Hi,

so, i finally found some time for upgrading my unraid-server to the most recent version, but there are still some insecurities left, i unusually want to address before running in problems...

Since i does not have a concrete problem right now, i might deviate from https://forums.unraid.net/topic/37579-need-help-read-me-first/

but will try to provide as much information as i can.

Im preparing the upgrade right now like described in the upgrade guide: https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/updating-unraid/

• backup of boot-device and important data created

• updated all plugins to their latest versions

• i even downloaded diagnostics-data of the now totally fine running installation as a baseline

• Read the release notes of the version you want to install (and this is the point, where questions arise)

  • Is it really sufficient, when skipping several versions?

  • couldn't there be breaking changes in one of the versions in between (like in 7.2.5 https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/release-notes/7.2.5/) that must be taken care of?

  • is it even a good idea to skip that many releases in general or should one do upgrades in a consecutive order (e.g. 7.0.1 to 7.1.4 to 7.2.7 to 7.3.2)?

I use unraid for docker containers only, but there are some heavy-duty-containers like nextcloud, paperless, vaultwarden, immich, actual budget (with payload backed up ofcourse), which i definetely don't want to lose even for a day (or a whole weekend depending of the troubleshooting that has to take place).

If needed i can deliver more information like hardware, diagnostics data, installed containers + their versions etc. etc. but for now i would be happy if my more general questions could be answered.

Thanks in advance!

busha

I recommend reading at least the release notes for all the minor releases in between; in this case, that means also 7.1.0 and 7.2.0

Generally there isnt need for much else.

The big things that will often cause problems are:

• Custom changes you made outside of urnaid like for example, editing the "go" file

• Outdated or otherwise deprecated plugins that you might be using and unaware are broken on future updates (folderview, folderview 2, theme engine, etc.)

• Nvidia GPU driver plugin auto-selecting a driver version incompatible with your GPU (if youre using an GTX model gpu, drivers newer than 580 will not work for you)

As long as you make a backup of your USB, rolling back to the "previous" install should get you back into a working state.

I always suggest doing a reboot BEFORE running the system update. A lot of times people who run into issues after doing the update is that they find their system has issues. 9 times out of 10, those issues were already present and the reboot is just exposing them. If they just looked at their logs they would have seen their system throwing up all kinds of signals stuff was just running broken long before they updated.

2 hours ago, MowMdown said:

Generally there isnt need for much else.

The big things that will often cause problems are:

• Custom changes you made outside of urnaid like for example, editing the "go" file

• Outdated or otherwise deprecated plugins that you might be using and unaware are broken on future updates (folderview, folderview 2, theme engine, etc.)

• Nvidia GPU driver plugin auto-selecting a driver version incompatible with your GPU (if youre using an GTX model gpu, drivers newer than 580 will not work for you)

As long as you make a backup of your USB, rolling back to the "previous" install should get you back into a working state.

I always suggest doing a reboot BEFORE running the system update. A lot of times people who run into issues after doing the update is that they find their system has issues. 9 times out of 10, those issues were already present and the reboot is just exposing them. If they just looked at their logs they would have seen their system throwing up all kinds of signals stuff was just running broken long before they updated.

Valuable Information here, thanks!

• no customizations of go file or similar that iam aware of

• In fact, iam using a RTX 3060 and surprisingly i noticed that the card wasn't recognized correctly (fixed that)

• checked my plugins for future incompatibilities, iam using just two handful of recommended plugins and nothing to exotic (in fact folderview is one of it, but already in version 3)

• AND successfully rebooted the server. All went well and i do have a clean syslog

Thanks for your post, appreciate it.

Just to let you guys know. I successfully upgraded to the most recent unraid version 7.3.2! 🎉

Because of my paranoia i upgraded consecutively nonetheless...

Means:

• 7.0.1 -> 7.1.4, check everything

• 7.1.4 -> 7.2.7, check everything

• and so on

Thanks to the awesome recommended plugins like fix common problems and appdata backup i was able to follow very solid workflows and all in all it "costed" just a single morning.

So, thank you guys. Awesome!