unable to ugrade unRAID from 6.3.3

[gary.e.mckee]

I am ruining unRAID 6.3.3 and have been for several years.  I recently had a problem and although I have fixed it, it was suggested I upgrade to the latest.

 

I tried the process of going to plugins, and update from their.  I get the error message https://s3.amazonaws.com/dnld.lime-technology.com/stable/unRAIDServer.plg....failed (invalid url/server"

 

I then tried the same but manually  typing in "https://s3.amazonaws.com/dnld.lime-technology.com/stable/unRAIDServer.plkg".  I received the same error.

 

How to I update my unRAID server or should I start from scratch.  The only plugin I have is the preclear plugin and I have no VMs or apps installed.

 

If I start from scratch, how do I do it?  Should I use a new USB stick and download and install the OS, then setup my complete system with all the shares, then transfer the license?

 

I probably could really use a step by step instructions.

 

Thanks In Advance

 

Gary McKee

[trurl]

Since you are coming from such an old version, study these notes to see if there is anything you need to take care of before upgrading:

 

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/66327-unraid-os-version-650-stable-release-update-notes/

 

Make a backup of your flash drive, then just get the zip from the DOWNLOAD link at the upper right of any forum page, and copy all bz* files to the root of your flash drive, overwriting any already there.

[trurl]

You should probably remove any plugins you already have because they will be very out-of-date. Then after upgrade install Community Applications plugin and use it to install any other plugins or dockers.

[gary.e.mckee]

The update worked, but I have a problem that I don't know if is related to the upgrade.

 

I have an 8 TB hard disk that was showing up under the old OS and it only had about 50 Gig of space left.  After I did the update, I received the message that that disk had no file system. 

 

The smart data says it never failed.  The different parameters that smart monsters said they were either pre-fail or old age.  Smart also said it passed.  I did not run the smart tests after I did the update so the data may be from before the update or after the update.  I don't know

 

I have another 8 TB drive that I can put in its place.  Should I do this and should the system rebuild the data?  The data is not terribly important, just that it would take a long time to re download.  Or should  I just remove the existing disk without a file system and treat it as a new disk?

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

[trurl]

Rebuilding a corrupt filesystem usually just results in the same corrupt filesystem. Often the filesystem can be repaired.

 

If possible before rebooting and preferably with the array started
Go to Tools - Diagnostics and attach the complete Diagnostics ZIP file to your NEXT post in this thread.

[gary.e.mckee]

I ran the diagnostics but I can't find the resulting zip file.  At present, I am controlling the unRAID server from a remote machine.  When I go the display on the unRAID machine, the display is huge and overfills the physical display.  I haven’t found a way to reduce the size.  When I open a console terminal, that window is so large, I can't move it around to get to any of the controls

 

Where can I find the diagnostics zip file from the remote machine.

 

Thank.

[trurl]

Wherever the browser saves downloads.

[gary.e.mckee]

Found it. 

 

I have attached it to this response.

unRAIDServer-6.8.3-x86_64.zip

Thanks

 

PS. It looks like it failed.  I both dragged the zip file to the uploaded files and I did the choose files method.  If in fact the files didn't attach, please let me know what else I could try.

[trurl]

Didn't work but I have no idea why

[gary.e.mckee]

I'll try to upload the zip file again.

 

Do you think I should use the xfs_repair command on the "no file system" disk?

 

I'll keep trying to attach the zip file to another upload if I can.

 

[gary.e.mckee]

unRAIDServer-6.8.3-x86_64.zip

 

Did this  work.  I'm not sure but I think it didn't.

 

[trurl]

Still didn't work. Maybe something with your browser is interfering. Do you have an adblocker or anything like that? I've never seen this result before where it seems to show an attachment but it says it is unavailable. Are you sure you are letting it complete the upload?

[gary.e.mckee]

I have ublock origin but that shouldn’t block outgoing messages.  I have the zip file on my desktop machine and that is where I'm attaching it to this message which is also on my desktop.  When I say drag files, they drag to the box at the bottom of this page, and it says upload failed and I get a message block that has an explanation mark inside a triangle and a  -200.  I can not type in this message area until I click OK .  The same thing happens if I do a choose files choosing the zip file which I have in the Downloads file of my desktop machine.

 

On version 6.3.3 the zip file was written to the /boot partition of the unRAID usb stick.  I assume that it isn't written there any more.  If it is, then I could shut the unRAID machine down and remove the stick and copy it.  If it is only written to the /boot directory if I tell it to save it there, I can't do that.  When I tired that, it looks like it opened a blank terminal that I could not do anything with.  It was just a white screen with nothing on it and I could not type on it or possible move it.  I tried to move it to see if something was off screen but no luck.  Also when I tried it and tried to save it to the /boot directory, i never had a option of where to save it. I had the unRAID logo with waving bars waving from about midnight when I went to bed to about 9 am this morning when I killed it.  Still nothing.

[trurl]

46 minutes ago, gary.e.mckee said:

I have the zip file on my desktop machine

Can you open that file?

46 minutes ago, gary.e.mckee said:

I have ublock origin

Whitelist the forum and your server

[gary.e.mckee]

I disabled ublock Origin.  I can open the zip file.

 

Here goes again.

 

Same response with  upload failed.

[JonathanM]

Try a different browser.

[trurl]

Do you have some sort of firewall or something preventing uploads? Can you successfully upload to any other website?

[gary.e.mckee]

No firewall set-up blocking outgoing uploads. 

 

I want to thank everybody for the help, but I must terminate this effort.  What was on this disk was not that important and I can recreate it.  It seems like we went down the rabbit hole and I am wasting to much time that I need to spend on other projects.

 

Thanks Again.  I wish we could have figured this out, but for me, it would only be an educational experience.

 

Thanks Agaiin