XigmaNAS

Posted: **07 Apr 2019 23:07**

Thank you @JoseMR... Let me know what you can come up with....

Posted: **08 Apr 2019 00:39**

Hello, I've tested RootOnZFS on the latest release under a VM with all the available installer options, everything seems to be working as expected here(defaults on bellow screenshots):

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The zfsinstaller script is very strict upon errors(-e option) and it will just stop if any, but we can temporarily disable this option and launch the script directly to see what happens, just follow below steps to do so before entering to debug in which may take awhile.

Directions:
1: Boot from LiveMedia installer and disable the -e option on the zfsinstaller like shown below:

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sed -i '' "s|/bin/sh -e|/bin/sh|" /etc/install/zfsinstall.sh

2: Launch the zfsinstaller script directly:

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/etc/install/zfsinstall.sh

3: Install RootOnZFS as usual, tip: if there's no plan on using unallocated space for L2ARC/ZIL(no need in SOHO servers), use all avail apace to hold as much as Boot environments as possible, or user custom Data if desired.

Look at the console for the install progress for any hang, if there's no hangs at all try booting from the new installation.

Also you can disconnect anything but the target drives during installation just in case there's offending metadata in other device(s), additionally try to use default SATA connectors in AHCI mode whenever possible, as a last resort it is recommended to run Memtest86+ on legacy hardware for possible memory issues.

Regards

Posted: **08 Apr 2019 18:10**

Hi... I'm having problems with the first command:

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sed -i '' "s|/bin/sh -e|/bin/sh|" /etc/install/zfsinstall.sh

I get the following error:

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sed 1 "/etc/install/zfsinstall.sh": command i expects \ followed by text

Could you verify the command please...

Thanks again for your help!!!
Ben

Posted: **08 Apr 2019 21:20**

bjs wrote: ↑
08 Apr 2019 18:10
Hi... I'm having problems with the first command:

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Could you verify the command please...

Thanks again for your help!!!
Ben

Hi, the command is working fine for me on either SSH/Console see below:

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If you have problems with the sed command, you may want to use "ee /etc/install/zfsinstall.sh" and edit by hand carefully and save the file.

Regards

Posted: **08 Apr 2019 22:27**

Hi... Thanks for your patience!!! I found my problem, a missing pipe....

Everything looks good until I get to this point:

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partcode written to ada0p1
bootcode written to ada0
partcode written to ada1p1
bootcode written to ada1
kern.geom.debugflags: 16 -> 0
Creating/adding swap Mirror
GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/swap launched
Unmount CD/USB Drive
Creating dataset Data...
Done!
Creating system default snapshot...
Done!
cannot export 'zroot': pool is busy
xigmanas: ~#

I have not tried to boot this yet as I figure the pool was never exported and the install is still not complete... Any suggestions on where to go from here???

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 00:34**

bjs wrote: ↑
08 Apr 2019 22:27
Hi... Thanks for your patience!!! I found my problem, a missing pipe....

Everything looks good until I get to this point:
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partcode written to ada0p1
bootcode written to ada0
partcode written to ada1p1
bootcode written to ada1
kern.geom.debugflags: 16 -> 0
Creating/adding swap Mirror
GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/swap launched
Unmount CD/USB Drive
Creating dataset Data...
Done!
Creating system default snapshot...
Done!
cannot export 'zroot': pool is busy
xigmanas: ~#
I have not tried to boot this yet as I figure the pool was never exported and the install is still not complete... Any suggestions on where to go from here???

Hello, looks like some process is still working on the zroot/disk, at that point were the installer stop, you can run the below command and post the output to see what is holding up the pool:

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lsof | grep zroot

While you can manually force pool export using -f and try boot, it is not the correct way to solve things, so just out of curiosity, I would use an alternate/spare disk(with no important data on it), either HDD/SSD and try installing on that device and see if the install completes normally, so we can exclude for possible disk misbehaving.

Regards

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 01:36**

When I try to run that command, I get:

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lsof: Command not found

I was however able to manually run:

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zpool export zroot

I didn't get any error or anything... Would you know the rest of the commands to finish the install manually??? Like how to change the mount point to /, right now zroot is mounted on /mnt??? Where I need to import the pool back to??? I think it's close, just need to get it finished up...

Thanks again for all you help and patience with my install!!!!

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 02:21**

bjs wrote: ↑
09 Apr 2019 01:36
When I try to run that command, I get:
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lsof: Command not found
I was however able to manually run:
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zpool export zroot
I didn't get any error or anything... Would you know the rest of the commands to finish the install manually??? Like how to change the mount point to /, right now zroot is mounted on /mnt??? Where I need to import the pool back to??? I think it's close, just need to get it finished up...

Thanks again for all you help and patience with my install!!!!

Hello, you are right, sorry I did missed that xNAS don't ship with "lsoft" by default.

As for the commands to finish the installation, basically after the default snapshot creation and the "zpool export zroot" the installer just finish there, so if you manage to export manually the zroot pool, you can try rebooting, also try an alternate drive for installation as previously mentioned(no USB devices here though).

Between it looks like something is taking longer to be processed/finished in that specific hardware thus preventing the clean installation.

Personally I've managed to run ZFS installer in a very low spec VM with single core@40% max execution and 2GB RAM on my last test on purpose, and the installer just ran fine as well as for the boot process, despite being abit so slow as expected due the CPU cap.

My advice at this point is to try to manually export the zroot pool and check if the system can boot normally, if no success please run Memtest86+ on that system.

Regards

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 03:57**

Hello... No problems... Really appreciate all your help...

No joy trying to boot after issuing the command to export the pool... However, I was able to install FreeBSD 11.2 with RootOnZFS and it boots just fine without changing a thing... Now granted I didn't make a dataset or snapshot... But FreeBSD 11.2 did install RootOnZFS and boot!!!

Just something in the install script that my system doesn't like... Is there anyway to mount the USB flash drive with XigmaNas and just copy the files into my pool???

Anyway, I know it works and will boot from the SSDs, so I'm open to more suggestions on how to get XigmaNAS installed...

Thanks again for all your help!!!
Ben

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 06:04**

bjs wrote: ↑
09 Apr 2019 03:57
Hello... No problems... Really appreciate all your help...

No joy trying to boot after issuing the command to export the pool... However, I was able to install FreeBSD 11.2 with RootOnZFS and it boots just fine without changing a thing... Now granted I didn't make a dataset or snapshot... But FreeBSD 11.2 did install RootOnZFS and boot!!!

Just something in the install script that my system doesn't like... Is there anyway to mount the USB flash drive with XigmaNas and just copy the files into my pool???

Anyway, I know it works and will boot from the SSDs, so I'm open to more suggestions on how to get XigmaNAS installed...

Thanks again for all your help!!!
Ben

Hello, sorry to hear that, between the zfsinstaller is based of the bsdinstall zroot setup so I will take a look into and see if there's something new in that regards, other than that, the zfsinataller also copy files from the LiveMedium into the zroot pool plus adds a default snap, and this files will be as healthy as the LiveMedium state, hence it is recommended to verify downloaded files checksums just to be sure.

In regards to copy files from the LiveUSB to the zpool it is not possible without a ton of work and the FreeBSD install will likely break.

what you can do since FreeBSD installed as you described, is simply to install my utility "bemanager" and import from a fresh XigmaNAS Boot Environment file, after that you can keep upgrading from there as normal.

If you are up for this, just let me know and I will create a compressed latest XNAS Boot Environment file for you to import on your already running FreeBSD system.

Regards

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 11:06**

Hello... Again, thanks for all you help!!!

I understand that it's not possible to install XigmaNAS over my FreeBSD install from the live USB installer... It was just a thought and wishful thinking... lol... I am good with trying to install XigmaNAS from importing a compressed Boot Environment file... I have looked at your utility, bemanager... Since you state bemanager is a wrapper for beadm, I'm assuming that I will need to install that from ports, so I will go ahead and get that installed... Is there any particular directory I should install bemanager???

Thanks again!!!
Ben

Posted: **09 Apr 2019 17:44**

bjs wrote: ↑
09 Apr 2019 11:06
Hello... Again, thanks for all you help!!!

I understand that it's not possible to install XigmaNAS over my FreeBSD install from the live USB installer... It was just a thought and wishful thinking... lol... I am good with trying to install XigmaNAS from importing a compressed Boot Environment file... I have looked at your utility, bemanager... Since you state bemanager is a wrapper for beadm, I'm assuming that I will need to install that from ports, so I will go ahead and get that installed... Is there any particular directory I should install bemanager???

Thanks again!!!
Ben

Hello, the install method based on a pre-build BE is completely functional as long as the base system match the BE's base system, so in this particular case we are talking about latest XNAS 11.2 imported into an vanilla FreeBSD 11.2.

The instructions are very simple assuming the user has previous experience installing and running a default FreeBSD installation, and able to use the command line to install pre-compiled packages at least, so lets gets started:

Overall basic directions:
1: Install FreeBSD 11.2 into an HDD/SSD with either BIOS/GPT or BIOS+UEFI.
2: Install the beadm, cdialog and then the bemanager utility.
3: Import the XigmaNAS 11.2 BE file then activate and reboot.

After FreeBSD 11.2 installation and proper networking setup, use below command to install the beadm, cdialog and bemanager one by one(this can be done in SSH with copy/paste):

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pkg install beadm
pkg install cdialog
fetch --no-verify-peer https://github.com/JRGTH/bemanager/archive/master.zip && tar -xf master.zip --strip-components 1 bemanager-master/bemanager && chmod 555 bemanager && mv bemanager /usr/local/sbin/bemanager && rm master.zip

After the previous FreeBSD install and pkg setup, execute "bemanager" in the shell and follow the below instruction to import latest XigmaNAS BE release with tftp already fixed:

Directions:
1: Download the latest unofficial XigmaNAS release BE from HERE
2: With FileZilla or WinSCP place the .ZFS BE file under /mnt in FreeBSD
3: Execute "bemanager" from the shell and follow the below instructions to import and activate the XigmaNAS BE

After executing "bemanager" follow the below self explanatory quick setup:

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Reboot and voila, at this point if there is nothing wrong with XigmaNAS own kernel/boot on your system, the system should be able to boot into XigmaNAS while at the same time retrieve the FreeBSD base installation BE intact.

Regards

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for the data lost or damage caused by the instruction provided in this thread, use solely at your own risk.

Posted: **14 Apr 2019 21:28**

bjs wrote: ↑
09 Apr 2019 11:06
Hello... Again, thanks for all you help!!!

I understand that it's not possible to install XigmaNAS over my FreeBSD install from the live USB installer... It was just a thought and wishful thinking... lol... I am good with trying to install XigmaNAS from importing a compressed Boot Environment file... I have looked at your utility, bemanager... Since you state bemanager is a wrapper for beadm, I'm assuming that I will need to install that from ports, so I will go ahead and get that installed... Is there any particular directory I should install bemanager???

Thanks again!!!
Ben

Hi, I dunno if you already tried to importing a BE over existing FreeBSD install which actually work, just wanted to inform that if you are willing to test RootOnZFS MBR that I've posted HERE feedback is much appreciated.

Regards

Posted: **16 Apr 2019 11:01**

Hey there JoseMR,

I worked on it for a couple days but since I could only get my system to boot with MBR, I gave up trying to import the Boot Environment and put my second SSD in my PLEX server box and just installed XigmaNAS on UFS... If I had known you were willing to do this, I would have waited... I appreciate your work to make RootOnZFS for MBR a possibility for me and others with older hardware... I promise I won't let all your hard work go to waste though, as soon as I can get another matching SSD, I will give this a try and let you know how I make out...

I do have one question though... I see you started a thread about this under the Beta Build section of the forum... Will I need to run the beta version of XigmaNAS or will the 11.2 release work as well???

Ben

Posted: **16 Apr 2019 16:59**

bjs wrote: ↑
16 Apr 2019 11:01
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I do have one question though... I see you started a thread about this under the Beta Build section of the forum... Will I need to run the beta version of XigmaNAS or will the 11.2 release work as well???

Ben

Hi, I've posted in the beta section as it is not yet added into base, but definitely the installer works on either latest 11.2 or 12.0, between just give it couple more time for the test, as I will update that thread completely as I've also added full GELI encryption(GPT) to the installer.

EDIT: Just updated thread HERE

Regards

Posted: **27 Apr 2019 22:56**

Gurus of rootonzfs,

i would like to reinstall my system but have only 4 sata channels, which I would keep for data disks.

could I use 2 x 32 gb branded usb sticks, or is there a better option?

my system would have 2x2tb mirror and most likely another mirror of 2x3tb. got 32 gigs of ram, so swap shouldn’ t be an issue.

or would I be better off with a pci-e card for more sata channels?

thanks

edit: my scsi card pass thrugh errors out with geom errors, so I had to remove it :-/

Posted: **28 Apr 2019 12:33**

Not a guru but if that was my system, I would get another HBA (LSI 8211-8i or equivalent) or a PCI(e) SATA card and use that for my data drives and leave the on-board SATA ports for my boot drives, (SSDs or 2.5" hard drives)... Just my two cents...

Ben

Posted: **28 Apr 2019 13:58**

danzi wrote: ↑
27 Apr 2019 22:56
Gurus of rootonzfs,

i would like to reinstall my system but have only 4 sata channels, which I would keep for data disks.

could I use 2 x 32 gb branded usb sticks, or is there a better option?

my system would have 2x2tb mirror and most likely another mirror of 2x3tb. got 32 gigs of ram, so swap shouldn’ t be an issue.

or would I be better off with a pci-e card for more sata channels?

thanks

edit: my scsi card pass thrugh errors out with geom errors, so I had to remove it :-/

While I agree with bjs in this regard, unless the hardware is actually limited, you can use 2x identical branded Fast USB 3.x drives, even if plugged/limited into an USB 2.0 port, the performance is way better that any regular USB 2.0 drive.

Alternatively you can use any IDE/SATA to USB adapter to use older 2.5" drives as long as the bridge allows for boot, this particular model I have uses Jmicron bridges and does works fine.

However, I personally tested RootOnZFS on a pair of Samsung 32GB USB3.0 sticks on my Supermicro X8SI6-F internal USB2.0 ports with good results for almost 2 years before switching to 2.5" drives for boot.

Regards

Posted: **28 Apr 2019 20:38**

bjs wrote: ↑
28 Apr 2019 12:33
Not a guru but if that was my system, I would get another HBA (LSI 8211-8i or equivalent) or a PCI(e) SATA card and use that for my data drives and leave the on-board SATA ports for my boot drives, (SSDs or 2.5" hard drives)... Just my two cents...

Ben

I'd love another HBA, but reluctant to go for another used card.

the one I have is HP/LSI 9121-4i SAS2008, I flashed it to the latest bios, works fine for about a day, then system freezes and needs a reboot. I removed the heatsink, cleared the old grease, applied new, even added a small fan on it... didn't help... But I guess any pci-e 6Gbps HBA would suffice as long as it is supported by FreeBSD 11.x, right?

Btw: I do have dual-usb to sata direct cables for older drives, but would prefer everything inside the chassis of this neat T130 I have

Right now ESXi is on the usb stick, and XigmaNas runs with rootonzfs as a virtual machine... (but the whole idea is to use Xigmanas's built-in virtualbox and have a happy native install instead)...

Posted: **28 Apr 2019 21:19**

danzi wrote: ↑
28 Apr 2019 20:38

bjs wrote: ↑
28 Apr 2019 12:33
Not a guru but if that was my system, I would get another HBA (LSI 8211-8i or equivalent) or a PCI(e) SATA card and use that for my data drives and leave the on-board SATA ports for my boot drives, (SSDs or 2.5" hard drives)... Just my two cents...

Ben
I'd love another HBA, but reluctant to go for another used card. the one I have is HP/LSI 9121-4i SAS2008, I flashed it to the latest bios, works fine for about a day, then system freezes and needs a reboot. I removed the heatsink, cleared the old grease, applied new, even added a small fan on it... didn't help... But I guess any pci-e 6Gbps HBA would suffice as long as it is supported by FreeBSD 11.x, right?

Btw: I do have dual-usb to sata direct cables for older drives, but would prefer everything inside the chassis of this neat T130 I have

Right now ESXi is on the usb stick, and XigmaNas runs with rootonzfs as a virtual machine... (but the whole idea is to use Xigmanas's built-in virtualbox and have a happy native install instead)...

Hi, any LSI 9211-8i (SAS2008) out of eBay flashed to IT mode should work fine and I own 2 models, just try to find a nearest seller deal with a New or Open-Box product.

Pro Tip: Unless you planning to use different OS's such as Linux/Windows etc. XN+VirtualBox is just a waste of system resources and may even hurt reliability, Jails are by far system resource friendly and not that hard to manage with modern jails/container managers such as iocage, on the other hand ESXi will be far superior on stability than XN+VirtualBox.

However if this is a simple home setup, please disregard the above suggestions.

Regards

Posted: **29 Apr 2019 17:14**

JoseMR wrote: ↑
28 Apr 2019 21:19

Hi, any LSI 9211-8i (SAS2008) out of eBay flashed to IT mode should work fine and I own 2 models, just try to find a nearest seller deal with a New or Open-Box product.

Pro Tip: Unless you planning to use different OS's such as Linux/Windows etc. XN+VirtualBox is just a waste of system resources and may even hurt reliability, Jails are by far system resource friendly and not that hard to manage with modern jails/container managers such as iocage, on the other hand ESXi will be far superior on stability than XN+VirtualBox.

However if this is a simple home setup, please disregard the above suggestions.

Regards

Well, Originally planned to use the T130 mainly for XigmaNAS, but I also needed a home lab with a bunch of Win boxes.
So ESXi was an ideal solution thought naively I...

I have not used win boxes lately and so Xigmanas is the only VM. It resides on top of ESXi which runs from USB stick. The VMs are on one single SSD (NOT mirrored at the moment) and the 3 physical disks are raw device mapped to the Xigmanas VM.

My issues are:
- VM datastore is not redundant
- XigmaNAS perofmrance is quite low... I use AFP, SSH, Plex, Syncthing, CIFS I try to avoid as much as I can.

So quite a few things to consider. And then the HBA which I got is probably fried... or I don't have a good way of testing it :S Will seach on ebay for a reasonably priced LSI nonetheless...

sorry, I might need to sort my preferences out before I re-build the box really :S

Thank you for all your suggestions of course!

Posted: **29 Apr 2019 18:04**

danzi wrote: ↑
29 Apr 2019 17:14

JoseMR wrote: ↑
28 Apr 2019 21:19

Hi, any LSI 9211-8i (SAS2008) out of eBay flashed to IT mode should work fine and I own 2 models, just try to find a nearest seller deal with a New or Open-Box product.

Pro Tip: Unless you planning to use different OS's such as Linux/Windows etc. XN+VirtualBox is just a waste of system resources and may even hurt reliability, Jails are by far system resource friendly and not that hard to manage with modern jails/container managers such as iocage, on the other hand ESXi will be far superior on stability than XN+VirtualBox.

However if this is a simple home setup, please disregard the above suggestions.

Regards
Well, Originally planned to use the T130 mainly for XigmaNAS, but I also needed a home lab with a bunch of Win boxes.
So ESXi was an ideal solution thought naively I...

I have not used win boxes lately and so Xigmanas is the only VM. It resides on top of ESXi which runs from USB stick. The VMs are on one single SSD (NOT mirrored at the moment) and the 3 physical disks are raw device mapped to the Xigmanas VM.

My issues are:
- VM datastore is not redundant
- XigmaNAS perofmrance is quite low... I use AFP, SSH, Plex, Syncthing, CIFS I try to avoid as much as I can.

So quite a few things to consider. And then the HBA which I got is probably fried... or I don't have a good way of testing it :S Will seach on ebay for a reasonably priced LSI nonetheless...

sorry, I might need to sort my preferences out before I re-build the box really :S

Thank you for all your suggestions of course!

I do not encounter any issues with my Dell T20 servers at all. ESXi 6.7 is installed on a 256GB SSD, along with the virtual machines. The box runs 24/7 and acts as an all-in-one home server.

VM 1: XigmaNAS 11.2.0.4 amd64-embedded, 22GB, LSI 9300-8i IT mode in passthrough mode.
Pool 1: 2x HGST 10TB, mirrored, SLOG: Samsung 850 Pro, L2ARC: Samsung 850 Pro
Pool 2: 1x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB
Services: Samba AD, CIFS/SMB, ftp, ctld, rsync, syncthing, zfs snapshots.

VM2: Windows 8.1, 4GB RAM, Digital Devices MAX-S8 in passthrough mode. This VM serves live-TV from satellite including timeshift and recording using iscsi storage provided by VM 1/Pool 2. Also runs the mysql database for EPG and Kodi.

Posted: **29 Apr 2019 22:08**

I do not encounter any issues with my Dell T20 servers at all. ESXi 6.7 is installed on a 256GB SSD, along with the virtual machines. The box runs 24/7 and acts as an all-in-one home server.

Yeah, I remember your setup, it was where I got the ESXi idea from

It is really cool.

BTW, was trigger happy, so one LSI card is now on its way

not sure about the performance issues, but will re-visit it when I can fit the drives in the chassis alright...

I sold my T20, so ESXi now is an even more desired setup with the T130. Massive power at my fintertips

Posted: **12 May 2019 06:47**

JoseMR wrote: ↑
07 Dec 2018 20:18

Hi armandh, thanks for sharing that 120GB SATA3 SSD bargain, also just perfect size for XigmaNAS RootOnZFS.

Regards

well those are out of stock but others have filled in the sub $30 name brand SSDs
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductL ... Submit=ENE

again
Intel, HP, Crucial, Samsung = usually good
others = YMMV

initial booting is by definition real mode and depends on hardware compatibility.
CAVEAT EMPTOR

Posted: **12 May 2019 09:04**

was-armandh wrote: ↑
12 May 2019 06:47
...
well those are out of stock but others have filled in the sub $30 name brand SSDs
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductL ... Submit=ENE
...

Definitely great bargain for the U.S. users, unfortunately the S&H also kills the deal to my location thanks to UPS, between I have purchased similar $19~$39 range SSD's from eBay free shipping(by USPS) and currently have a Patriot Blaze 120GB SATA3 on one of my laptops with good results so far, for workstation/server I use Samsung ones.

Regards

Posted: **16 Jun 2019 08:29**

Hello the RootOnZFS Install Manual has been updated today (06-16-2019).

Regards

Posted: **29 Oct 2019 07:42**

Hi!
I installed root-on-ZFS Xigmanas XigmaNAS 12.0.0.4.6928 today on mirrored SSDs but I can't get full access to my data disks, pools, volume for iSCSI, datasets.
I imported disks with clear existing configuration and can see in web-gui only zroot pool/folders.
I can see own datasets on my data disks as folders in Midnight Commander or

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ls /mnt

in shell but they are not appear in Disks > ZFS and all related services doesn't work like smb shared folders, OBI, ISCSI and other.
How to import my stuff?
Second question: Can config.xml from "embedded" Xigmanas be imported into root-on-ZFS Xigmanas?

Posted: **29 Oct 2019 09:15**

Update:
Commands

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#zpool import -f RAID
#zpool import -f Pool

solved part of issue but there remaining lost volume given to ISCSI target. How can I find it and restore config.xml from previous "embedded" Xigmanas?

Here all that is needed for correct pools/volumes/datasets import viewtopic.php?f=66&t=14791&p=91788&hili ... ume#p91788

The last question if config.xml from embedded 11.2 is compatible with Root-on-zfs 12.0 remains open.

Posted: **30 Oct 2019 17:47**

Shperrung wrote: ↑
29 Oct 2019 09:15
Update:
Commands
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#zpool import -f RAID
#zpool import -f Pool
solved part of issue but there remaining lost volume given to ISCSI target. How can I find it and restore config.xml from previous "embedded" Xigmanas?

Here all that is needed for correct pools/volumes/datasets import viewtopic.php?f=66&t=14791&p=91788&hili ... ume#p91788

The last question if config.xml from embedded 11.2 is compatible with Root-on-zfs 12.0 remains open.

Hi Shperrung, in regards to going from Embedded to RootOnZFS and missing pools, just after installing re-import and synchronize the wanted pools/datasets(all selected by default), or even faster, execute "zpool import -f -a" to import all disks then synchronize, or execute "zpool import -f -a -d /dev/gpt" to import all the pools with the given device gpt/label, then synchronize.

As for "config.xml from embedded 11.2 is compatible with Root-on-zfs 12.0" usually if is compatible and working on Embedded, then so does with *Full Platforms, however I can do a quick testing and let you know if this is absolute true and confirm.

Regards

Posted: **31 Oct 2019 07:22**

Thank you JoseMR for instructions. I successfully imported all my pools, datasets and volume using Disks > ZFS > Settings Read on-disk configuration check box "on".
In regards of config.xml compatibility between embedded 11.2 and RootOnZFS 12 I think no needs in test. As for me, it better make new install and setup for all services because many data can be moved to user's dataset on zroot like OBI apps, bittorrent config.
How can I correctly install pkg on RootOnZFS Xigmanas (tmux, ffmpeg, Intel GPU H/W drivers...)? When I tried pkg install tmux I got error message but tmux is working after this until host reboot.

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