So this is how it ends..... (or, advice for starting over)

[SaltyCoffee]

It has been a race to the finish getting this new NAS built before the old one fully engulfed itself in flame. And I nearly made it......

But I think the week I took to properly burn-in the new drives was all the time the old drives needed to decide they'd be better off dead. Spinning them up once more after 5 years of proper abuse (and the first break longer than 15 minutes they've ever had) was the last straw for them and I lost the pool trying to zfs send/receive (lost 2 of the 3, finito).

So.... Obviously all that's left is to get the new pool into position for duty. And my aim is to get it set up with the same config as the previous. I did manage to move the system dataset to the boot-pool before things went belly-up. And I have many config back ups to choose from, including one from just before bringing the new pool online, with all data ready to load in from backup. Before I get started, I'd like to know 2 things:

1. Is it as simple as starting from scratch the way I created the first NAS? Then load in the backup data/configs?
2. What do I not know that will help me not balls this up any more than I have?

Thanks for any input.

 

[Samuel Tai]

If the new has identical hardware to the old, then recreating your pools, restoring data to the pools, and reloading your configs should get you back in business. You may have to fiddle with permissions in your datasets afterwards, but you're looking at a straightforward process.

If the new has different hardware, you'll need to recreate your networking after reloading the config. Still pretty straightforward, though.

 

[SaltyCoffee]

Ok, thanks for weighing in. I guess I just needed a nod from a pro. Should I wipe the drives first? There's some debris left over from the failed move.

 

[Samuel Tai]

Ok, thanks for weighing in. I guess I just needed a nod from a pro. Should I wipe the drives first? There's some debris left over from the failed move.

No need. Just destroy the affected datasets, and recreate empty.