Volume Manager can't 'see' 6 data drives

[cbbc]

I have a newly built NAS with 2x boot USB drives AND my 6x WD 4TB drives.
FreeNAS 11.2-BETA3 (but using legacy UI as I can't find volume manager in new ui)

I am stuck trying to locate my data drives - well, get FreeNAS to see them!

Problem:
In legacy UI, I can "see" my 2 boot USB drives AND my 6 WD 4TB drives (JPG2) under Storage > Volumes > View Disks
But, when I try to add a volume, with the Volume Manager, it FreeNAS only "sees" my USB drives.

FYI:
I had previously played around with FreeNAS 11 beta and I think added a volume via the wizard... could the 4TB drives be somehow locked?
Is this something I need to do on CLI command line to free them up?

 

[Ericloewe]

First of all, stop calling them "volumes". They're pools.

I think added a volume via the wizard

That would explain it. Export it, mark the disks as new, and try again.

 

[kdragon75]

But, when I try to add a volume, with the Volume Manager

You can't blame him. The terminology in the UI is wrong.

 

[danb35]

I can't find volume manager in new ui

"Volume Manager" has gone away, as iX has finally stopped calling pools volumes. The equivalent functionality is in Storage/Pools in the new GUI.

 

[Ericloewe]

You can't blame him.

I don't. I fully realize this is a result of long-dead functionality. All that is left of it is the grotesque zombie that is the expression "volume", which only serves to complicate things for everyone.

The terminology in the UI is wrong.

Not in the new GUI and corresponding documentation. I successfully lobbied for the change and it was included by the time BETA1 came around.

 

[cbbc]

Pools! My bad. Ah, hmmm, another correction, I'm using 11.2-BETA2

I've tried to see how to export this [old, wizard-created] pool. But can't see where, in new UI or old. Any suggestions?
Nor can I see where to mark the disks as new. Help?!

 

[danb35]

It's "Detach" and "Destroy data":

 

[Ericloewe]

Come to think of it, perhaps "detach" is also a poor choice of words...

 

[Ericloewe]

I went ahead and filed a bug report for this nomenclature question: https://redmine.ixsystems.com/issues/46168

 

[cbbc]

Detach is not an option, sadly... Any suggestions for my situation, where:

• FreeNAS 11.2-BETA2, New UI
• "No pools" listed in Storage > Pools
• but 8 devices (2x USB boot and 6 ada0,ada1,ada2,ada3,ada4,ada,5,ada6 HHDs

Do I need to do some fdsk of other in the Shell? Like to maybe delete some old partition tables?

 

[kdragon75]

If you can see the drives in the "drives" view, there should be an option to "wipe" the disks. Just use EXTREME caution not to select the wrong drive.

 

[cbbc]

Here is the New Pool view...

 

[cbbc]

Thanks @kdragon75, I am looking for wipe options... attached is view of the Edit screen for one of the drives... no 'wipe' that I can see...

 

[cbbc]

Solved:
I powered down the server, pulled the 6x HHDs (hotswap). Powered the server up. Checked that FreeNAS booted happily. (It did, though I had to reset the password again in the Shell.
Then, inserted HHDs back into server one by one.
Now when I try to make a new Pool, it offers me the 6 empty drives.
I successfully created a RAIDZ2 Pool using all 6 disks, giving me 14TB of space -