I built this unit http://samkear.com/freenas/build-freena ... -appliance and installed FreeNAS 8.3.0 on it. I've created a RAIDZ2 volume using 4 x 2TB drives and migrated my data from an old FreeNAS 0.7.x box. I use the new RAIDZ2 volume to store my files and VM images for my diskless ESXi host but due to the NFS/ZFS performance issue, I moved the VMs into a ZVOL and used iSCSI instead. The ZVOL is a 256GB iSCSI tank on the same volume.
All works fine, except I don't like the FreeNAS GUI and can't get on with it. I'd like to keep what I have and boot the same hardware using a NAS4Free USB flash drive. What's the easiest way to use NAS4Free on this hardware without losing the configuration? From other posts I think I can do a ZFS EXPORT of the current RAIDZ2 and then import it to NAS4Free, but will that include the iSCSI tank or will I have to import or move separately?
This is the old XigmaNAS forum in read only mode,
it will taken offline by the end of march 2021!
I like to aks Users and Admins to rewrite/take over important post from here into the new fresh main forum!
Its not possible for us to export from here and import it to the main forum!
it will taken offline by the end of march 2021!
I like to aks Users and Admins to rewrite/take over important post from here into the new fresh main forum!
Its not possible for us to export from here and import it to the main forum!
Moving FreeNAS 8.3.0 RAIDZ2 to NAS4Free
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Re: Moving FreeNAS 8.3.0 RAIDZ2 to NAS4Free
You'll have to export the pool, then install Nas4free. Then import the pool, and replicate the iSCSI connection on Nas4free from scratch.
I have never done it, but there is no compatibility (that I know of) for migrating Freenas 8 configuration to nas4free.
I have never done it, but there is no compatibility (that I know of) for migrating Freenas 8 configuration to nas4free.