How to stop FreeNAS from using swap
Hi, With the recent 11.1 release I am seeing FreeNAS memory using swap all the time. I have maxed out my ram with 32G I have a raidz2 with 6x4TB disks. View attachment 22103 I have a rancher OS VM...
View ArticleHowto: FN11 Jails for Plex(Plexpass), PlexPy, Sonarr, Radarr, Jackett, and...
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View ArticleHow to install NextCloud 12.3 on FreeNAS 11 with all checks passed
This is a how to install Nextcloud 12.3 with all checks passed on FreeNAS 11. This is a rewrite of the original post...
View ArticleBricked WD EX4 - Can I use FreeNAS to recover?
My WD My Cloud EX4 (16TB) looks like it's bricked, but I believe the data on the drives (setup using RAID5) is intact. If I were to install FreeNAS on a machine, would it be able to access the data...
View ArticleImport Disk Status
Hi there, Is there a way to see the status of the import disk process? When I import disk I have no idea when it is finished importing. On import of few files it's not a big deal but i need to transfer...
View ArticleWhere are iocage jails stored?
I'm trying to learn where iocage jails are stored on FreeNAS 11.1, so I can be sure they are snaspshoted and replicated to my backup server, but I'm baffled. I see /mnt/iocage contains my jails, but...
View ArticleSystem updated to 11.1 stable: promote dataset?
Hi! I have two servers in a replication group. Upgraded one of the servers to 11.1-stable. Should I promote the datasets on the 11.1-stable server before upgrading the other server to 11.1? What does...
View ArticlePlex Pass Plugin Not Playing Movies
Hi, Help needed First of all I would like to thank everyone that has helped me in the past. I'm curious to see if anyone else has had issues with Plex not playing movies. My TV and music seems to be...
View ArticleFreeNAS was receiving ip via DHCP, not anymore. ifconfig pics inside
Hello all, I had an issue come up today, my freenas server was receiving an ip address via DHCP from my pfSense netgate sg-2440 switch. I restarted the server and now the server is no longer assigned...
View Article[How-To] Set up Time Machine for multiple machines with OSX Server-Style Quotas
Normally, when you setup Time Machine (TM) you must use a Quota of some sort, or Time Machine will allocate all of the space on your FreeNAS server. The traditional approach is to use a dataset quota,...
View Articleunlock encrypted volumes after reboot?
I have been running V11 for the last 6 months for personal use on my home netowrk - my first work with freenas. I upgraded to 11-1 last week and upon reboot I had to unlock the storage. I have 4 WD...
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RAID 10 - Probability Of Two Disks In Any Sub-Array (Mirrored RAID) Failing
Chart illustrating the probability of a two drive failure in a RAID 10 (striped RAID 1 sets) configuration being a mirrored pair. In other words, if any two drives fail simultaneously, the chart below...
View ArticleIs extending RAIDZ volumes coming soon?
Hey all, I read that ZFS has added the ability to extend/grow volumes in recent months. Is the ability to grow a RAIDZ volume in FreeNAS on the road map? I would love to be able to grow my current...
View ArticleProblem updating to 11 with USB
Hi all, I am trying to update my freenas 9.10 o 11. I have written the ISO to a USB which I am able to boot from and even install to a different USB stick. The issue I have is, after booting the USB...
View ArticleA new message with 11.1-RC1
I haven't seen this one before: "dellfreenas daemon[3282]: 2017/11/01 10:17:08 [WARN] agent: Check 'service:nas-health' is now warning" Anyone have any ideas? I searched but didn't turn up anything.
View ArticleHow to install NextCloud 12.3 on FreeNAS 11 with all checks passed
This is a how to install Nextcloud 12.3 with all checks passed on FreeNAS 11. This is a rewrite of the original post...
View ArticleHOW-TO: Set up NGINX to reverse proxy your jails w/ Certbot
Disclaimer: -I'm making this guide simply to help other people, i just put together multiple guides found on the internet (which i'll post below). This is meant to be as easy as it gets for a newbie to...
View ArticleRAID Level Oopsie - how to recover best?
How you ask, I have no idea. I somehow chose the wrong RAID Z level when I initially set up my pool. The math worked out perfectly with 1024 math so I didn't even think about it. But looks like I have...
View ArticleUnauthorized Reboot - 11.1-RELEASE
My system has been very stable for years. Specs are in my signature. Last night, I got this email: Code:System booted at Sat Dec 30 09:02:40 2017 was not shut down properly Email was received at...
View ArticlePlex metadata not fully populating
Hi there Just upgraded my system from AMD to Intel, Freenas 9.10 to 11.1. Loaded up the pool and all setup. Started a fresh Jail system and imported my files over to /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media...
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