- Urgent
Finally took the plunge and did an upgrade to 6.12.4 from 6.11.5.
6.11.5:
- ZFS(RAIDZ1)
- User shares with same names as zfs dataset with a link(inside the share) to zfs dataset.
6.12.4:
- Create a new pool, and add all HDDs.
- Change primary storage for all shares to zfs pool.
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Global Share Settings -> Permit exclusive shares.
So far so good, however some shares (from within zfs pool) show Exclusive access: No
After a reboot, things still remain the same.
In order to enable exclusive share:
- Create a new new dataset on the zfs pool.
- Move data from old share to new share (mv source destination)
- Delete old share.
- Rename new share.
I tested this with smaller dataset/share first before moving to dataset(s)/share(s) with hefty amount of data.
And, this is when I lost data after moving.
I should have paid attention to ZFS master plugin while it was showing no increase in dataset size even when close to 800GB data was moved.
Any ideas as to what went wrong? For the first time, am now worried that other datasets might show empty.
Also, how can one enable Exclusive access without having to go through this circus?