ZFS Volume Not Listed

[silverbullettruck2001]

I have a ZFS volume that exists, but is not listed in the Storage>Volumes tree. Other volumes list fine, but not this one. I know that it exists because I have jail setup that has its storage mapped to it. Also, if I go to a jail and click the 'Browse' button to assign storage it lists it there. I have attached screenshots, the 'no_volume_listed' image shows the Volumes tree and that it does not have a volume for '/mnt/Tower/Media' listed. Then in the 'volumelisted' image it shows the browse window and you can see that the volume '/mnt/Tower/Media' does exist. I have also attached a screenshot of the View Volumes listing screen in the 'viewVolumes' image.

I am not sure how to get it to list correctly. I have tried searching the forums, but I haven't found anything that seems to apply. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[danb35]

What do you think Media is? Do you think it's a zpool (what FreeNAS calls a Volume), a dataset, or a subdirectory? From the screenshots you've provided, it appears to be a subdirectory. If that's the case, it will not show up as a volume, because it isn't.

What's the output of "zfs list" at the shell?

 

[joeschmuck]

I agree, it does appear to look like a subdirectory that was created under Tower, not a dataset. You may have created it when you configured your shares for the jails.

 

[silverbullettruck2001]

Thanks for the quick responses! When I originally created it, I made it as a dataset, but now it does appear more like a subdirectory. I originally created it under 9.1, and it was working correctly. I upgraded to some subsequent 9.1 releases and it stopped being listed. I was shocked, to say the least, when it was missing. I thought I lost everything, but then it just appeared to not display but still existed. I took later releases and now currently run 9.2.1.6 and it still isn't displaying. As for what is listed when I do a "zfs list", here is what is being listed, which seems to affirm your theory that it is a subdirectory and not a dataset. Is there a way to convert a subdirectory into a dataset or do I need to create a new dataset and then move the data from the subdirectory to the newly created dataset?

NAME USED A
VAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
Tower 1.47T 1
.21T 1.44T /mnt/Tower
Tower/.system 32.6M 1
.21T 176K /mnt/Tower/.system
Tower/.system/cores 144K 1
.21T 144K /mnt/Tower/.system/cores
Tower/.system/rrd 144K 1
.21T 144K /mnt/Tower/.system/rrd
Tower/.system/samba4 6.22M 1
.21T 6.22M /mnt/Tower/.system/samba4
Tower/.system/syslog 25.9M 1
.21T 25.9M /mnt/Tower/.system/syslog
Tower/FamilyStorage 14.6G 3
5.4G 14.6G /mnt/Tower/FamilyStorage
Tower/jails 15.5G 1
.21T 368K /mnt/Tower/jails
Tower/jails/.warden-template-pluginjail-9.2-RELEASE-x64 745M 1
.21T 745M /mnt/Tower/jails/.warden-template-pluginjail-9.2-RELEASE-x64
Tower/jails/.warden-template-pluginjail-9.2-RELEASE-x64-20140301145010 1.20G 1
.21T 1.20G /mnt/Tower/jails/.warden-template-pluginjail-9.2-RELEASE-x64-201403
01145010 1.20G 1
.21T 1.20G /mnt/Tower/jails/.warden-template-pluginjail-9.2-RELEASE-x64-201403
01145010
Tower/jails/owncloud_1 1.09G 1
.21T 1.82G /mnt/Tower/jails/owncloud_1
Tower/jails/plexmediaserver_2 12.5G 1
.21T 13.7G /mnt/Tower/jails/plexmediaserver_2

 

[joeschmuck]

If you want it as a dataset then just create a new dataset and while in the shell you can use the "mv" command to move the files quickly from the subdirectory to the new dataset.


Also, the next time you post data like you did above, use code brackets around the text or www.pastebin.com and enter the link. It's painful to read what you posted.

 

[silverbullettruck2001]

Thanks Joe, I will give that a shot.

Also, sorry about the data I posted, I will make sure to do that next time.

Thanks Again for your help!