My Current System Information:
With that out of the way, the reason for my post – to get some insight on an upgrade path to the latest TrueNas Core 12.0-U4…..
In the legacy User guide documentation for FreeNas 9.10, there was information on how to upgrade at:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/9.10/install.html#upgrading
In the Last FreeNas version, 11.3, it had similar information on upgrading at:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.3-U5/install.html#upgrading
However,I have not found similar information on the newer TrueNas site. I have read conflicting information on various threads about issues and paths for upgrading pausing at certain ones and skipping others - I fairly certain I’m at the point of information overload :). I also happened to noticed in my GUI, of my current server, that under upgrading there is an option for TrueNas 12 but it doesn’t specify which version and I haven’t hit check yet either. At any rate, I am trying to figure out how best to go about getting up to the latest and greatest stable version of TrueNas Core(12.0-U4). Should I run the GUI Update tool? Should I just simply start fresh with a complete new install abandoning everything I currently have up and working? Or some other avenue?
As far as my current Server usage, I only use it for two purposes for the unit, a central file repository for my intranet and a Jail Service for my Plex Media server. I don’t have any VM or other services running on it. Given this, what would you suggest?
Also if there is an updated guide / best practices sticky or similar that I’ve overlooked on upgrading and migrating from legacy freenas platforms to the newer TrueNas Core please do point me to a link for it :)
FreeNas ver. 9.10.10.2-U6
Mbord: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 w/ American Megatrends Bios Revision 2101
w/ Onboard NIC Realtek 8111E/F PCIe Gigabit Lan Controller
Proc: AMD Phenom II x4 840 Quad-Core @ 3.2Ghz
Ram: Crucial DDR3 PC3-14900 Unbuffered ECC 32Gb (4x8GB)
System Cache:
Striped – 2x 120GB Sata III SSD (PNY CS 1311)
Storage Pool:
Raidz2 – 8x 4TB Sata 6GB/s HDD (Seagate ST4000VN000)
PCIe Storage Pool Controller Card:
LSI MegaRaid 9260-8i L3-25121-60A 6gb/s SAS to Sata Controller flashed in HBA mode (Avago MPT2BIOS – 7.39.02.00 (201.08.03))
With that out of the way, the reason for my post – to get some insight on an upgrade path to the latest TrueNas Core 12.0-U4…..
In the legacy User guide documentation for FreeNas 9.10, there was information on how to upgrade at:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/9.10/install.html#upgrading
In the Last FreeNas version, 11.3, it had similar information on upgrading at:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.3-U5/install.html#upgrading
However,I have not found similar information on the newer TrueNas site. I have read conflicting information on various threads about issues and paths for upgrading pausing at certain ones and skipping others - I fairly certain I’m at the point of information overload :). I also happened to noticed in my GUI, of my current server, that under upgrading there is an option for TrueNas 12 but it doesn’t specify which version and I haven’t hit check yet either. At any rate, I am trying to figure out how best to go about getting up to the latest and greatest stable version of TrueNas Core(12.0-U4). Should I run the GUI Update tool? Should I just simply start fresh with a complete new install abandoning everything I currently have up and working? Or some other avenue?
As far as my current Server usage, I only use it for two purposes for the unit, a central file repository for my intranet and a Jail Service for my Plex Media server. I don’t have any VM or other services running on it. Given this, what would you suggest?
Also if there is an updated guide / best practices sticky or similar that I’ve overlooked on upgrading and migrating from legacy freenas platforms to the newer TrueNas Core please do point me to a link for it :)
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