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    • occamsrazorO
      occamsrazor @johnpoz
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      @johnpoz said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

      @bingo600 said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

      Thank you looks as the same layout as on 2.5.2

      really... I will need to update my 21.05.2 since the layout is like this

      [21.05.2-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: zfs list
      NAME                 USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
      zroot                957M  24.3G    96K  /zroot
      zroot/ROOT           921M  24.3G    96K  none
      zroot/ROOT/default   921M  24.3G   921M  /
      zroot/tmp            516K  24.3G   516K  /tmp
      zroot/var           28.5M  24.3G  28.5M  /var
      [21.05.2-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: 
      

      My 2.5.2 CE looks the same. So is it safe to upgrade to 2.6.0? Or is a fresh install really required? If I can save the hassle and not cause instability I'd prefer not to...

      pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
      Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
      Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
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        @mcury This is has been the longest it has ever taken them to get back.. I can only assume they are swamped with bigger issues than asking for the install media ;)

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          mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

          @mcury This is has been the longest it has ever taken them to get back.. I can only assume they are swamped with bigger issues than asking for the install media ;)

          Indeed, its nice to see that Netgate is getting bigger.. If things were better for me, I would be getting a SG-6100.. Maybe later this year or next year, who knows? :)

          dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
            last edited by johnpoz

            @mcury Just got my link to download ;) With all that is to be expected on release day.. I am very happy and pleased with a 2.5 hour response to a "request" for something that is by any means at all urgent or any sort of issue.

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              mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz Hm nice, I also opened the ticket 2.5 hours ago, at 10:44am LT (GMT -3)
              But I'm not in a rush, if I install it now the users here will attack me with their bare hands.. :)

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
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                @mcury yeah while don't have any users currently that would complain if internet went down for a few minutes.. Wife is out for the day ;)

                I am in the middle of some escalations for real life work, and loosing internet would not be a good thing ;)

                But hope to for sure get to this sometime this afternoon. If you get to it first, let us know how it went.. I will post when I have it completed ;)

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                  mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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                  I'm on vacations , and I'll be traveling on Friday, one week on the beach.. :) So everything must be ready before I go.. I'll try to do it after 17:00, maybe after 22:00, not sure yet

                  @johnpoz said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

                  But hope to for sure get to this sometime this afternoon. If you get to it first, let us know how it went.. I will post when I have it completed ;)

                  I'll do it, everything is ready, even the certificates are store in a .txt file.. Wireguard keys and all..
                  Just waiting for the time window, I can't take the risk of being killed by the users :)

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
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                    @mcury said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

                    I can't take the risk of being killed by the users :)

                    I hear ya brother ;)

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      @mcury well I pulled the trigger.. Some oddness with packages being reinstalled. Was told they didn't exist in plus.

                      But guess there is a redmine about it already or was, should of looked before pulling the trigger I guess ;)

                      https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12766

                      I do believe I got it all sorted out, those packages have been installed, and my previous configs for them were still there.

                      And have the new zfs layout now.

                      [22.01-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: zfs list
                      NAME                   USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
                      pfSense               3.60G  22.6G    96K  /pfSense
                      pfSense/ROOT           915M  22.6G    96K  none
                      pfSense/ROOT/default   915M  22.6G   915M  /
                      pfSense/cf            12.4M  22.6G  12.4M  /cf
                      pfSense/home           120K  22.6G   120K  /home
                      pfSense/reservation     96K  25.2G    96K  /pfSense/reservation
                      pfSense/tmp            448K  22.6G   448K  /tmp
                      pfSense/var           76.0M  22.6G  4.42M  /var
                      pfSense/var/cache     59.5M  22.6G  59.5M  /var/cache
                      pfSense/var/db        11.5M  22.6G  11.5M  /var/db
                      pfSense/var/log        480K  22.6G   480K  /var/log
                      pfSense/var/tmp        104K  22.6G   104K  /var/tmp
                      [22.01-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: 
                      

                      Total time without internet a few minutes.

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                        mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz Soon its going to be my turn, just got the download link. :)
                        I'll check now the hash to make sure everything is correct, burn the iso to the pendrive and just wait for the better time to proceed..
                        I won't restore the config, will configure it from scratch.. This will be my opportunity to clean my aliases and rules, its currently a mess.. Aliases not in use, aliases that the IPs already changed and etc..

                        dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
                          last edited by johnpoz

                          @mcury said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

                          This will be my opportunity to clean my aliases and rules

                          Never a bad idea to take the down time as time to clean up..

                          I wanted to test the recovery process of the config, which worked pretty freaking good if you ask me.. Other than some oddness with a couple of packages, which was no biggy and could of expected that if done my due diligence and looked over any recent redmines reported ;)

                          If you take that out of the picture went as smooth as you would expect.. Literally a reboot and back up and running.

                          edit: If I was going to nitpick - the longer than normal time to get a link to the media for install. In the past its been as fast as like 4 minutes or something. But hey make such a request a few minutes after the release announced - I am more than happy with the couple of hours it took.. I would expect they got bombed..

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                          • bingo600B
                            bingo600 @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz
                            Are you the first to take a ZFS Snapshot on 2.6.0 , and test "Rollback" 😊

                            https://forum.netgate.com/topic/165335/fun-with-zfs-snapshots-and-rollback?_=1644864380266

                            If you find my answer useful - Please give the post a 👍 - "thumbs up"

                            pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                            QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                            CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                            LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                              mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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                              @johnpoz Pendrive is ready.. :)
                              Now its going to be a painful wait..

                              $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M count=1
                              1+0 registros de entrada
                              1+0 registros de saída
                              1048576 bytes (1,0 MB, 1,0 MiB) copiados, 0,026902 s, 39,0 MB/s
                              $ sudo dd if=pfSense-plus-Netgate-3100-recovery-22.01-RELEASE-armv7.img of=/dev/sdc bs=4M
                              332+1 registros de entrada
                              332+1 registros de saída
                              1392517632 bytes (1,4 GB, 1,3 GiB) copiados, 56,4994 s, 24,6 MB/s
                              

                              @johnpoz said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

                              edit: If I was going to nitpick - the longer than normal time to get a link to the media for install. In the past its been as fast as like 4 minutes or something. But hey make such a request a few minutes after the release announced - I am more than happy with the couple of hours it took.. I would expect they got bombed..

                              Yes, previous releases were maximum of 30 minutes to get a response.. But this is a good sign, it means that they are getting more Plus customers, which is always good.
                              Also, around 4 hours for a response from the TAC is perfectly fine

                              dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                              • occamsrazorO
                                occamsrazor
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                                Upgraded from 2.5.2 to 2.6. Was already running ZFS with the "old" layout and did not do a fresh install to get the new layout. Everything working fine - I just mention in case anyone plans to do the same. I'd like to update ZFS at some point, but that will wait for another day.....

                                pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
                                Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
                                Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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                                  mcury Rebel Alliance @mcury
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                                  Installed from scratch, SG-3100 running perfectly with this release.
                                  Packages tested so far, NUT, pfblockerng, wireguard, acme.

                                  dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                    mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
                                    last edited by mcury

                                    @johnpoz This version is running faster and smoothly than 21.05_2... Not sure if its the placebo effect or the fact that they fixed the bug #11466

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
                                      last edited by

                                      @mcury yeah not sure - could be placebo.. But does seem a bit snappier on the interface..

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                                        mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

                                        @mcury yeah not sure - could be placebo.. But does seem a bit snappier on the interface..

                                        The internet seems faster, I have asked a few users here to confirm what they think, and they all told me that things are opening faster.. So, this placebo virus got us all I guess hehe

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mcury
                                          last edited by

                                          @mcury well I have never had any issues with pegging my download/upload from isp.. I just tested and all still there like normal.

                                          Never really had any issues with dns, etc. The overall internet seems same, but the pfsense webgui could be maybe a bit snappier.. Not anything significant where I could quantify it..

                                          As long as they are not complaining it slower ;) We would normally never tell users when we were making anything that should make anything faster - because as soon as you mention anything about changing anything.. Something is slower or not working because of it ;)

                                          I could say I changed the black toner in the printer, and they would say that broke the freaking internet ;)

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                                          Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                                            mcury Rebel Alliance @johnpoz
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                                            @johnpoz said in ZFS and the upcomming 2.6:

                                            As long as they are not complaining it slower ;) We would normally never tell users when we were making anything that should make anything faster - because as soon as you mention anything about changing anything.. Something is slower or not working because of it ;)
                                            I could say I changed the black toner in the printer, and they would say that broke the freaking internet ;)

                                            ahhaha, users are like mothers, we all have, and they are pretty similiar, the only thing that changes is the address.. :)

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