Need Advice about upgrading from 2.2.14 Stoneburner [More details inside]

1uke_ · 17. Mai 2018

Hello,

Background information

I run Open Media Vault on a HP Microserver N54l

The system is currently running 2.2.14 Stoneburner.

At some point in the past I changed the BIOS for a custom bios that allows me to have additional features.

My system has a SSD drive dedicated to the OS, all the data is on a separate mechanical drive.

I would like to upgrade my system to a more up to date version of OMV.

I have PLEX and Logitech Media Server running on this machine, although I don't use either of them any longer. So I would be happy to remove them both.

My Questions

Has anyone had issues when trying to upgrade with similar hardware?
Would you recommend I upgrade to the 3.x version of OMV or should I go straight to 4.X?
Is a 'fresh' install recommended or is there a way to 'upgrade'?
What do I need to do to make sure the upgrade is successful and I don't risk losing my data.
Do I need to worry about the custom bios becoming invalid and not working?

ryecoaaron · 18. Mai 2018

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Has anyone had issues when trying to upgrade with similar hardware?

I don't recommend upgrading from 2.x. Install 4.x fresh.

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Would you recommend I upgrade to the 3.x version of OMV or should I go straight to 4.X?

4.x

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Is a 'fresh' install recommended or is there a way to 'upgrade'?

Fresh. Upgrade is possible but difficult and then you would have to do two upgrades.

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What do I need to do to make sure the upgrade is successful and I don't risk losing my data.

Don't do an upgrade and backup your data. Unplug the data drives when installing as well.

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Do I need to worry about the custom bios becoming invalid and not working?

Nope, I have the custom bios on my N40Ls as well.

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