Scope/Description

• This article will walk through the steps to replace a failed drive in a FreeNAS 11.2 installation.

Prerequisites

• Access to FreeNAS 11.2 web UI
• Replacement Drive

Steps

• First, we’ll have to go to the Storage > Pools tab.

• Once here, we then select the cog wheel icon > Status to view the status of the pool.

• Once here, we then need to identify the drive to be replaced, for this article we’ll use da0 as the problem drive.

• We have to select the option wheel besides the problem drive, and then select Offline.

• Once this is done, the drive will appear offline.
• We can then replace the drive physically, once this is done we select the options wheel, and select Replace.

• Then we select the replacement drive in the options here (Note, it will take a moment for the drive to appear as it has to power up)

• Once this is done, the resilver will begin on the pool.