trueNAS scale "upgrade" path

[deafhobbit]

i currently have a truenas scale server, which does what i need it to do, but is a huge pain to work with as an amateur. i bought the beta because i love the idea of having a simpler gui on top of the rock solid truenas base.

i don't have the time or the hardware to spin up a second server running hexos to participate in the beta right now, but i'd love to be able to switch over to hexos eventually. therefore, having some method to "upgrade" from truenas scale to hexos eventually would be much appreciated. a nice way to do it in truenas's gui would be best of course, but i'd settle for a good written guide. as long as i'm able to bring over my existing datasets, i'll be happy.

i don't think this is a priority feature to develop during the beta, but i'd like to see it eventually.

Edited November 30, 2024 by deafhobbit

[qv1st]

YES! this 👆, im totaly fine testing everything on a new machine aswell. but, this feature would be lovely later on 🙂

[forestpas3]

I +1 the idea

I also have a truenas scale and it is a pain in the ass for amateurs

[shamrock]

If we can't use our current system, can you at least work out a migration path for those running TrueNAS Scale? Ideally, write up a FAQ and walkthrough for users wanting to migrate from their current TrueNAS SCALE to utilizing HexOS as the frontend. 

[darkwheel]

As far as I ready it in other threads of this forum, you are able to reinstall the OS and then migrate the pool.

But I did not find a verified answer for this from the developers.

[moortu]

They mentioned that this is something they will look into, somewhere in the future

Edited December 2, 2024 by moortu

[ubergeek]

8 hours ago, shamrock said:

If we can't use our current system, can you at least work out a migration path for those running TrueNAS Scale? Ideally, write up a FAQ and walkthrough for users wanting to migrate from their current TrueNAS SCALE to utilizing HexOS as the frontend. 

This, If I have to rebuild my current setup not the worst thing in the world but It would be nice to have a easy path so 14tb of data doesn't have to clog up my network again

[qlkgwgjxoi]

Hey, one of the creators of HexOS talked in an Q&A about migration from TrueNAS.

(https://youtu.be/cTPVd4YCDZ8&t=1566)

[jdserv]

Waiting for this as well. I have a well established TrueNAS install. HexOS installed but stuck at the point to get HexOS to just see all the pools and mesh nicely. I get right up to the part where it say "this will wipe the drives" . I tried the manual button but it is not yet active. So I wait.

[Captain Roque]

On 11/30/2024 at 5:10 PM, deafhobbit said:

i currently have a truenas scale server, which does what i need it to do, but is a huge pain to work with as an amateur. i bought the beta because i love the idea of having a simpler gui on top of the rock solid truenas base.

i don't have the time or the hardware to spin up a second server running hexos to participate in the beta right now, but i'd love to be able to switch over to hexos eventually. therefore, having some method to "upgrade" from truenas scale to hexos eventually would be much appreciated. a nice way to do it in truenas's gui would be best of course, but i'd settle for a good written guide. as long as i'm able to bring over my existing datasets, i'll be happy.

i don't think this is a priority feature to develop during the beta, but i'd like to see it eventually.

I Second this.

[DerKernsen]

On 11/30/2024 at 9:10 PM, deafhobbit said:

i currently have a truenas scale server, which does what i need it to do, but is a huge pain to work with as an amateur. i bought the beta because i love the idea of having a simpler gui on top of the rock solid truenas base.

i don't have the time or the hardware to spin up a second server running hexos to participate in the beta right now, but i'd love to be able to switch over to hexos eventually. therefore, having some method to "upgrade" from truenas scale to hexos eventually would be much appreciated. a nice way to do it in truenas's gui would be best of course, but i'd settle for a good written guide. as long as i'm able to bring over my existing datasets, i'll be happy.

i don't think this is a priority feature to develop during the beta, but i'd like to see it eventually.

Im in the same boat. This is a huge oversight in my view. I bought the beta expecting this, but unfortunately Im stuck waiting for them to implement this.

[Mobius]

This will eventually come to HexOS. 
Can't give you a timeline but we know that a lot of users actually want to migrate over from Scale.