Upgrade [sidegrade?] from FreeBSD 9.1

[jmorey]

I've recently built a new server using FreeBSD 9.1. I'm thinking about using NAS4Free instead but have not been able to determine if would be able to upgrade(?) without loosing my current zfs configuration. The FreeBSD box is configured with a six drive RAIDZ2 zpool using the raw drives when creating the zpool. Is it possible to install NAS4Free and keep the current zpool intact or would I need to move the data off and recreate the zpool in Nas4Free. Thanks for any insight.

To clarify I am looking at moving to NAS4Free by doing a full install, not an embedded install or using the live version.

[raulfg3]

first you need to know version of ZFS used, if really is BSD 9.1 is probably V28 so it's compatible with actual N4F ( If ZFS is v5000 probably you have BSD 9.2 and N4F is not still compatible).

procedure:
1 - export your pool on BSD (zpool export)
2 - do a new fresh (full or embeded acording your needs) install of N4F
3 - boot N4F and configure LAN, DNS, etc...
4 - in Disks|Management use new button "Clear config and import Disk"
5 - import your pool ( probably you need to define mount point in /mnt if your default mount point is other in BSD), you can import from WebGUI or from Shell , if from webGUI go to Disks|ZFS|Configuration|Detected and post screen capture.

[jmorey]

@raulfg3, Thanks for the info. It is 9.1 and ZFS V28 so it looks like I may be OK. I'll give it a try this weekend. Thanks again.