reinstall FreeNAS without losing data in pool

[master-richie]

I'm troubleshooting a cpl problems I'm having with hardware and I'm at the point where I think I may want to start with a fresh install of FreeNAS 9.3 ... trouble is I've already copied and sorted half a gig of data that would take hrs to put back.

Question: is there an easy way to do the reinstall without losing my data? thanks!

 

[dlavigne]

That's the whole point of separating the OS from the storage disks. You can reinstall the boot device all you want without affecting the storage data.

 

[master-richie]

That's the whole point of separating the OS from the storage disks. You can reinstall the boot device all you want without affecting the storage data.

I thought zfs used encryption and if you didn't prepare for a migration, you wouldn't be able to access the data again?

 

[dlavigne]

Only if you checked encryption when you created the volume. If you did, make sure you know the passphrase and have a copy of the keys.