SOLVED Possible new install whitch version

[wiseguy127]

I'm thinking about doing a fresh install and not sure whitch version I should install. Curious what version would everyone go back to?

 

[Chris Moore]

I'm thinking about doing a fresh install and not sure whitch version I should install. Curious what version would everyone go back to?

What version were you on before?

If I were doing a new install, I would choose FreeNAS 11.1-U7
https://download.freenas.org/11/latest/x64/FreeNAS-11.1-U7.iso
Most of the guides that exist right now are designed for the User Interface (UI) represented in that version and it runs stable with few bugs and does all the things I want out of a NAS.

The newer version https://download.freenas.org/11.2/STABLE/U2/x64/FreeNAS-11.2-U2.iso
Well, to be kind, there are some issues with it at the moment. Many growing pains around the release of the new UI and the new middleware that allows for the new UI. It is almost a total rewrite, despite what the version numbers might otherwise indicate.
Release Notes:
https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/library/freenas-11-2-u2/

 

[wiseguy127]

I believe I have been on that version and all the way up to the latest. I'm at work right now so I'm not 100% positive.

 

[Chris Moore]

I believe I have been on that version and all the way up to the latest. I'm at work right now so I'm not 100% positive.

If you upgraded your pool, you may not be able to go back to a previous version of FreeNAS. It depends on exactly what your system state is.

 

[wiseguy127]

Ooohhhh well that's not good. If that's the case I have to stay with the latest version if I want to keep all of my data on them ? Also how can I tell ?

 

[Chris Moore]

Ooohhhh well that's not good. If that's the case I have to stay with the latest version if I want to keep all of my data on them ? Also how can I tell ?

It is the ZFS Feature Flags that get upgraded. If you didn't upgrade your pool, it may still be on the old version.
Here is a resource that talks about how to check:
https://forums.freenas.org/resources/zfs-feature-flags-in-freenas.95/

 

[seanm]

I'm thinking about doing a fresh install and not sure whitch version I should install. Curious what version would everyone go back to?

Well it all depends what you need. What services do you want to run?

 

[wiseguy127]

Plex,sabnzb,sick beard, couch patato and store junk files. Basically a media server

 

[wiseguy127]

Ok just got home and I believe I'm on the new zpool. This is the last line on man zpool-features
FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE June 7, 2017 FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE
June 7 2017 is throwing me off thou.

 

[Chris Moore]

Ok just got home and I believe I'm on the new zpool. This is the last line on man zpool-features
FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE June 7, 2017 FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE
June 7 2017 is throwing me off thou.

To view the status of Feature Flags on a pool, use zpool get all <poolname> | grep feature and it will give you a list of the features that exist and whether or not they are enabled or active.
If the last two features in that list are:

• skein
• sha512

It tells you that the pool has not been upgraded, but if they are:

• Device removal
• Obsolete counts
• Zpool checkpoint

That tells you the pool has been upgraded. It used to require going to the terminal and typing a command but since it is in the GUI now, a lot more people have probably upgraded.

 

[wiseguy127]

This mite be the best news so far. Checked both the pools and the last two are
sha512
skein
So does that mean I can do a fresh install of 11.1U7 ? Also will the fresh install know the pools? I Don't want lose the files. I just did a factory reset and still having the same problems.

 

[wiseguy127]

Wow! Thank you very much. I went to FreeNAS 11.1-U7 fresh install and was able to a imports the volumes thank goodness everything was there. Added the shares back in and full access. Thank you again. now time to go to jails and plugins.