So long story short, I'm an idiot..let's just get that outta the way before we start.
I have a FreeNAS Server that's on an AIO. I had 2 x Samsung 843T 480GB SSDs running as a mirrored ZIL and I needed them for another project and I had 2 x 200GB S3700's laying around so I wanted to replace them.
I went through some forums posts and internet searches and I was able to remove the 480s. I shut down then removed the 480s and insert the S3700's I then went into the FreeNAS GUI and tried to add them as ZIL but for some reason I couldn't add them as a mirror..wouldn't give me the option. I went back to command line and i'm not sure how, but I added one of the S3700's to my RaidZ2 vdev that is made up of 6 x 4TB drives. Now I can't remove it.
Everything i've read tells me i'm screwed and have to rebuild and restore from backup, which I can do, but trying to avoid.
Also, I wanted to replace the AIO INF from an Haswell E3 to a more robust SKT2011 and 2670 combo so I can add more ram and additional PCI-E.
My gut tells me to check all backups..rebuild and restore. The good news is that I have two VMs right now, the FreeNAS and a Utility Server that's running Blue Iris. The OS drives are on a PX300d All Flash 4 x 480GB Samsung 843T's in a RAID5 and are presented to the AIO as and NFS share...so at least the Utility server can be recovered very quickly.
I'm trying to do this the quickest way possible so if anyone has any advice, I would appreciate it.
Thanks!
I have a FreeNAS Server that's on an AIO. I had 2 x Samsung 843T 480GB SSDs running as a mirrored ZIL and I needed them for another project and I had 2 x 200GB S3700's laying around so I wanted to replace them.
I went through some forums posts and internet searches and I was able to remove the 480s. I shut down then removed the 480s and insert the S3700's I then went into the FreeNAS GUI and tried to add them as ZIL but for some reason I couldn't add them as a mirror..wouldn't give me the option. I went back to command line and i'm not sure how, but I added one of the S3700's to my RaidZ2 vdev that is made up of 6 x 4TB drives. Now I can't remove it.
Everything i've read tells me i'm screwed and have to rebuild and restore from backup, which I can do, but trying to avoid.
Also, I wanted to replace the AIO INF from an Haswell E3 to a more robust SKT2011 and 2670 combo so I can add more ram and additional PCI-E.
My gut tells me to check all backups..rebuild and restore. The good news is that I have two VMs right now, the FreeNAS and a Utility Server that's running Blue Iris. The OS drives are on a PX300d All Flash 4 x 480GB Samsung 843T's in a RAID5 and are presented to the AIO as and NFS share...so at least the Utility server can be recovered very quickly.
I'm trying to do this the quickest way possible so if anyone has any advice, I would appreciate it.
Thanks!