I'm planning on switching HBAs in my existing freenas system and adding an expander. I want to test things out for awhile before I start using the new hardware for real with my actual disks installed.
So my plan is:
Is that a safe plan? Will FreeNAS have any issues with the current pool being missing, and will it detect it again once I reinstall all of that pool's disks? Anything else I should do?
So my plan is:
- Shut down FreeNAS.
- Remove all the disks from the current pool. Set them aside.
- Replace the HBA and add the expander.
- Install some different disks that don't have anything important on them.
- Start FreeNAS.
- Make sure everything works properly, build a new pool, mess around for a bit.
- Delete the testing pool.
- Shut down
- Reinstall the original disks
- Start FreeNAS again.
Is that a safe plan? Will FreeNAS have any issues with the current pool being missing, and will it detect it again once I reinstall all of that pool's disks? Anything else I should do?