Importing Freenas 0.7 volumes after upgrade

[Gian Luigi Baldini]

Hi all,

I have been running Freenas 0.7 for years.
Now the boot USB stick has failed and I have to reinstall from a new one.
I choose to install Freenas 9.3, with the aim to import my old data (2 x 1Tb disks in RAD1 configuration) with the "Import volume" feature.
I successfully installed Freenas 9.3.
I didn't create any volume, fearing that this would have destroyed the content of the disks.
I select from the GUI interface "Storage - Volumes - Import volume", but the list of the volumes to be imported is empty, and I cannot import anything.
What I'm I doing wrong?
Should I install a new Freenas 0.7 instead of Freenas 9.3?

Thanks everybody

 

[danb35]

Should I install a new Freenas 0.7 instead of Freenas 9.3?

Probably, or better yet, install the latest NAS4Free. The product now called FreeNAS is almost completely unrelated to the product formerly called FreeNAS; the product formerly called FreeNAS is now called NAS4Free.

 

[Gian Luigi Baldini]

Thanks danb35, do you know if NAS4Free features an "Import volume" option?
Or should it "attach" to my existing volume configuration?

 

[danb35]

I'm not really familiar with NAS4Free, but I'd expect it would have to have a function like that.

 

[gpsguy]

As danb35 said, you'll want to look at NA4Free instead.

Current versions of FreeNAS only allow for ZFS. If yours are using UFS, that might explain why they can't be imported.

 

[Gian Luigi Baldini]

Thanks gpsguy, i'll go for NAS4Free.
Actually, I don't know if the old volume was ZFS or UFS and I have no way to discover it now.
I hope NAS4free can manage it anyway.

 

[danb35]

If yours are using UFS, that might explain why they can't be imported.

0.7 didn't do ZFS, did it?

 

[Gian Luigi Baldini]

No, it didn't do it, indeed.

 

[Gian Luigi Baldini]

No, it didn't do it, indeed.

 

[Ericloewe]

0.7 didn't do ZFS, did it?

Sure it did.

 

[danb35]

So much for my ancient history.

 

[Gian Luigi Baldini]

I solved with NAS4Free!
After installing, from Disks-Management I was able to import the existing disks, in their RAID1 configuration, and after creating a new mounting point I could access the data.

Thanks to everyone who helped me