on the dataset, not on the pool.

Yes, I know it's a per-dataset setting.

I'm probably not explaining myself well... let me try again...

When I create my one and only pool, it automatically creates a dataset, does it not? It certainly seems to be from the UI that this is the case. Assuming so, my point is that when it creates this dataset, it never gives me the chance to choose case sensitivity, and it's then impossible to change after the fact. (I know I can create child datasets with different sensitivity, I'm talking only about the automatically created one.)

 

[Chris Moore]

It certainly seems to be from the UI that this is the case. Assuming so, my point is that when it creates this dataset, it never gives me the chance to choose case sensitivity, and it's then impossible to change after the fact. (I know I can create child datasets with different sensitivity, I'm talking only about the automatically created one.)

Why are you talking about it? You are supposed to create child datasets inside there. In FreeNAS, the root dataset is not normally shared, the old GUI wouldn't let you share it, and no files are stored there. You create child datasets and share them.

I am sure there is a guide around here somewhere that talks about that.

 

[seanm]

Why are you talking about it?

Because I'm a confused newbie trying to learn. :)

You are supposed to create child datasets inside there. In FreeNAS, the root dataset is not normally shared, the old GUI wouldn't let you share it, and no files are stored there.

Ah ha. That's the missing nugget. Thanks! (I did suspect this, see my reply to dlavigne above.)

I am sure there is a guide around here somewhere that talks about that.

No doubt, it's a big internet. :)

 

[Chris Moore]

Uncle Fester's Basic FreeNAS Configuration Guide
https://www.familybrown.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=fester:intro