TrueNAS CORE has an integrated update system to make it easy to keep up to date.
Prepare the System We recommend performing updates when the TrueNAS system is idle, with no clients connected and no scrubs or other disk activity happening. Most updates require a system reboot. Plan updates around scheduled maintenance times to avoid disrupting user activities.
The update process does not proceed unless there is enough free space in the boot pool for the new update files.
We highly recommend backing up the system configuration regularly. Doing so preserves settings when migrating, restoring, or fixing the system if it runs into any issues. Save the configuration file each time the system configuration changes.
Backup configs store information for accounts, network, services, tasks, virtual machines, and system settings. Backup configs also index ID’s and credentials for account, network, and system services. Users can view the contents of the backup config using database viewing software like SQLite DB Browser.
The Config Backups screen lists configuration backup files for the selected system.
Creating a Backup To create a config backup, from either the main Dashboard, Fleet Dashboard or Systems screens:
Click the more_vert icon to open the system options menu, then click Config Backups to open the Config Backup screen.
Click CREATE BACKUP. TrueCommand creates a configuration backup and adds it to the list with the creation date, and TrueNAS version the system is using at the time.
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