[Help on 5.0-4458 upgrade]

21 hours ago, sbv3000 said:

There are several risks in upgrading where you could lose data,  hardware incompatibility, missing drivers, drive failures.

 

From looking at your Volumes you seem to have 3 JBOD setup, this is a risk too, because you have no redundancy if a disk fails.

 

You could buy a couple of 4 TB sata drives and a usb/sata adapter and back up to them

 

Then test your hardware with a spare hdd and xpe 5.1 loader to make sure the network/sata controllers work, then go through the other upgrades

 

When you have completed your upgrade you could swap the 4 TB drives with the smaller ones and create a 4*4TB SHR1

 

 

 

 

 

 

I already have 2 piece of 4T, 1 piece of 2T, and 1 piece of 500G drivers, I really don't want to buy couple of another 4T disks. Is there any easy way like doing a picture or screening all my data?

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thanks very much, that is quite clear. BTW, what are the main risks to loss data? I want to evaluate the risk before I start, since that is quite impossible to back up my data. Or do you have any suggestions on how to back up the data with small space?

[Best Practice Upgrade ?]

On 2017/7/22 at 9:55 PM, sbv3000 said:

if you are running 5.2.5967 and the matching XPE boot loader then provided your hardware is all tested ok then you can upgrade to 6.0.2 as per the tutorial.

 

if you have a 5.0 system, then you should be able to boot with 5.2 loader and migrate using the correct pat file

Yes, I am on 5.0-4458. I am trying to read all the topics here, but still don't have a very clear clue on how to boot with 5.2 loader. Currently, I am using this USB in my server. 

[Help on 5.0-4458 upgrade]

On 2017/7/22 at 11:08 PM, sbv3000 said:

ignore my comment in your other post

 

I have some versions of 5.1 and 5.2 in dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n4oudpqdnb7qyrq/AADXcgWgVlTMzuKL7YhVUZJZa?dl=0

Its a while since I used these images so test carefully on your hardware before use!!!

 

Backup all your data and config before upgrading!!!

 

I would download the required .pat files for these versions from synology first

Boot with 5.1 and 'migrate' from 3612 hardware to 3615 using the 'Install/Migrate' option in the xpe grub menu

Then boot with 5.2.5565 - install/migrate etc

You should then be able to boot/migrate through the various versions to finish on 5.2.5967

 

Be prepared to install/upgrade packages through each version and your raid may need repairing or dsm may run a 'checking quota' disk check - be very patient!

I have downloaded the file in your dropbox, not sure which one I should use. 

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BTW, would you please help to let me know which one I should download? 

 

I am using HP N54L now, not sure whether my hardware is ok for 5.1 or 5.2 version. 

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Thanks very much for your help. Do you know how to back up my config?  About my data, that is quite hard, since there are two much data in 4 piece of hard disk. That's the key reason I am very careful before I start the upgrades. Anyway, thanks for your comments, do you have any recommended article for me to follow up for update to 5.1?

[Best Practice Upgrade ?]

On 2017/6/3 at 4:48 PM, sbv3000 said:

Its all here - Step by Step in a 'perfect' tutorial by Polanskiman.

 

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/7507-tutorial-installmigrate-dsm-52-to-602-juns-loader/

 

My advice would be to 'test' your hardware first using a spare hdd and usb key to make sure your hdd controllers and nic work.

 

I upgraded to 6.0.2 U11 with this method - I'm not using 6.1.1 as its the boot loader is beta

@sbv3000,do you have any tutorial for 5.0 to 5.2?

[Help on 5.0-4458 upgrade]

Dear all,

 

I am still using 5.0-4458 for DS3612XS. I am looking for how to update to 5.2. I saw there are some training and file for DS3615xs, is that ok? 

To update to 5.2, is there any impact for original data?

 

Thanks very much in advance!