Yeah, he was just a few versions behind. His last update was in 2018.

6.5.3 --> 6.9.2

6.9.2 --> 7.0.1

7.0.1 --> 7.3.1

It all went very smoothly with plugin and docker container updates at each step.

Of course, I needed to reinstall community apps and some updated versions of some plugins but all seems well now.

Plex was a mess, but, that has also been sorted.

A little reconfiguration still needs to be done, but, at least he is up to date on everything.

No 'fun' filesystem changes to make on the way ?

4 hours ago, ChatNoir said:

No 'fun' filesystem changes to make on the way ?

File system on all array data disks is XFS v5, so, no changes needed. That is sufficient for his uses of this server.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

57 minutes ago, ConnerVT said:

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

Well, I talked him into getting Unraid in the first place back in 2017, so, I felt somewhat responsible. He has moved to a new house four times since that initial setup and never really knew what he was doing with Unraid and IT type stuff in general. If there was not a friend or relative at every stop who knew what he was doing, his Unraid server just sat in a corner unused for years. No one had a clue what this server even was, let alone anything about Unraid.

He recently moved back within a reasonable distance from my home and asked me to come help him "get all the data off that blue box." He had no idea what to do with it. I asked him to let me take it back to my house (the "IT hospiltal" is what he called it) so I could see what I could do to resurrect it for its original use in an environment I could control. He had no idea where his router was or how to access its admin page so I could see if his server was even getting an IP address. It's a headless box and he had no monitor or keyboard I could use for on-site diagnosis. Turns out it had a static IP address set from long ago that was not on the same private subnet as his current setup (done by his son in law). It's setup for DHCP from the Unraid side now and if I can get him to figure out how to get into his router admin page, I'll setup a DHCP reservation there when I return the patient to him.

I'll set it up for Wireguard access so I can get to it remotely when I need to in case he breaks something or forgets how things work. Primarily, he wants it as a Plex media server and a place to store photos.

We're both in our mid 60s but "tehcnology" to him is creating a basic Excel spreadsheet. I am doing what I can to "idiot proof" his Unraid server so he does not have to do anything with it and I don't have to be long-term IT support.

Edited June 24Jun 24 by Hoopster