Upgrading unraid 6.3.5 to 6.5.3

[glenner]

Hi.  I'm trying to move to the latest 6.5.3 unraid OS today. 

Before I do the upgrade, I've been trying to clean up some things.

I've upgraded my bios, updated my dockers, and plugins...  There are some plugins I cannot update because they prereq a higher version of unraid.

 

I ran the update assistant and get a few "issues".  See below.  Do I have to worry about these plugin "issues found"?  Or am I good to go with this upgrade?

Thanks for any guidance!

 

 

Disclaimer: This script is NOT definitive. There may be other issues with your server that will affect compatibility.
Current unRaid Version: 6.3.5 Upgrade unRaid Version: 6.5.3
Checking cache drive partitioning
OK: Cache drive partition starts on sector 64
Checking for plugin updates
Issue Found: community.applications.plg (community.applications) is not up to date. It is recommended to update all your plugins.
Issue Found: dynamix.plg (dynamix) is not up to date. It is recommended to update all your plugins.
Issue Found: dynamix.system.stats.plg (dynamix.system.stats) is not up to date. It is recommended to update all your plugins.
Issue Found: tips.and.tweaks.plg (tips.and.tweaks) is not up to date. It is recommended to update all your plugins.
Issue Found: unassigned.devices.plg (unassigned.devices) is not up to date. It is recommended to update all your plugins.
Checking for plugin compatibility
Issue Found: ca.backup.plg (unassigned.devices) is deprecated for ALL unRaid versions. This does not necessarily mean you will have any issues with the plugin, but there are no guarantees. It is recommended to uninstall the plugin
Issue Found: dynamix.plg (unassigned.devices) is not known to Community Applications. Compatibility for this plugin CANNOT be determined and it may cause you issues.
Checking for extra parameters on emhttp
OK: emhttp command in /boot/config/go contains no extra parameters
Checking for zenstates on Ryzen CPU
OK: Ryzen CPU not detected
Checking for disabled disks
OK: No disks are disabled
Checking installed RAM
OK: You have 4+ Gig of memory
Checking flash drive
OK: Flash drive is read/write
Checking for valid NETBIOS name
OK: NETBIOS server name is compliant.
Checking for ancient version of dynamix.plg
OK: Dynamix plugin not found
Checking for VM MediaDir / DomainDir set to be /mnt
OK: VM domain directory and ISO directory not set to be /mnt
Checking for mover logging enabled
Mover logging is enabled. While this isn't an issue, it is now recommended to disable this setting on all versions of unRaid. You can do this in Settings - Schedule - Mover Schedule.
Issues have been found with your server that may hinder the OS upgrade. You should rectify those problems before upgrading
 

Edited August 17, 2018 by glenner

[trurl]

It is true that some new plugin versions may not be compatible with your old version of unRAID. It is also true that some old plugin versions may not be compatible with the latest unRAID. Hence the warnings.

 

The simplest thing to do would be to just uninstall all the plugins it is complaining about, do the update. Then reinstall Community Applications and use it to install the latest version of the other plugins.

 

 

[glenner]

Thanks trurl!  I'm uninstalling any plugins that are bothersome...  And so just to be clear, I just stop the array and update the unraid OS plugin to 6.5.3?  I don't need to enter "maintenance mode"?  Was trying to find some explicit instructions... looks like you just stop the array.  This is my first unraid OS upgrade, so hoping this goes smooth :-). Thanks.

 

 

 

[trurl]

Not even necessary to stop. When you do the update it will put the files on flash, but they won't take effect until you reboot

[glenner]

Ok.. so I've removed a whole bunch of plugins I had on my 6.3.5 system:

1. unassigned devices
2. all dynamix plugins
3. community apps
4. CA backup/restore
5. tips and tricks, etc.

But I still have 1 error from the update assistant:

 

Checking for plugin updates
Issue Found: dynamix.plg (dynamix) is not up to date. It is recommended to update all your plugins.
Checking for plugin compatibility
Issue Found: dynamix.plg (dynamix) is not known to Community Applications. Compatibility for this plugin CANNOT be determined and it may cause you issues.

 

I don't have any dynamix plugins left, except for the dynamix webgui plugin, but that is "built-in" and so can't remove it...   All I have left are the 8 plugins shown in this in the screencap.   Any thoughts on how I can clear this last error?

 

[trurl]

You can delete that .plg file from the config folder on your flash and it will be gone when you reboot.

[glenner]

When I did the "plugin update check" just now, it clearly shows me my 8 .plg files and they can be mapped to my 8 plugins in the UI.  "dynamix.plg" is the "Dynamix webGUI" built-in plugin.   I don't remember installing this myself, so I'm guessing if must be part of 6.3.5.    You think that's safe to manually delete from the flash config folder?

 

And so the steps would be?

 

1. Delete the dynamix.plg from flash.
2. Reboot
3. Update unraid server OS plugin to 6.5.3
4. Reboot

 

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by glenner

[trurl]

Not sure it matters, I still have that .plg on my flash. I think it was created when bonienl rolled out a webUI update independently from an official release.

 

Looking at my syslog I see this

Jul  4 20:59:09 unSERVER root: plugin: installing: /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.plg
Jul  4 20:59:09 unSERVER root: plugin: installed unRAID version is too high, require at most version 6.1.9

so apparently it gets skipped over anyway.

[glenner]

I actually cannot find dynamix.plg on my /boot flash... Here are some commands I just ran... Can't find that file anywhere..

 

root@unraid:/boot/config/plugins# ls -al
total 112
drwxrwxrwx 14 root root  4096 Aug 17 17:20 ./
drwxrwxrwx  6 root root  4096 Aug 17 15:16 ../
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  4096 Mar 15 18:55 NerdPack/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  8138 Mar 15 18:55 NerdPack.plg*
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 Aug 15 10:10 ca.cleanup.appdata/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  2679 Aug 15 10:10 ca.cleanup.appdata.plg*
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  4096 Mar 15 18:51 ca.update.applications/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  4352 Mar 15 18:51 ca.update.applications.plg*
drwxrwxrwx  5 root root  4096 Jun 30  2017 dockerMan/
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  4096 Aug 17 15:37 dynamix/
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 Apr 24 23:02 dynamix.apcupsd/
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 Jul  4  2017 dynamix.vm.manager/
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  4096 Aug 17 14:50 fix.common.problems/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root 12268 Aug 15 10:11 fix.common.problems.plg*
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 Aug 15 10:11 preclear.disk/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root 14622 Aug 15 10:11 preclear.disk.plg*
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 Jun 30  2017 statistics.sender/
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  4096 Aug 17 15:25 unassigned.devices/
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  4096 Aug 15 10:13 user.scripts/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  5854 Aug 15 10:13 user.scripts.plg*
root@unraid:/boot/config/plugins# find . -name dynamix.plg
root@unraid:/boot/config/plugins# find . -name dynamix.cfg
./dynamix/dynamix.cfg
root@unraid:/boot/config/plugins# ls -al dynamix
total 44
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root 4096 Aug 17 15:37 ./
drwxrwxrwx 14 root root 4096 Aug 17 17:20 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  145 Feb 19 16:49 docker-update.cron*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  866 Aug 17 15:37 dynamix.cfg*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  116 Feb 19 16:49 monitor.cron*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root   30 Aug 17 13:24 monitor.ini*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root   73 Aug 17 14:40 mover.cron*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root   88 Aug  6  2017 parity-check.cron*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  138 Feb 19 16:49 plugin-check.cron*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root  120 Feb 19 16:49 status-check.cron*
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4096 Jun 30  2017 users/
 

[trurl]

I guess it's just a false alarm from the update assistant then.

[glenner]

Thanks a bunch!  You're super helpful, and clearly good luck, as I'm up on 6.5.3 with no issues so far...  Dockers and VMs are up, and I'm trying to take a tour of what's new.  I'm going to reinstall my plugins now, assuming they are all still apply in 6.5.3.  I wonder if some plugins that were useful in 6.3.5 may no longer apply or be needed a year later in 6.5.3.  Or maybe some of them have been sucked into the base OS.

1. Community Apps
2. unassigned devices
3. tips and tweaks (see screenshots for config)
4. CA backup/restore
5. dynamix system stats
6. dynamix system information
7. dynamix system temperature
8. dynamix system buttons
9. dynamix ssd trim

I needed tips and tweaks in 6.3.5 to fix some cache parameters or I would get EOM errors (see screencap).  That was covered here in this thread.  I'm going to assume I still need these disk cache settings in 6.5.3.

 

I also was running dynamix SSD trim daily.  I'll assume I need to reenable that too.

 

[trurl]

I'm still using all of those

[glenner]

On 8/17/2018 at 6:33 PM, trurl said:

I'm still using all of those

 

Thanks for the help on this upgrade trurl.  I've confirmed everything is up and running smoothly on 6.5.3.  Have all dockers and plugins updated and appdata backed up again.   Cheers.