SOLVED - I have Freenas 11.1 and I want to upgrade to Freenas 11.2

[manusamoa]

I recently lost my pool due a failed drive and replaced the drives and have a new pool I created. Now I am running but getting errors on my USB. I want to upgrade to 11.2 and I have downloaded the ISO. Before I upgrade, should I detach the volume or leave it as it and upgrade on the fly? I worried about loosing all the data I put back in the pool. I want to reformat the USB before the upgrade but worried any ZFS or Zpool information needed for the volume on the USB stick. What should I do?

 

[1kokies]

Before I upgrade, should I detach the volume or leave it as it and upgrade on the fly?

hardware all remains intact, save config (suggest to save with password secret seed and also without, the files are very small). Install 11.2 and then upload config, either with or without (need to read which one you need). That's it, it will be back to where you left.

Never did upgrade on the fly before. Furthermore your USB is giving errors.

I want to reformat the USB before the upgrade but worried any ZFS or Zpool information needed for the volume on the USB stick. What should I do?

as above, your original USB is still with you.

The config and your pool is most important here. if in doubt post more details here.

 

[manusamoa]

hardware all remains intact, save config (suggest to save with password secret seed and also without, the files are very small). Install 11.2 and then upload config, either with or without (need to read which one you need). That's it, it will be back to where you left.

Never did upgrade on the fly before. Furthermore your USB is giving errors.

as above, your original USB is still with you.

The config and your pool is most important here. if in doubt post more details here.

1kokies, thank you so much for the help. I was worried if I upgraded my pool without detaching it I would loose the data. I installed FreeNAS 11,2 onto a new USB drive and booted on that one. This way I would have the older 11.1 still available if needed. The new USB booted fine and I was able to import the pool and it saw all drives. I had to configure it again with sharing and services, but after it was as good as new. Thanks again for your help.

 

[1kokies]

OK great, glad to be able to assist & glad to see a happy user. FreeNAS is solid.

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