Challenges creating a bootable Install USB
I downloaded and installed Scale on my ESXi host several months ago and am ready to put it on bare metal. So I create a bootable Install USB using Rufus and Etcher but no matter what I try, I can't get...
View ArticleRepurposing of HP Proliant DL160 G6 for TrueNAS?
Hi, I have an old HP DL160 Gen6 sitting around that I would like to repurpose for a TrueNAS server. It is a basic setup; - 1U - dual-Xeon CPUs (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @2.67GHz) - 72G RAM - dual bay...
View ArticleBest redundancy option for 4 bay ITX case?
I'm planning out a new TrueNAS ITX build with 4 bays. Historically I have always ran all 4 bays with RAID-Z1 (or RAID-5 on other systems), however I am more paranoid than I used to be. With HDD...
View ArticleHomeLab with UCS environment
Hello everyone, I am trying to build a SAN lab and connect it to my current UCS network. I am planning to buy the hardware below: - HP DL360p Gen8 with LSI SAS9207-8e and HP 81E HBA cards (Trueness to...
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How can an end-user install ZeroTier on TrueNAS Scale?
Hi, I read that ZeroTier has been removed from being included in the default FreeNAS, due to some licensing issues with including it by default: r/freenas - 11.3 and zerotier 10 votes and 6 comments so...
View ArticlePool shows offline on GUI but its gone on CLI
Hello Peoples, I removed a Pool from my Truenas server and reused those disks onto my main pool. This was done via CLI. Code: zpool status pool: dual state: ONLINE scan: scrub repaired 0B in 04:52:17...
View ArticleMultipath multipath/disk4 connection is not optimal
Greetings everyone! I am a bit of a novice when it comes to errors such as the one in the title of this post. I've been using FreeNAS/TrueNAS for years with little to no issues. Hence why I am a...
View ArticleReplication error 11.3
Hi All, I have 2 systems on 11.3 and I'm trying to replicate a ZVOL from one system to the other. I keep getting the following error. Source 'ISCSI_Storage/Backup Storage' is a volume, but target...
View ArticleTruenas bug : failed source .. is a volume, but target ... already exists and...
Truenas replication task error. Replication "pool1\xxxx\ISCI_vm_root backup" failed: Source 'pool1\xxxx\IS_vm_root' is a volume, but target 'pool3' already exists and is a filesystem. Although there is...
View ArticleSAS HBA advice
Hi guys, I've been reading a lot in this Forum. Thanks for all the information!! I am building my first FreeNAS / TrueNAS (Core) soon and not sure yet about my SAS HBA controllers. I've got these...
View ArticleMove disks between two Freenas system
Firstly, thanks to all that contribute on this Forum -its superhelpful. As per my signature, I have 2 Freenas systems. System 2 was where I started. System 1 is what I have just put together. I want to...
View ArticleFreeNAS-11.3-U5 - Procedure for replacing encrypted pool drive is NOT...
I have one geli encrypted pool configured on my 11.3-U5 Mini XL+. Since the system boots and unlocks my volume automatically, I understand this means there's NO passphrase enabled. I then discovered...
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Trunascore, Unable to expand the volume and now encryption issue...
Here is my attempt to solve the issue over at LTT. Frustrated with FreeNas and need help... Unable to update Freenas (Solved), Unable to expand the volume and now encryption issue... Hello and thanks...
View ArticleBest redundancy option for 4 bay ITX case?
I'm planning out a new TrueNAS ITX build with 4 bays. Historically I have always ran all 4 bays with RAID-Z1 (or RAID-5 on other systems), however I am more paranoid than I used to be. With HDD...
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ZFS Snapshots not working
Hey guys, I have a new Ryzen build running with Scale 21.02 for over a month to replace my 12 years old Atom with the old FreeNAS/Nas4Free. This is a fantastic project and I'm really loving it. So far...
View ArticleReplace failed drive with slightly smaller
Hi My pool has 7.28 TiB drives and one failed. I'd tried to replace with the same PN, but new disk shows only 7.15 TiB. Any chance to replace failed one with this? Thanks Ben
View ArticleAhrens: ZFS performance is fine above 80%
Quoth they: I've seen warnings that you should always stay below 50% and definitely below 80% usage Click to expand... I don't agree with those warnings. Lots of people successfully use ZFS all the way...
View ArticleReplacing an encrypted drive (possibly with itself) and failure diagnosis
FreeNAS-11.2-U8 CPU: Intel i3-6100 MEM: Samsung 16GB DDR4 2133 ECC X8 2R (M391A2K43BB1-CPB) MBO: Supermicro X11SSL-CF Data: 6x Toshiba DT01ACA300 + 1 hot spare Boot: Samsung 830 SSD PSU: Corsair RM750x...
View ArticleUnhealthy pool status.
I have one drive with a checksum of 61. Should I change the drive ASAP? Code: root@freenas:~ # zpool status FREENASPOOL pool: FREENASPOOL state: ONLINE status: One or more devices has experienced an...
View ArticleBest way to setup 2 pc's 1 iSCSi target
So I'm trying to find out the best way to set this up, I wont be using them at the same time but if that's possible it would be a nice bonus. I'm going to use it as a shared game library, the reason im...
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