Discussion: Linux jails... Do you use them?
So the question is simple, do you use linux jails? The question has been brought up in bug ticket 5624 "Can we remove the linux jails?" If you have used them or you read the forums a lot you'd know a...
View ArticleFreeNAS 9.2.1.7 is now available
Hi folks, Well, we said 9.2.1.6 would be the last in the 9.2.1.x series, but CVE-2014-3560 (a possible remote Samba exploit) forced us to change those plans. Come and get it from here, as usual! While...
View ArticleCreate zfs mirror by adding a drive?
Hi there, I run my own business and have been using Freenas on an HP Proliant Microserver for over a year but it just sits there. The factory HDD suddenly died and I had no solution. I use FreeNas for...
View ArticleFirmware Updates to LSI HBA?
Got some new LSI HBA cards for some new setups I'm doing. In my older servers I'm not sure what version of the IT firmware they are running. Seems like the suggested version of the firmware is version...
View ArticleIntel Pentium 4 511 (Prescott, 2.8 Ghz)
I have an old Dell (Optiplex 170L)with this processor running FreeNAS 9.2.1.6 32-bit. According to Intel's Ark page for this processor, it's 64-bit capable. But every 64-bit OS I've tried on it now has...
View ArticlePlease guide me to narrow down performance issue with build
Firstly, thank you in advance to anyone who can offer some assistance. I had been lurking around here for awhile, reading and learning mostly (or trying to), posted a few times. I still consider myself...
View ArticleAccess is denied with CIFS
Hi all, I am new to FreeNAS. Also, I have no background in Uinx... I have build FreeNAS-9.2.1.5-RELEASE-x64 (80c1d35). Everything is working as it should be. I enabled CIFS in services, and copy my...
View ArticlePython Script to Monitor Drive Temps
I have a python script that parses the SmartCtl output and essentially tokenizes its output (select fields) and prints all your drives and their drive temps automatically. I currently use it on FreeNAS...
View ArticleRAM memory scrub option?
Hi One theme that's very regularly mentioned is the need for ECC-ram and even the need to follow that up (via ecc-ram logs). Unfortunately it's very difficult for us mortals to check ECC-ram . ZFS adds...
View ArticleVirtualBox Error - AIOMgr
I have run into some issues with the VirtualBox Jail being unstable. Here is the error from the Log: Code (text): 20:26:48.428660 VBVA: VRDP acceleration has been requested. 20:27:04.257411 VBVA: VRDP...
View ArticleWhat Disks to Buy? NL-SAS Worth it?
Hey Everybody, So I'm working on first build and I'm in the final stages. Been doing a lot of reading on NL-SAS and brands of hd's, but it seems that HGST is coming out on top for reliability? Western...
View ArticleAccess freenas gui outside network
Hi, Does anyone know how to configure your router to access my freenas gui from work for say? My internal ip for freenas box is on 192.168.1.133, not sure about the port. Any help would be appreciated....
View ArticleSyslog Server? Do you use one?
Ideas for a syslog server? Does anybody use this feature? Input & Ideas/Opinions welcome!... Thanks,
View Articleorphan jail template with no dataset
Hi is there a way I can nuke all my warden templates? I have 2 that are active and I have one orphan one that shows up in warden template list, but if I try to delete it, it complains that it has no...
View Articlefreenas caching/resolving initiator name incorrectly
I'm stumped at the moment. I'm running FreeNAS-9.2.1.5 and I have presented a volume via iSCSI for a CentOS 6 server. I have a CentOS 6 server and its IQN in /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi is defined...
View Article[How-To] ownCloud using NGINX, PHP-FPM, and MySQL
INTRODUCTION This guide's purpose is to show my recommended method to install ownCloud in a jail on FreeNAS. This method will have superior performance over the PBI method because this stack uses...
View ArticleCannot use CIFS share on one machine and can on another
I recently got the new beta hardware from Google Fiber and am having troubles with my freenas. I have Windows 7 HTPC connected via ethernet and a Windows 7 laptop via wifi. After getting the new...
View ArticleHello from Tampa
Howdy. I just started using FreeNAS last week, after my five year old OpenSolaris file server started getting wonky. I'm somewhat familiar working with zfs filesystems, since that's why I decided to...
View Articledirectory services will not start
Installed a new Freenas 9.2.1.7 (X64) but I cannot get Active directory integration going. I have got CIFS share working but every time I start Directory services it states "the service could not be...
View Articlesam_rids_to_names: possible deadlock - trying to lookup SID
I was running 9.2.1.5 fine, no issues. Went to upgrade to 9.2.1.6 and I am getting this error below all the time in the console, Jul 4 21:30:30 freenas winbindd[8098]: sam_rids_to_names: possible...
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