Is there easy/documented way to downgrade ZFS pool to CORE? I have SCALE with some pools that I want to be recognized when I reinstall TrueNAS core.

[image] katit: Is there easy/documented way to downgrade ZFS pool to CORE? If you didn’t create a pool checkpoint , then you cannot “downgrade” an upgraded pool. However, TrueNAS Core 13.3 is going to be released soon, which will have the latest version of OpenZFS. So it should be able to im…

Is there any way to check for 13.3 CORE progress? I found article it should be released this month but didn’t find anymore info. This sounds like exactly what I need if it’s capable of importing my pool. Side question… And I assume answer is “NO”. I have some configs (SAMBA, users, etc) which I c…

If you do not “upgrade” the zfs feature set, you can roll back and fourth between CORE and SCALE. I do it quite often actually. I would try TrueNAS 13.3 Beta 2 and see if it works as already recommended. If it does not work and you need/want to roll back and fourth like I do, then I recommend you…

Move dataset from SCALE to CORE (Downgrade)

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victor June 10, 2024, 6:10pm 4

BETA2 is out now if you care to test it.
TrueNAS CORE 13.3-BETA2 is Now Available

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Move dataset from SCALE to CORE (Downgrade)

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