FreeNAS Stuck in Bootloop

[HoneyBadger]

Very likely the issue is with the drive (or the data on it) - if you can start it up with the drive disconnected and then plug it in (if your hardware supports hotplug) then you can run a SMART test on it to determine if there's a drive hardware fault.

If it fails a SMART test you can RMA the drive - although this doesn't help your data issue. If it passes the SMART test, it's the pool structure itself (probably metadata, since it crashes on import)

 

[ekarni]

Very likely the issue is with the drive (or the data on it) - if you can start it up with the drive disconnected and then plug it in (if your hardware supports hotplug) then you can run a SMART test on it to determine if there's a drive hardware fault.

If it fails a SMART test you can RMA the drive - although this doesn't help your data issue. If it passes the SMART test, it's the pool structure itself (probably metadata, since it crashes on import)

So how do I run this test? Is this something I run from the web GUI of FreeNAS? I can get the system to load with the drive recognized. As long as I don't try to import the pool, it works okay

 

[HoneyBadger]

Easiest way is to open a shell and run smartctl -t long /dev/ada1 assuming ada1 is your data drive.

Wait for it to complete, and check on the results with smartctl -a /dev/ada1 - any logged errors at the bottom or a test failure is a failing/bad drive.

 

[ekarni]

Easiest way is to open a shell and run smartctl -t long /dev/ada1 assuming ada1 is your data drive.

Wait for it to complete, and check on the results with smartctl -a /dev/ada1 - any logged errors at the bottom or a test failure is a failing/bad drive.

Knowing I'll screw this up lol!
Any way of doing it with the GUI?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Don't know if there's a manual way to launch a SMART test from the GUI. Can't seem to find one immediately. But I've given you the exact commands you need to use there - none of those are destructive.

 

[ekarni]

Okay, I'll give it a shot!

I did managed to get Amazon to accept a refund, so my goal is to return it and buy 2 6TB instead.
So 2 questions if you don't mind:
1. How do I format a drive that I can't use?
2. What drives do you recommend I get? IronWolf or another Red Plus (this being a freak accident or something)?

 

[HoneyBadger]

1. How do I format a drive that I can't use?

Easiest way to make sure it's clean would be to boot something like DBAN from a USB stick or CD/DVD and have it do a single pass of zeroes or random data.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.3.0/dban-2.3.0_i586.iso/download

2. What drives do you recommend I get? IronWolf or another Red Plus (this being a freak accident or something)?

Either is fine, just ensure you continue to avoid SMR which you're already aware of by choosing Red+.

 

[ekarni]

Easiest way is to open a shell and run smartctl -t long /dev/ada1 assuming ada1 is your data drive.

"Please wait 1090 minutes for test to complete."

Welp, guess I'll be waiting lol!

 

[ekarni]

I don't know if it is working. The CPU usage is currently at 0%

 

[AlexGG]

SMART short and long tests are performed by the drive itself, with no CPU required.

 

[ekarni]

SMART short and long tests are performed by the drive itself, with no CPU required.

Ah! That's good to know, thanks :D I'll keep waiting then haha

 

[ekarni]

@HoneyBadger - This is the result of the test... I can't make any sense of it :(

Last login: Thu Dec 24 07:08:25 on pts/1FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p14 (FreeNAS.amd6 - Pastebin.com

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[HoneyBadger]

@HoneyBadger - This is the result of the test... I can't make any sense of it :(

Last login: Thu Dec 24 07:08:25 on pts/1FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p14 (FreeNAS.amd6 - Pastebin.com

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It's still running.

Code:

Self-test execution status:      ( 241) Self-test routine in progress...
                                        10% of test remaining.

 

[ekarni]

It's still running.

Ah! Well, looks like it finished without errors huh?

root@freenas[~]# smartctl -a /dev/ada1smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 1 - Pastebin.com

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[ekarni]

Any ideas @HoneyBadger ?