Can't upgrade to 9.3 because CIFS services won't shut off

[Phak1]

I currently am using Freenas 9.2.1.5 and I would like to upgrade to 9.3. The upgrade instructions say to shut off all services and I can't shut off CIFS. I get the error "This service could not be stopped." Any Suggestions?

 

[solarisguy]

Remove your shares first...

 

[cyberjock]

Just reboot. That will kill the services. ;)

 

[Phak1]

I rebooted, tried to shut off CIFS and got the same error. Is it safe to upgrade even though the services are still on?

 

[anodos]

I rebooted, tried to shut off CIFS and got the same error. Is it safe to upgrade even though the services are still on?

You can always enter the CLI and type "service samba_server stop".

 

[pirateghost]

I rebooted, tried to shut off CIFS and got the same error. Is it safe to upgrade even though the services are still on?

I have never shut down services during an upgrade

 

[solarisguy]

@Phak, did you remove shares?

 

[Phak1]

No, I didn't remove the shares. If I did, would that mean I would have to set them up again?

 

[solarisguy]

No, I didn't remove the shares. If I did, would that mean I would have to set them up again?

Yes, you would need to set them up again, but you would be able to stop the CIFS service after removing shares.

 

[cyberjock]

Just upgrade, leave the shares and leave the service running. You'll be fine. :)

 

[Phak1]

I took a different approach to upgrade. I really liked the idea of having a mirrored boot drive that so I purchased (2) new Sandisk 16GB Ultra Fit USB thumb drives, saved the config, then did a fresh install on one of the thumb drives. I booted the system, reinstalled the config the mirrored the other thumb drive.

So far everything seems to be fine.

I want to thank everybody involved in this thread. This forum is awesome for newbies like me.

 

[solarisguy]

When installing FreeNAS, you can just select two devices and FreeNAS will mirror them automagically for you.