After a long time without our Unraid server, I have finally managed to find the time and motivation to track down and resolve the issues [long story short - Not all SATA power connectors are as robust as others].

So now comes the time to bring the Unraid instance up to 7.2.4 from 6.12.9. I have updated all dockers without any [obvious] issues but I though I would ask the brains trust if there are any potential issues I should look out for or preemptively take actions to eliminate/mitigate.

If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreiciated. Let me know if there is any info I should add to the post to make it easier to give the advice and I will provide asap.

Thanks in advance.

Donovan

Edited March 20Mar 20 by ddm73

Create a full flash drive backup and also read the release notes for all major releases in between, like 7.0.0, 7.1.0, etc.

11 hours ago, ddm73 said:

updated all dockers

More important to update all plugins when upgrading Unraid.

4 hours ago, trurl said:

More important to update all plugins when upgrading Unraid.

Started to do this and encountered the first issue. Any thoughts? The wonderful Google AI is telling me this, "This error usually indicates a corrupted plugin package, a full/corrupted USB flash drive, or a failed OS upgrade"

plugin: updating: dynamix.system.temp.plg
Executing hook script: CA_preHook
Clearing Community Applications plugin cache
Executing hook script: pre_plugin_checks
plugin: run failed: 'upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall' returned 127
Executing hook script: CA_postHook
Clearing Community Applications plugin cache
Executing hook script: post_plugin_checks

Attach Diagnostics ZIP to your NEXT post in this thread.

If a plugin giving too much trouble to update, get rid of it (if you can) and add it or it's equivalent after you upgrade.

^that, and I believe CA and other plugins will not install the latest version with 6.12 anyway

On 3/20/2026 at 12:38 PM, ddm73 said:

After a long time without our Unraid server, I have finally managed to find the time and motivation to track down and resolve the issues [long story short - Not all SATA power connectors are as robust as others].

So now comes the time to bring the Unraid instance up to 7.2.4 from 6.12.9. I have updated all dockers without any [obvious] issues but I though I would ask the brains trust if there are any potential issues I should look out for or preemptively take actions to eliminate/mitigate.

If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreiciated. Let me know if there is any info I should add to the post to make it easier to give the advice and I will provide asap.

Thanks in advance.

Donovan

Ok, I think I'm ready. I have backed up usb key and the other bits and pieces [appdata etc.]

So, do I go though each update or can I jump straight to the latest or maybe somewhere in between before going to the latest. I've seen some say go to 7.0.1 then forward from there.

Thanks In advance.

10 hours ago, ddm73 said:

So, do I go though each update or can I jump straight to the latest

You have your backups.... Go for the latest. Go for beta 7.3

I am a huge fan of 7.0.1 for stability and 'just working' but 7.2.4 seems really good too.

7.2.4 or 7.3 beta is my suggestion