Hi all,
I needed some advise on what the best solution would be for me to move some or all of my data out of my now corrupted FreeNAS so that I can wipe/format the OS and data drives and build a new clean system.
Here is the hardware we have available to move data to/from:
I tried my best to be as detailed as possible here, but if I missed something or if anyone needs more info, please let me know and I can get that right away.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mehul
I needed some advise on what the best solution would be for me to move some or all of my data out of my now corrupted FreeNAS so that I can wipe/format the OS and data drives and build a new clean system.
Here is the hardware we have available to move data to/from:
- FreeNAS-main -- 40TB RAW (using RaidZ2 it's about 94% full) - FreeNAS (FreeNAS-11.1-U4) installed
- FreeNAS-sandbox01 -- 32TB RAW empty - FreeNAS (FreeNAS-11.1-U4) installed
- FreeNAS-sandbox02 -- 32TB RAW empty - No OS installed
- After multiple hard resets and random shutdowns, the system is now unable to boot up to the main page with 11 options and a webURL to access to GUI.
- Bootup is halted at some point where I am left with
db>
prompt.
- I tried
continue
andreset
options at thedb>
prompt but it didn't help.
- Then I tried to boot up the installer USB so that I can select shell from it. Was stuck on "GRUB" screen but was able to resolve the issue with the help of THIS thread
- Once loaded, I selected #3 "SHELL" and according to THIS thread, I typed in
#zpool import
and was able to see my raidz2 pool calledmedia
with all the drives ONLINE
- I would like to import this pool then copy the data onto my new 80TB drives that I have yet to install
- Is it possible to take my 40TB drives (10 x 4TB) and move the HDDs from
FreeNAS-main
toFreeNAS-sandbox01
and get it up and running onFreeNAS-sandbox01
? - This way, I would have
FreeNAS-sandbox01
with my old data and I can format/wipe the OS onFreeNAS-main
, install (10 x 8TB) and copy/rearrange the data back fromFreeNAS-sandbox01
toFreeNAS-main
I tried my best to be as detailed as possible here, but if I missed something or if anyone needs more info, please let me know and I can get that right away.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mehul