Woodhouse9 Posted November 26, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 26, 2020 Good afternoon, I'm a complete N00b so go easy on me, I've decided to boot my Xpenology up again from a couple of years back. It boots fine and I can see my drives etc, but how do I go about updating from 5.2-5967 Update 9 to the current DSM (or whichever is safe to upgrade to)? I could possibly move all the files to my PC and do a clean install if this is the best option? The hardware is a HP Microserver Gen8 G1610T. Thanks in advance 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billat29 Posted November 26, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) No problem. I would recommend that before you start you should back everything up anyway. Unfortunately, there isn't a "How to upgrade a Microserver Gen 8 to latest" step by step tutorial, but there is certainly enough information to get you going. The method is: 1) Create a new USB with the loader that is appropriate for your hardware and the release you are going to, 2) A bit of housekeeping to delete a directory from your old xpenology system 3)Download the .pat file for your chosen release from the Synology download site to your PC 4) Boot the new USB. connect via find.synology.com or Synology assistant and choose manual install for the file you downloaded. So. First of all, which release and which loader? See here====> The answer is 6.2.3 and loader 1.03b (either DS3617xs or DS3615xs) and ensure that your G8 is booting in CSM (legacy) mode UNLESS disk hibernation is important in which case 6.1.7 and loader 1.02b. The general method for the upgrade is here ===> The method is good but you will need to apply it to your chosen release and loader. Now. Before you boot the new loader to start the installation, you MUST do this ==> Or your new system will come up and then all the network services will stop! There are a number of fairly recent threads about updating G8 machines so they can be useful. If you have questions or encounter problems, come back. Edited November 26, 2020 by billat29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhouse9 Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted November 26, 2020 Thank you Just loading the USB now with everything on Jun's Loader page, before I use the USB I need to delete the folder by SSH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted November 26, 2020 Share #4 Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Woodhouse9 said: I need to delete the folder by SSH? yes as its much more difficult to do it later after installing 6.2.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyx_99 Posted December 21, 2020 Share #5 Posted December 21, 2020 Hiya, I'm in a similar situation... my Gen8 system that is flawlessly running for a couple of years now is: DS3615xs INTEL Core i3-4130 4096 MB DSM 6.1.4-15217 Update 1 I've never updated this setup... now I'm wondering if I should, considering the golden rule: never touch a running system ;-) What good would it bring to update ? Many thanks for any input Sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted December 21, 2020 Share #6 Posted December 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, Skyx_99 said: What good would it bring to update ? recent security updates, beside this its maybe check synology's publications about new features from 6.1 to 6.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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