Re: Upgrading 12.3 + OpenZFS from ports to 13.1

From: Dan Langille <dan_at_langille.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:34:10 UTC
Andrea Venturoli wrote on 2/9/23 2:19 PM:
> Hello.
>
> I'm about to upgrade a 12.3 machine which had OpenZFS from ports 
> installed (in order to have encryption on some datasets) to 13.1 and 
> thought I might ask before hitting my head...
> Any caveat?
>
> Is it just a matter of changing openzfs_load="YES" back to 
> zfs_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf before booting the new kernel?
> Other things to check?

You could try "zfs checkpoint" before starting, just in case. I do that.

I've updated a few hosts from 12.3 to 13.1 - and I also had VMware 
snapshots of them. :)

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Dan Langille
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