Freenas firmware update gui

If you are upgrading from version 8. X or earlier you will need to perform an upgrade using the CD method below. To use the CD upgrade method you will need to download the full installation ISO for the architecture of your system, either i for bit systems or amd64 if you have a bit processor.

This method is very similar to the process of setting up FreeNAS on a new system. When you upgrade using a CD your configuration will be automatically transferred to the new version. Once it boots up you can check the system information to verify the update was succesfully applied.

The FreeNAS build version should match the version of the update you applied. If the update was a success the FreeNAS Build version should be updated on the system information page. The console update method isn't offically supported but it has saved me from reinstalling the OS from scratch a few times when I couldn't get the update to apply correctly.

The manual update process also provides more visibility to any errors that occur during the upgrade since you can watch the process via the console. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters. Personal Finance. Backing up the Configuration I recommend backing up the configuration for FreeNAS before you make any changes, especially upgrading to a new version.

Log into the web interface. Click on the services button. Then click on the settings tab. Joined Mar 1, Messages 2. I recently installed FreeNAS This was a new, bare-metal installation on freshly-wiped drives. This was not an upgrade.

The installation completed successfully. I can ping and resolve hosts on the Internet with no problems, including pkg. Update" of the User Guide. Last edited: Mar 2, Joined Oct 27, Messages 2, You want freenas-update. Do not use pkg. Kevin Horton Neophyte Sage.

Joined Dec 2, Messages Click to expand I suspect many differences exist to keep FreeNAS stable. This would be a great option to have, where one could install local packages that they would like to have for whatever reason system management utilities, etc , without the need for using Jails.

This would be especially useful for less powerful systems. Similar threads X. The next screen, shown in Figure 2.

Setting a password is mandatory and the password can not be blank. Since this password provides access to the administrative GUI, it should be a hard-to-guess password.

Input the password, press the down arrow key, and confirm the password. Then press Enter to start the installation. Unless these are set, the only way to access a shell as root is to gain physical access to the console menu or to access the web shell within the administrative GUI. Press Enter to return to the first menu, seen in Figure 2. As the system reboots, make sure that the device you installed to is listed as the first boot entry in the BIOS so that the system will boot from it.

If so, disable the device and try booting again. If the burned image fails to boot and the image was burned using a Windows system, wipe the USB stick before trying a second burn using a utility such as Active KillDisk.

Otherwise, the second burn attempt will fail as Windows does not understand the partition which was written from the image file. Be very careful that you specify the USB stick when using a wipe utility!

Once 9. To perform an upgrade using this method, download the. Burn the downloaded. Insert the prepared media into the system and boot from it. Again, the installer will remind you that the operating system should be installed on a disk that is not used for storage. Press Enter to start the upgrade. Once the installer has finished unpacking the new image, you will see the menu shown in Figure 2. During the reboot there may be a conversion of the previous configuration database to the new version of the database.

This conversion can take a long time to finish so be patient and the boot should complete normally. Use the drop-down menu to select an existing volume to temporarily place the firmware file during the upgrade. This screen again reminds you to backup your configuration before proceeding. Browse to the location of the downloaded. Behind the scenes, the following steps are occurring:. Reboot the system and watch for the boot menu.

In the example shown in Figure 2. The second boot entry, FreeNAS , refers to the current version of the operating system, after the update was applied. This second entry is highlighted and begins with a star, indicating that this is the environment the system will boot into, unless another entry is manually selected.

Both entries include a date and timestamp, indicating when that boot environment was created. To boot into the previous version of the operating system, use the up or down arrow to select it and press enter. The data is still on your disks and you still have a copy of your saved configuration.

You can always:. For example, if you reboot into an older version of the operating system, you cannot restore a configuration that was created in a later version. The warning message will remind you that a pool upgrade is irreversible.

The upgrade itself should only take a seconds and is non-disruptive. This means that you do not need to stop any sharing services in order to upgrade the pool. However, you should choose to upgrade when the pool is not being heavily used. VirtualBox is an open source virtualization program originally created by Sun Microsystems. Figure 2. The base memory size must be changed to at least MB.

The first option uses disk space as needed until it reaches the maximum size that you will set in the next screen. The second option creates a disk the same size as that specified amount of disk space, whether it is used or not. Choose the first option if you are worried about disk space; otherwise, choose the second option as it allows VirtualBox to run slightly faster.

This screen is used to set the size or upper limit of the virtual machine. Increase the default size to 8 GB. Use the folder icon to browse to a directory on disk with sufficient space to hold the virtual machine. The virtual machine will be listed in the left frame, as seen in the example in Figure 2.

Next, create the virtual disk s to be used for storage. Since this disk will be used for storage, create a size appropriate to your needs, making sure that it is at least 4 GB in size.