cp data from Z-Pool to Ext HDD via USB (question)

[Whe3zy]

Hello, Can anyone guide me to how to meet my objective?

System – TrueNAS v12.0, Generic Platform

Objective – Copy data from TrueNAS Z-Pool (/mnt/Raid-Z) to external HDD connected to TrueNAS box via USB.

Q1- What File Format does the Ext HDD need to be?

Ive tried NTFS and Ext4 (both of which I can see the Ext HDD mounted in Storage/Disks.

So far the only way I have found to copy data to the Ext HDD is to make the Ext HDD its own pool. But in doing so, it then formats the Ext HDD to a ZFS (which Im not interested in doing). I would like to keep either the NTFS or Ext4 file format.



I would like to copy data via from Raid-Z to Ext HDD from the TrueNAS shell


ie: cp -r /mnt/Raid-Z/Documents /mnt/ExtUSB/Documents



Can anyone tell me what I need to do for meeting my objective?

 

[Linkman]

Attach the external drive to another PC, mount it, and copy over the network from the FreeNAS box to the mounted drive.

 

[Whe3zy]

Attach the external drive to another PC, mount it, and copy over the network from the FreeNAS box to the mounted drive.

2 issues with that.. I have nearly 1 TB of data to transfer (which will take for ever to transfer via network connection) also, upon upgrading from v11.3 to v12.0 my SMB shares are all hosed up and i cant get them correct. My plan is to copy data off of Raid-Z and start fresh with my System and pools.

 

[Whe3zy]

I had to copy the data from the Raid-Z pool to the ExtUSB pool, then set up SMB shares with the data to the ExtUSB drive /pool. Finally after that was i able to copy the needed data from the NAS to another machine. Something about upgrading my pools from v11.3 to v12.0 really messed something. I intend on wiping my Raid-Z drives and staring them over fresh.

 

[artlessknave]

it looks like you have it solved, but it's worth noting that rsync is often better than cp for...basically everything