Upgraded Freenas need to import drives and Plex media after restart crash

[pcgumshoe]

I was running a 9.3 stable version and everything worked fine for as long as the computer stayed on. Whenever I shut down the freenas system, I lose access to my Plex Media server. The last time, I couldn't get the plug-in to turn on. Therefore, I upgraded to 9.10 stable today and am trying to find instructions for how to reinstall the HDDs without losing the data on them then reinstall the plexmedia plug-in.

 

[danb35]

Best answer is to upload the backup of the config file you hopefully saved from your old installation. If you have a saved config file, that will give you everything as it used to be--users, shares, services, jails, etc. Failing that, go to Storage -> Import Volume and you should be able to import your pool without any data loss.

 

[pcgumshoe]

I didn't do a back up, I assumed the boot was corrupted somehow. I don't know why the server works until it is shut down and then turned back on. I've imported the volumes and am installing plex, but not sure about after that.

 

[gpsguy]

Please post detailed hardware information, per the forum rules at the top of the page.

Do you have a static IP address on your server? If not, one of your problems might be due to the IP address changing after a restart.