Create Pool - Only "Stripe" available

[Erus]

Hi Guys,

It is my first time trying to work with TrueNAS. Please excuse me if this is a silly question.

OS: MX-Linux
I installed TrueNAS under QEMU, no problem at all.
I created 2 virtual HDD of 10GB each that TrueNAS can access.

The only issue appears when I am trying to create a pool using the HDD under TrueNAS.
Only "Stripe" option is available and even if I select this and "Force" it, I still cannot click to go ahead.

I was wondering if there is a setting on QEMU or TrueNAS that I am missing to make TrueNAS work with virtual HDD?

Thank you very much for your help.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

If you have only two virtual disks, one is already use by the OS install. If you want to create a pool from two disks, you need three in total.

I assume this is just an experimental installation? Installing on virtual disks is not supported for production use.

 

[Cloudified]

If you have only two virtual disks, one is already use by the OS install. If you want to create a pool from two disks, you need three in total.

I assume this is just an experimental installation? Installing on virtual disks is not supported for production use.

You're exactly right. I ran into this with VMware Fusion too when I was getting to know the TrueNAS interface.

 

[Erus]

If you have only two virtual disks, one is already use by the OS install. If you want to create a pool from two disks, you need three in total.

I assume this is just an experimental installation? Installing on virtual disks is not supported for production use.

Thanks a lot for your answer, Patrick.
Yes, this is indeed for an experimental purpose untill I get an appropriate dedicated computer.

Even with 2 HDD the only option other than "stripe" is "mirror" but the "Create" button still stays in grey and I cannot click it. (screenshot in the attachment)

Please note that a friend of mine tried with VirtualBox without issue so that is the reason why I thought it could be a QEMU/Virtual_Manager misconfiguration.

Please also note that I tried with a USB stick with the same issue.

Thank you

 

[Cloudified]

Thanks a lot for your answer, Patrick.
Yes, this is indeed for an experimental purpose untill I get an appropriate dedicated computer.

Even with 2 HDD the only option other than "stripe" is "mirror" but the "Create" button still stays in grey and I cannot click it. (screenshot in the attachment)

Please note that a friend of mine tried with VirtualBox without issue so that is the reason why I thought it could be a QEMU/Virtual_Manager misconfiguration.

Please also note that I tried with a USB stick with the same issue.

Thank you

It's grayed out because you haven't given the pool a name yet. Look at the first part of the form.

 

[Erus]

Thanks so much!

I feel really stupid now but in fact I could not see the field with the dark team. :-(

Thank you again!

 

[Cloudified]

Thanks so much!

I feel really stupid now but in fact I could not see the field with the dark team. :-(

Thank you again!

No worries. I did the same thing as you last week. I installed TrueNAS SCALE on a VM just to play around with the interface before I decided to move forward with my TrueNAS build. I played around a lot with virtual drives and different ZFS configurations.