First, please escuse my ignorance. I did do a search but wasn't sure what elements of this were the pertinent ones to search for. If there is a suitable tutorial/explanation already in existance I'm happy to follow it, I don't want to waste anyone's time.
The basic problem is that FreeNAS can no longer see 2 disks or the volumes that were set up on them, although the mountpoints are still in the FreeNAS interface.
This is the context which might explain it. (Before anyone points out that this is not a smart way to deal with NAS, I'd like to explain that I do know that and it's a long story about why it all happened. It's not a series of events I would ever choose to repeat, so please don't bother passing judgement if you don't want to help.)
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I'm happy to post any logs, screenshots, etc which may be useful.
The basic problem is that FreeNAS can no longer see 2 disks or the volumes that were set up on them, although the mountpoints are still in the FreeNAS interface.
This is the context which might explain it. (Before anyone points out that this is not a smart way to deal with NAS, I'd like to explain that I do know that and it's a long story about why it all happened. It's not a series of events I would ever choose to repeat, so please don't bother passing judgement if you don't want to help.)
- Setup FreeNAS-9.2.1-RELEASE-x64 on a HP ProLiant MicroServer N54L with a couple of old disks from external hard drives - no RAID, etc. just one simple volume per disk.
- Repurposed machine to run XBMC adding a low-end graphics card (removed and kept the FreeNAS USB stick safe).
- Removed XBMC (installed on a seperate USB stick), reinserted FreeNAS USB stick and booted machine.
- FreeNAS displays system alert 'WARNING: The volume Small (ZFS) status is UNKNOWN'
- Both volumes have the status 'UNKNOWN' and the View Disks tab displays nothing at all.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I'm happy to post any logs, screenshots, etc which may be useful.