12.0-BETA1

30 June 2020

TrueNAS 12.0-BETA1 is the first major testing release which kicks-off the TrueNAS 12.0 release cycle.

TrueNAS 12.0 marks the first release of the re-branded FreeNAS software under the TrueNAS Open Storage family name. It improves upon the FreeNAS 11.3 series in many ways. Some of the notable features include:

• Major ZFS upgrade to the upcoming OpenZFS 2.0
• Support for ZFS Async Copy on Write
• Improved hardware support for AMD Ryzen CPUs and a variety of network cards
• Performance Improvements across many areas of the software stack, including CPU, Samba, ZFS and more
• Native ZFS dataset encryption
• Support for upcoming TrueCommand Cloud Connections
• Support for meta-data only vdevs (AKA: Fusion Pools)
• API Keys for scripted control of TrueNAS
• ZFS User Quota Support

Below is a summary of some of the 190 combined bug fixes, updates, and improvements. To view a full list of issues worked on, see the FreeNAS/TrueNAS 12.0-BETA1 Roadmap.

If you are already running a version of 12.0-Nightlies from before 7/1/2020, it is possible to upgrade to 12.0-BETA and then onto release. There are two ways to do this.

1. Roll back to the previous 11.3-UX boot-environment, and switch to the new 12.0-BETA train
2. Manually install the update file from the CLI using the following commands:

# fetch https://download.FreeNAS.org/12.0/STABLE/BETA/TrueNAS-12.0-BETA-manual-update.tar
# freenas-update ./TrueNAS-12.0-BETA-manual-update.tar
# reboot

• [NAS-100871] - In the new GUI: When deleting a VM device the confirmation screen doesn't identify the device about to be deleted
• [NAS-100405] - Native ZFS Encryption
• [NAS-100652] - Apply fieldsets to system section
• [NAS-100658] - Apply fieldsets to services section
• [NAS-101640] - Migrate FN/TN to FreeBSD 12 OS
• [NAS-101641] - Migrate to ZoL
• [NAS-101647] - Async ZFS COW
• [NAS-102345] - Add ability to over-provision ssds on platforms as needed
• [NAS-102356] - Standardize on Active/Standby description of controllers
• [NAS-102414] - Unifying FreeNAS and TrueNAS
• [NAS-102517] - Add "ManagedBy" field to ZFS datasets and Shares
• [NAS-102519] - Root API Keys
• [NAS-102806] - Add ZFS user quota support
• [NAS-102819] - Installer improvements
• [NAS-103443] - TrueCommand Cloud Secure Connection
• [NAS-103594] - KMIP Support
• [NAS-103683] - Convert Rest Calls to Websocket throughout the UI
• [NAS-103730] - Replace notifier throughout the UI
• [NAS-104501] - Updated software for 12
• [NAS-104503] - Middleware updates for 12
• [NAS-104504] - UI Improvements for 12
• [NAS-104505] - HA Improvements for 12
• [NAS-104604] - Web UI M60 support
• [NAS-104671] - 12.0 Documentation
• [NAS-105074] - Enclosure support for Mini 3.0
• [NAS-105220] - Add support for dedicated metadata devices to ZFS

• [NAS-105531] - static usage of FreeNAS when upgrading zpool
• [NAS-105565] - Unable to Access TN Scale UI
• [NAS-105622] - UI should update VM state if the VM shuts down
• [NAS-105904] - Fix broken link in New Pool Encryption help text
• [NAS-105927] - Replace all helptext Guide links
• [NAS-105607] - Logotype logo missing for TN Enterprise
• [NAS-105610] - Kerberos Settings don't load into form
• [NAS-105626] - Two-factor QA button doesn't enable on first setup
• [NAS-105634] - Time format examples do not match selected timezone
• [NAS-105651] - Date-picker list does not match timezone
• [NAS-105674] - Fix error handling for Save/Upload config
• [NAS-105713] - zvol form shows error by default
• [NAS-105744] - Need welcome dialog and modified About dialog
• [NAS-105769] - Min and max length errors are not accurate
• [NAS-105803] - Fix label / logic issues on dataset form

Systems that have a large number of plugins installed can take longer to populate the plugin list (NAS-106637).