Alan W. Smtih
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- Aug 30, 2014
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Here's the situation I put myself in by not doing proper backups:
- The USB stick running my FreeNAS 9.3 box stopped booting.
- I don't have a copy of the config file.
- I tried following the methodology on from Recover configure from failing boot device and used:
zpool import -R /mnt POOL_ID oldboot
- Got the error: cannot import 'freenas-boot' as 'oldboot': I/O error - Destroy and re-create the pool from a backup source.
So, it doesn't look like I can get the config. I'm not worried about that if I can still get to my data. Running `zpool import` I see my primary data pool. `state: ONLINE` and `status: The pool was last accessed by another system.` From what I've read, it sounds like I can just install FreeNAS on another USB and have it import, but I'd like to verify that before I try.
And the other data point. In my notes from when I setup the machine, I have it listed that I turned on the default encryption (lz4). I never set a password for it. (And, frankly, I'm not sure I left it on since I rebuilt the machine a couple of times when I was first setting it up. He says, hopefully).
So, my questions are:
1. Is there something else I can try to get at the data on the USB drive?
2. Can I just install FreeNAS on another USB and then import my data pool?
3. If I figure out that it was encrypted, I'm guessing that means I have to recover the key if I want any chance to get my data. Is there any other way I can go about that with the old USB drive?
Thanks!
-a
- The USB stick running my FreeNAS 9.3 box stopped booting.
- I don't have a copy of the config file.
- I tried following the methodology on from Recover configure from failing boot device and used:
zpool import -R /mnt POOL_ID oldboot
- Got the error: cannot import 'freenas-boot' as 'oldboot': I/O error - Destroy and re-create the pool from a backup source.
So, it doesn't look like I can get the config. I'm not worried about that if I can still get to my data. Running `zpool import` I see my primary data pool. `state: ONLINE` and `status: The pool was last accessed by another system.` From what I've read, it sounds like I can just install FreeNAS on another USB and have it import, but I'd like to verify that before I try.
And the other data point. In my notes from when I setup the machine, I have it listed that I turned on the default encryption (lz4). I never set a password for it. (And, frankly, I'm not sure I left it on since I rebuilt the machine a couple of times when I was first setting it up. He says, hopefully).
So, my questions are:
1. Is there something else I can try to get at the data on the USB drive?
2. Can I just install FreeNAS on another USB and then import my data pool?
3. If I figure out that it was encrypted, I'm guessing that means I have to recover the key if I want any chance to get my data. Is there any other way I can go about that with the old USB drive?
Thanks!
-a