Install FreeNAS 11.1

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Jianming Li

Contents

  1. Machine
    1. As Is
    2. To Be
  2. Install FreeNAS
    1. Setup BIOS to Boot from CDROM
    2. Initial Install
  3. Setup FreeNAS
    1. Enabled Powerd
    2. Create Volume
    3. Initial Wizard
    4. Mirror Boot Device
  4. Add Shared Folder
    1. Add User and Group
    2. Add Shared Folder
  5. Add Disks
  6. Replace Failed Disk
    1. Find Failed Disk
    2. Replace Failed Disk
    3. Find Failed Disk with Command Line
  7. Setup iSCSI
  8. Change IP Address
    1. Change Machine IP Address
    2. Change Plex IP Address
  9. Issues
    1. [WARN] agent: Check 'freenas_health' is now warning
  10. References
 

Machine

As Is

 * HP Z400
* Drives:
– USB: 2 x 8 GB
– 2 x (2 x 2TB mirror) Hitachi
– Toshiba DT01ACA100: 1TB
– Barracuda ST3000DM001

To Be
* Drives
– OS: 32 USB
– SLOG: 2 x 32 GB USB

Install FreeNAS

Setup BIOS to Boot from CDROM

 * Download FreeNAS 11.1 ISO image
* Burn ISO image onto CD
* Power up Z400
* Hit F10 to go into setup
* Select Storage > Boot Order: Optical Drive/USB Device/Hard Drive Disabled/Embedded Ethernet controller Disabled
* Select Storage > Storage Options > SATA Emulation: IDE

Initial Install

 * Place FreeNAS CD into CDROM
* Restart Z400
* Select: FreeNAS Installer
* Select: Install/Upgrade
* Destination media: USB
* Setup password or select: No password
* Select: Boot via BIOS
* Remove boot CD and reboot Network > Global Configuration > IPv4 default Gateway: 192.168.2.1 Nameserver 1: 8.8.8.8 Nameserver 1: 4.4.4.4

Setup FreeNAS

 * Point browser to IP: 192.168.2.90
* Enter password for admin account
* Login: admin/nx1

Enabled Powerd

 * Go to: System > Advanced
* Enabled powerd (Power Saving Daemon): checked

Create Volume

 * Go to: Storage
* Click Volume Manager
– Volume Name: vol1
– Available disks: click button ‘+’1
– 2.0 TB (2 drives, show)
– Volume layout: Mirror
* Click Add Volume

Initial Wizard

 * Follow Initial Wizard:
– Language: English
– Console key map: United States of America ISO-8859-1
– Timezone: America/New_York
– Volume name: vol1
– Purpose: Automatic
– Share name: win1
– Purpose: Windows (SMB) Allow Guest
– Console messages: check

Mirror Boot Device

 * Login admin UI
* Go to: System > Boot > Status > stripe
* Click Attach button
* Select member disk to point to second USB boot device
* Click Attach Disk

Add Shared Folder

Add User and Group

 * Go to: Account > Groups
* Add group:
– Group Name: users
* Add group:
– Group Name: shared
* Add user:
– User name: user1
– Primary group: users
– Full name: User1 Users
– Password: nx1
– Auxiliary groups: shared

Add Shared Folder

 * Go to: Storage
* Click vol1 > vol1
* Add dataset in vol1:
– Dataset name: shared
– Share type: Windows
* Dataset permission:
– Owner (user): nobody
– Owner (group): shared
– Permission Type: Windows
* Add a new Windows (SMB) share
– Path: /mnt/vol1/shared
– Name: shared
– Apply Default permissions: checked
– Allow Guest Access: Not checked Map network \\192.168.2.90\shared Connect using different credentials user1/nx1

Add Disks

 * Install two 2 TB disks.
* Power up and login
* Go to: Storage
* Click Volume Manager:
– Volume Name: blank
– Volume to extend: vol1
– Click ‘+’ button to add both disks (they should show up in volume layout)
* Click Add Volume
* Select first vol1 and then click Volume Status icon
* Check that two new disks have been added to vol1 under mirror-1

Replace Failed Disk

 * See 8.1.10. Replacing a Failed Drive: https://doc.freenas.org/11/storage.html#replacing-a-failed-drive

Find Failed Disk

 * Login FreeNAS admin site
* Go to: Storage > Volumes
* Select a volume, e.g. vol1
* Click Volume Status icon at the bottom of the page
– Find disk name with status DEGRADED or OFFLINE, e.g. ada3p2
* Go to: Storage > Volumes > View Disks
– Find Serial number, e.g. YGGU0D6A, for the degraded disk name, e.g. ada3 (drop p2 from ada3p2)
* Match serial number with that on physical disk

Replace Failed Disk

 * Go to: Storage > Volumes
* Select a volume, e.g. vol1
* Click Volume Status icon at the bottom of the page
– Select disk with status DEGRADED or OFFLINE
– If there is an Offline button at the end of the page, click it (if not skip this step)
* Shutdown machine and replace the disk
* Start machine
* Go to volume status and select new drive
– Click Replace button at the bottom of the page
* Check resilver status from shell command: 
zpool status vol1

Find Failed Disk with Command Line

 * Login FreeNAS admin site
* Open shell command window
* Run: zpool status
– Find disk with failed state, e.g. REMOVED
– Take a note of the gptid, e.g. gptid/d1d3b422-125d-11e8-a10f-2c4138ab8e32
* Run: glabel status
– Find component name, e.g. ada3 that is missing!
* Exit shell
* Go to: Storage > View Disks
– Find serial number, e.g. YGGU0D6A, for the failed disk, e.g. ada3 
[root@freenas ~]# zpool status                                                 
 
 0                                                                              
          mirror-0                                      ONLINE       0     0    
 0                                                                              
            gptid/7bec2c8c-0de1-11e8-b0ed-2c4138ab8e32  ONLINE       0     0    
 0                                                                              
            gptid/7cd747b5-0de1-11e8-b0ed-2c4138ab8e32  ONLINE       0     0    
 0                                                                              
          mirror-1                                      DEGRADED     0     0    
 0                                                                              
            gptid/d0fdb01c-125d-11e8-a10f-2c4138ab8e32  ONLINE       0     0    
 0                                                                              
            gptid/d1d3b422-125d-11e8-a10f-2c4138ab8e32  DEGRADED     0     0   8
84  too many errors                                                             
 
errors: No known data errors                                                    
[root@freenas ~]# glabel status                                                 
                                      Name  Status  Components                  
gptid/0650ffa7-0d49-11e8-a001-2c4138ab8e32     N/A  da0p1                       
gptid/0664c4c0-0d49-11e8-a001-2c4138ab8e32     N/A  da1p1                       
gptid/7bec2c8c-0de1-11e8-b0ed-2c4138ab8e32     N/A  ada0p2                      
gptid/7cd747b5-0de1-11e8-b0ed-2c4138ab8e32     N/A  ada1p2                      
gptid/d0fdb01c-125d-11e8-a10f-2c4138ab8e32     N/A  ada2p2                      
gptid/d1d3b422-125d-11e8-a10f-2c4138ab8e32     N/A  ada3p2

Setup iSCSI

 * Go to: Services
– iSCSI: Start Now
– Also check: Start on boot
* Go to: Sharing > Block (iSCSI) > Portals > Add Portal
– Comment: For Lenovo.
– IP Address: 192.168.2.90 -Port: 3260
* Go to: Sharing > Block (iSCSI) > Targets > Add Target
– Target Name: LenovoTarget
– Portal Group ID: 1 (For Lenovo.)
* Go to: Sharing > Block (iSCSI) > Extent > Add Extent
– Extent Name: LenovoExtent
– Extent Type: File
– Path to the extent: /mnt/vol1/jimmy/extent
– Extent size: 50GB

Change IP Address
* For example, change from 192.168.2.90 to 192.168.1.90

Change Machine IP Address

 * Attach keyboard and monitor to machine
* Bootup machine
* Change network IP to new IP using FreeNAS text menu

Change Plex IP Address
* Login FreeNAS
* Go to: Jails / plexmediaserver_1 / Edit
* Change IPv4 address to new IP, e.g. 192.168.1.90

Issues

[WARN] agent: Check ‘freenas_health’ is now warning

 * Fix 
cd /usr/local/etc/consul-checks/
rm freenas*
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freenas/freenas/8175ddd35c189c43c47a51e42a1353e96d9ac2cb/src/freenas/usr/local/etc/consul-checks/freenas_health.sh
chmod a+x freenas_health.sh

References

 * How-To: Set up a home file server using FreeNAS
* FreeNAS® 11.1-U1 User Guide
* https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/
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