how to upgrade from command line?

[ikke]

Hi,

GUI crashed and I'd like to upgrade as I need to reboot anyway. How to upgrade over ssh?

I noticed there was freenas-update command, which listed the stuff to update:

Code:

# /usr/local/bin/freenas-update check
Upgrade package base-os 11.2-RELEASE-63e5b1280ef0b8d882194a8a85d19665->11.2-RELEASE-U1-ecf80b60107771baacc6dce10bfe9ab6
Upgrade package freebsd-pkgdb 11.2-RELEASE-63e5b1280ef0b8d882194a8a85d19665->11.2-RELEASE-U1-ecf80b60107771baacc6dce10bfe9ab6
Upgrade package freenas-pkg-tools 11.2-RELEASE-63e5b1280ef0b8d882194a8a85d19665->11.2-RELEASE-U1-ecf80b60107771baacc6dce10bfe9ab6
Upgrade package FreeNASUI 11.2-RELEASE-63e5b1280ef0b8d882194a8a85d19665->11.2-RELEASE-U1-ecf80b60107771baacc6dce10bfe9ab6
Reboot is (conditionally) required
Sequence 63e5b1280ef0b8d882194a8a85d19665 -> ecf80b60107771baacc6dce10bfe9ab6

but the update option for it only updated the GUI part:

Code:

# /usr/local/bin/freenas-update update
Status: Installing FreeNASUI
Total Progress: [########################################] 100.00%

How to upgrade the rest of it? The command didn't seem to have man page.

 

[danb35]

How to upgrade over ssh

I'd do it using the console menu, which you can run using (IIRC) /etc/netcli.

 

[ikke]

There is no upgrade option either. Good try though.

 

[dlavigne]

Were you able to resolve your issue?

 

[ikke]

No I was not. It ended up in misery and tears. :) I rebooted the box, from which it never recovered. The USB image format for 11.2 is non compliant with old BIOS, which won't recognise it as boot device.

So I downgraded into 11.1. I now need to think of my options. Unless someone figures out what's wrong with the 11.2 USB bootloader format, I can't upgrade. So I either need to go away from Freenas, perhaps Linux with ZFS, or buy new HW.

I'd like to stay with Freenas, which has been brilliant over the years, but I don't feel like burning money because of such misfeature. Hopefully someone comes up with a missing option for the bootloader installer.

 

[awoldman]

/usr/local/bin/freenas-update -T FreeNAS-11.2-STABLE update

-T option picks the train to upgrade to.

 

[sretalla]

/usr/local/bin/freenas-update -T FreeNAS-11.2-STABLE update

-T option picks the train to upgrade to.

Good find.

I don't think this will solve the OP's problem as I'm guessing the switch to the FreeBSD bootloader is where it's stuck and that will happen in any case.

Best offer of a way out would be to switch to an SSD for boot.

 

[DarthMaul]

first time dealing with free or true NAS. I created acct just to say TY
thank you!

the -T is exactly what I needed on the fly
saved my butt