How do I upgrade from 8 to 9?

[mctt]

Hi All,
It sounds a simple question and I wanted to ask people who have done the upgrade from 8 to 9 how they did it and why they did it.
Is it worth upgrading? Should I just wait for a more mature release? What can I expect to loose? What is there to gain?

Now for the detail. I'm running FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-p2-x64 on an HP Microserver n54L. I'm considering how and why I would upgrade using FreeNAS-9.1.0-RELEASE-x64.img.xz

On the current Freenas 8 install I have RAIDz3, a Jail installed and some plugins. Mainly I would like to keep Subsonic. By keeping I mean I don't mind doing a fresh install or plugin upgrade but want to check that the current Subsonic plugin works with 9.

How?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/FreeNAS-9.1.0/RELEASE/

1. Upgrade plan; I'm thinking, based on advice posted in this forum, that using another USB key for the 9 install is a good idea.

2. ZFS, RAIDz3 used with zgeli Encryption. How did you go about this and is it worth the risk?
Do I need to do anything with the encryption?

"8) **IMPORTANT** Backward compatibility of FreeNAS 9.1 ZFS pools with older versions of ZFS is not to be expected. Upgrade pools with extreme caution, as all ZFS pool upgrades are one-way and only FreeNAS 9.1, FreeBSD 9-STABLE, and FreeBSD 8.4 currently support this ZFS pool format."

3. Plugin advice. Do these work (well)? And how did you find the upgrade process?
Replacement plugins:

Firefly, MiniDLNA, Transmission.​

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/FreeNAS-9.1.0/RELEASE/x64/plugins/​

What about Subsonic? Does it work with 9.1.0 RELEASE x64?​

http://forums.freenas.org/threads/subsonic-plugin.7295/​

[edit] Answer, yes but with work: http://forums.freenas.org/threads/how-to-install-subsonic-4-8-on-freenas-9-1-1.15016/​

SABnzbd​

http://forums.freenas.org/threads/release-thread-sabnzbd-plugin.14368/​

Working for you?​

[edit] Answer: http://forums.freenas.org/threads/how-to-upgrade-plugins-for-9x.14874/#post-72520​

http://appcafe.org/freenas​

SickBeard​

http://forums.freenas.org/threads/release-thread-sickbeard-plugin.14382/​

Any problems?​

CouchPotato​

http://forums.freenas.org/threads/release-thread-couchpotato-plugin.14383/​

Same question ;)​

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[edit] http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Available_FreeNAS®_PBIs​

4. Jails upgrade:

"9) To convert 8.* pluginjail to a 9.* pluginjail, please run the jail migration script like so (prior to configuring jails) from the command-line: /root/migrate_pluginjail.sh -D

Any installed 8.x plugins will need to be updated manually."

Sounds simple, any pointers with this step?

5. Should I just wait for a later RELEASE with possibly better plugin/port support? Am I better off sticking with 8 and waiting six months for example?

So it looks like a fair bit of work and has risks. Bottom line, why did you upgrade and any tips on how you did it are greatly appreciated.

 

[Yatti420]

To be on the latest release build.. FreeNAS-9.1.1-RELEASE ...
#1
http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Upgrading_FreeNAS®#Preparing_for_the_Upgrade

I just did a clean install of 9.1.1 on my USB and set everything back up manually as I wanted to play with jails/plugins anyways..