Mail notifications need to be set up in several areas within FreeNAS. It’s easy to miss one. Root user. System email Alert Service (new UI only) S.M.A.R.T. The images below came from FreeNAS 11.1-U7 for the legacy UI screenshots and FreeNAS 11.2-U2.1 for the new UI screenshots. Legacy UI New UI Considering using Gmail …
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Month:March 2019
Troubleshooting FreeNAS Group SID Resolution
Case Study When viewing the permissions on a FreeNAS SMB share from a Windows PC, SIDs in the ACL are translated to a friendly display name. For example, this is a view of the permissions on the media share on my backup FreeNAS 11.1-U7 server. I’ve recently noticed that group SIDs are not being resolved …
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FreeNAS Standby Server Considerations
Case Study Consider a small business that employs predominantly Windows PCs. The business doesn’t have a lot of cash to throw at hardware or software, but still wants to maximise business continuity by minimising system downtime. A couple of FreeNAS servers are considered as file servers; one active, the other on cold standby (ie. no …
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FreeNAS and Samba Standalone DFS
Intended Audience This post may be of interest if you’re interested in accessing SMB shares hosted on different servers on your network through a single namespace. Assumptions The guide is suitable for a small business or home network that doesn’t use a domain controller for authenticated access. Windows PCs are predominantly in use on the …
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