CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet
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I made the jump to 11.2 the other day. I thought I had done everything by the book. I'd backed up my data, backed up my config, shutdown all Jails and Plugins, turned off all service... I had to flash my SAS controller, so I disconnected the disks etc. etc. etc.
The one thing I didn't even think of though, was that I was upgrading from 9.10.2-u5 straight to 11.2-u5. Cue much self kicking.
This jumping of several major releases of FreeNAS has caused one or two issues, mainly related to tasks and services that run on a schedule. I've fixed all the issues I've found but it's got me wondering whether there's anything else that got screwed up by my less than ideal upgrade practices.
So... I'm strongly considering a fresh install to avoid any possible issues that I have caused and for peace of mind. I would just be reimportaing my existing pool though. I figure that as I need to recreate my Warden Jails anyway and there are a few datasets I've been wanting to recreate (either to change permission type or as a way of organising them)... perhaps it's time to redo my config and Users with the (relativly small amount of) knowledge I have learnt since I first installed and used FreeNAS.
My questions are as follows.
A. If I recreate the Users and Groups from my current install on the fresh install, along with who owns what Dataset... am I good to go in regards to permissions?
B. Is there anyway I can create a fresh install on the same disks as my current install without losing my current install or will creating a fresh install require me to format my boot disk? (I can just use a spare SSD I have laying around if that's the case EDIT: so much for that, for some reason the FreeNAS install just does not like my 120GB SiliconPower S55).
C. Further to the above (and I know this is a dumb question but being a dd novice, I thought it's better that I ask than assume...) if I use a new SSD for my reinstall but wish to resuse the existing SSD as my boot device (without mirroring it with the second SSD), will a simple dd image be all that I need to swap the boot disks?
D. Assuming I recreate their mounted storage, will my Warden Jails still function (so I can create new iocage Jails at my leisure)?
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Here's my todo list for creating a new config, if anyone can spot anything obvious that I've missed, then please let me know. I've bolded any questions that I have.
The one thing I didn't even think of though, was that I was upgrading from 9.10.2-u5 straight to 11.2-u5. Cue much self kicking.
This jumping of several major releases of FreeNAS has caused one or two issues, mainly related to tasks and services that run on a schedule. I've fixed all the issues I've found but it's got me wondering whether there's anything else that got screwed up by my less than ideal upgrade practices.
So... I'm strongly considering a fresh install to avoid any possible issues that I have caused and for peace of mind. I would just be reimportaing my existing pool though. I figure that as I need to recreate my Warden Jails anyway and there are a few datasets I've been wanting to recreate (either to change permission type or as a way of organising them)... perhaps it's time to redo my config and Users with the (relativly small amount of) knowledge I have learnt since I first installed and used FreeNAS.
My questions are as follows.
A. If I recreate the Users and Groups from my current install on the fresh install, along with who owns what Dataset... am I good to go in regards to permissions?
B. Is there anyway I can create a fresh install on the same disks as my current install without losing my current install or will creating a fresh install require me to format my boot disk? (I can just use a spare SSD I have laying around if that's the case EDIT: so much for that, for some reason the FreeNAS install just does not like my 120GB SiliconPower S55).
C. Further to the above (and I know this is a dumb question but being a dd novice, I thought it's better that I ask than assume...) if I use a new SSD for my reinstall but wish to resuse the existing SSD as my boot device (without mirroring it with the second SSD), will a simple dd image be all that I need to swap the boot disks?
D. Assuming I recreate their mounted storage, will my Warden Jails still function (so I can create new iocage Jails at my leisure)?
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Here's my todo list for creating a new config, if anyone can spot anything obvious that I've missed, then please let me know. I've bolded any questions that I have.
- System
- Recreate All uses and Groups (I've screenshoted all the info that I'd need to fill in again).
- Change the hostname
- Change the Locale, timezone and keyboard map.
- Make sure the boot disks scrub is configured.
- Enable "Show console messages in footer"
- Change MOTD to something obscene.
- Show advanced fields by default.
- Configure the email alert settings.
- Set System Dataset to "tank".... Will this cause any issues as I'd already have an existing System Dataset on my storage pool?
- Tasks
- Schedule a Scrub of "tank".
- Create a schedule for Short and Long S.M.A.R.T. Tests.
- Network
- Hostname already set above.
- Set default gateway.
- set primary dns to 1.1.1.1
- set IPMI address and default gateway.
- Storage
- Configure a periodic snapshot task.
- Configure a replication task.
- Double check / assign ownership of my existing datasets.
- Sharing
- Recreate my shares.
- Service
- Configure and enable the S.M.A.R.T., SMB, SSH and UPS services.
- Jails
- Recreate any Jails dataset mount points and the Jails Config (again, I've screenshoted everything).
- Login into the old UI to start any Warden Jails or Plugins.
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