Upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit...what about plugins?

[bjs.pdx]

I am going to update my freenas installation from FreeNAS-9.2.1.8-RELEASE-x86 to the current 9.3 release which is 64-bit. My thumb drive is too small so I'll be doing a new installation. I know that means I'll need to backup and restore my configuration but I'm using two plugins on the 32 bit system: firefly and mini-dlna. What steps do I need to take regarding the plugins before and after the upgrade? Delete and reinstall? Will I lose all my configurations and data for the plugins? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SweetAndLow]

does your system have good enough spec for 9.3? Also did you read the release notes? 9.3 only supports zfs and requires 8GB of memory.

 

[bjs.pdx]

does your system have good enough spec for 9.3? Also did you read the release notes? 9.3 only supports zfs and requires 8GB of memory.

What does that have to do with my question?

 

[SweetAndLow]

What does that have to do with my question?

well you didn't follow the rules so i made sure to give you the information you needed.

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/forum-rules.22553/#post-134570/

 

[bjs.pdx]

well you didn't follow the rules so i made sure to give you the information you needed.

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/forum-rules.22553/#post-134570/

My system will have 8gb RAM after the upgrade. My boot device will be a 16GB thumb drive running ZFS (as my storage currently does.). Do you have an answer to my original question?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

@bjs.pdx
I don't think anyone is still maintaining those 2 plugins, but firefly still seems to be available for FreeNAS9.3
To reinstall you would..

• backup the programs configs/database, you may need to do some digging to figour out where each program keeps these
• reinstalling the plugin (if available for FN9.3)
• restore the configs/database with original permissions

 

[bjs.pdx]

@bjs.pdx
I don't think anyone is still maintaining those 2 plugins, but firefly still seems to be available for FreeNAS9.3
To reinstall you would..

• backup the programs configs/database, you may need to do some digging to figour out where each program keeps these
• reinstalling the plugin (if available for FN9.3)
• restore the configs/database with original permissions

Thank you. That is much more helpful. That gives me some idea about the steps I need for the upgrade.