Virtual Machine Properties Updating
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Hello Community,
I would like increase the memory allocated to pfSense, see image.
However, in order to increase the memory I have to power down pfSense.
Can someone let me know how to power down / up pfSense without losing my configurations? e.g WAN, LAN Interface configurations etc.
Cheers
Carlton
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I cannot see why they should get lost in the first place by power down.
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Nothing will be lost unless you're just running it from the live CD. If that's the case, install it.
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WRONG!
I have just powered down and then powered up and now I'm having re-enter interface ip addresses and everything!
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I guess the "if running from Live CD, install it" part must be extremely hard to get…
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I'm not sure what you mean …
At the following screen what should I select if I want to retrieve all of my original configurations?
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Well - We are all hoping that at some point in the past you have pressed "I" and followed the prompts…
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OK, so I've pressed "I" and presented with the following screen
I have selected "Accept these settings"
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So install it on a disk, eject the "CD" and configure the thing or restore from a back up config.
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I'm assuming at the the following screen I should choose "Rescue config.xml"?
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OMG. Install the damned thing on the virtual drive! There is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed… You have no config.xml, you need to redo everything from scratch obviously.
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I got the following screen
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No. Install the software. Then if you have a config.xml to recover from you can do it.
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Oh yeah, "there is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed" is another hard one.
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OMG. Install the damned thing on the virtual drive! There is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed… You have no config.xml, you need to redo everything from scratch obviously.
First thing, calm down.
I'm trying to understand why I lose my configuration when I power down pfSense. I was told that I shouldn't lose it. Therefore, I powered down, and it appeared as though I lost my whole configuration - but I wasn't sure.
Therefore, I was going through the process that might allow me recover my configuration.
So, why don't you relax. If my questions annoy you walk away.
If you gonna help then help, but if you're going to be rude then why bother reply?
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Let the learning begin!
You lost your config because pfsense was never installed.
Once you install, you should be well on your way.
You will have to reconfigure it again after install but the install will be retained from then on if you do it correctly.
Then CMB will be RIGHT!!!
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Oh yeah, "there is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed" is another hard one.
Well I clearly don't know if there is any settings that can be rescued….
Are all members of this community as nice as you guys??
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Dude, dunno… have you ever installed ANY OS?
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Look, I had a fully functioning pfSense firewall with the configurations shown in the image.
I asked the question, if I power down the firewall will I lose all of those configurations. The answer that came back was no.
I powered it down and everything has gone. I'm trying to ensure that before I reconfigure I'm able to recover if the device is powered down.
