Creating pools using TrueNAS & using it on local machine.

TrueNAS uses ZFS data storage pools to efficiently store and protect data.

To create a pool start with the process below.

Boot TrueNAS

Select 1. Boot TrueNAS & this screen will appear

check for the IP address so that you can open WebUI for TrueNAS

Enter the IP in the browser

The username will be "root" by default.

The password which you have set during installation.

And here's the main console.

Now to add the pools.

Go to pools > Add

Create Pool.

Enter the name > Suggest Layout > Select all disks> Create.

Confirm > Create Pool.

It'll show like this after the creation of the pool.

Go to Services.

Click on the pencil icon on iSCSI.

Target Global Configuration

Don't change anything and save.

Portals

Add > Just click on IP address 0.0.0.0 will appear and select > Save.

It'll look like this after the changes.

Initiators

Allow all Initiators > Save.

It'll look like this after the above changes.

We are not setting any authorized pool so, authorized access we are not configuring.

Targets > Add

Target Name (enter name) > Click on portal group 1 > submit

After changes, it'll be something like this

Extents

Add > name (add name) > Extent type (File) > Path > Filesize (enter your size) > Save

Associated Targets > select target and extent > submit

Restart iSCSI service

Now search for iSCSI initiator in Windows search

Add IP of TrueNAS > Quick Connect

Go to disk management

You will see the new volume of space you allocated during the configurations made before.

To initialize right click

Again click on unallocated volume > initialize the disk

Then just click next till the end

Now check in your file manager you'll see the volume mounted there.

In the way above you can add NAS volume to your local client using TrueNAS by creating pools.