not booting after an update with code 6

[faz]

Hi Guys,

i updated my Truenas a few days ago and yesterday when I was trying to change a user password I tried to log in and the webpage was not working so I decided to do a restart of the server, and since then I am not able to use the machine and have data and few plugins that I don't have any back from them, so really need to get this working any help would be appreciated thanks,

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[Ericloewe]

It would be very helpful to have the information the forum rules ask you to include, namely the system specs.

Still, it's clear that your boot device is not a happy camper. Any sort of useful suggestion will have to wait for more info...

 

[faz]

It would be very helpful to have the information the forum rules ask you to include, namely the system specs.

Still, it's clear that your boot device is not a happy camper. Any sort of useful suggestion will have to wait for more info...

thanks for the reply sue it's a

it's an HP Microserver with 24GB of RAM and I have my boot OS on a SanDisk USB 32GB with 1SSD as a cache drive and 3 4TB WD Drives, i think there is an issue with the boot disk but not sure how to repair that, thanks again

 

[Redcoat]

I suggest that you get a new good quality USB stick and make a new boot drive. The boot up you system and, if you have one (hope that you do), import your saved configuration file. If you don't have one you will have to recreate your shares, etc.

Come back and tell us how you get on.

It might be interesting to discuss if you really need/benefit from a "cache drive" and if you can switch that SSD to a boot drive for reliability. USB sticks have a limited life as boot drives.

 

[faz]

I suggest that you get a new good quality USB stick and make a new boot drive. The boot up you system and, if you have one (hope that you do), import your saved configuration file. If you don't have one you will have to recreate your shares, etc.

Come back and tell us how you get on.

It might be interesting to discuss if you really need/benefit from a "cache drive" and if you can switch that SSD to a boot drive for reliability. USB sticks have a limited life as boot drives.

so I was planning to use a new USB but the problem is I didn't save a configuration file which I know is the worst thing I have done for this situation, now the other issue I have about 7TB of data on this machine which again don't have any backup again my mistake and one of the worst ones, so I am thinking if I do use a new installer is there a way to import the old ZFS pool, or somehow just repair the Boot file? as i am trying to use this opportunity and see how. default or easy is to fix this kind of issue in Truenas.

 

[Redcoat]

I do use a new installer is there a way to import the old ZFS pool

Yes - you can import your existing pool after a fresh OS install. This is one of the great strengths of TrueNAS/ZFS, so you are good there.

If you do that and successfully import your pool, provided that your system dataset is on your pool (that you did not move it to your boot drive after you created your fist pool) it's likely that we can recover your configuration from its automatic backup location on your data pool. So, come back here and advise when you have imported your datapool into a fresh install of TrueNAS and we'll help you see if we can go find your configuration file.

 

[faz]

Yes - you can import your existing pool after a fresh OS install. This is one of the great strengths of TrueNAS/ZFS, so you are good there.

If you do that and successfully import your pool, provided that your system dataset is on your pool (that you did not move it to your boot drive after you created your fist pool) it's likely that we can recover your configuration from its automatic backup location on your data pool. So, come back here and advise when you have imported your datapool into a fresh install of TrueNAS and we'll help you see if we can go find your configuration file.

great thanks i will do that and let you know once it's completed, just to confirm I just need to install the new installer normally? when I am doing that it's saying it will wipe the data! or i can ignore that

 

[Redcoat]

Yes, it will tell you that it is going to do that to the boot drive.

Just to be sure, why don't you disconnect your hard drives so that they cannot possibly be written to? Then make the new boot drive.

 

[faz]

Yes, it will tell you that it is going to do that to the boot drive.

Just to be sure, why don't you disconnect your hard drives so that they cannot possibly be written to? Then make the new boot drive.

good news just manage to reinstall the new installer and imported the Pool and it's imported everything all the plugins and all of the data which is great so i didn't lost anything just few settings like local user accounts but it's great that with just importing the pool it's fixed everything

 

[Redcoat]

good news

Good job - glad you're up and running again!

 

[faz]

Hi Guys so i have a bit more issue i managed to get access to all the Jails and the data is there but i can't create a SMB share so i can access that data and make a copy of them , i had this share working properly before ,

some screen shots to give you a bit more info