Yeah, it won’t happen again. I think I’ll migrate to managing ZFS directly from Proxmox, and then handle SMB in a VM or something, because I’m worried about compatibility, with the PCIe SATA card, as the system’s pretty dated.

Okay, no VM, understood, but I do want to use a GUI for ZFS, because I’m basically a noob.

Okay, if Proxmox can handle all that, I’ll be glad to ditch TrueNAS. However, I’m afraid that I won’t know how to migrate. I’ve found this reddit thread about someone who tried to do the same thing (I think) and accidentally corrupted their pools. About skipping NFS shares, that would be a big improvement for me, but I’m very unfamiliar with bind mounts. If I understand correctly, you can specify directories that live on the Proxmox Host, and they appear inside the VM, right? How does this compare to using virtual storage? Also, how can I replicate the ZFS pools to an external machine? In any case, thank you for that info!

Yes, that’s why I’ve posted this question, and I immediately powered the entire NAS off, as to avoid any damage. It’s currently still powered off, until I find the best way to move forward. What I’m afraid of is that if I try to import the pools that were managed by the TrueNAS VM into a bare metal TrueNAS install, or Proxmox, that it won’t work correctly, or that I could lose data.

So if I understand correctly, you’re managing the storage directly within Proxmox, instead of using a VM for that, right? Are the tools good? Does it support ZFS replication, SMB and things like that? Edit: I’ll also check the SATA cables, thanks!