From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 18 22:40:10 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA791C17ED3 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sergeig.public@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22e.google.com (mail-wm0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50FF5D2F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sergeig.public@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id d128so2886157wmf.1 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:40:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=T5xYVBvRzid5SrUH2+N6wOlrNPk53Q79uTmqNmPMSds=; b=hjgRNzKgQPGT/un/VUPoIpRw4BXSsRxGp8WQpqOjSH14Ycnr1Nyi2+2mNIf2ZZspXd b4ddv1QWwDmaSc9z6H/qFRFGu6WJwLUIuWzkFeNs/XrO8HW2VIEkwy4Z6a2scM3/KYtg CeDqPrGCodof4nDPBAULJeesZTXf7sPeYApo8O5OSwXkW+omkDZQNUVd/kRLi3TCvHk3 dmrZTqu9g8sMkCFV07Lkx1PiPhRlpAwTEfRm/t0kNpJg6FCLKObDbe3AYNS1WcuN/EsD EH8+rNPODFudZmY+dz3pSelR5606eS6kWJf3h/U8KgKSJlKSfqErhTI0lB7RmvonVGIW qDww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=T5xYVBvRzid5SrUH2+N6wOlrNPk53Q79uTmqNmPMSds=; b=IZdQDPikx8A3qOBE4hyOfNg+5YHEK4VL3qsn/e9jf6YY/kOdMll6EnJfTQf5cpOxK+ REVYB/sZmqj95crDuYy39jhArLlHJnlGkOVAkzs0MMMaLHU5/tDVYrsyk6ItGbRVguqV 0lQlgjN3K661oGISUjhI9uCQyj+d088WS+tswceUZe5RCs3Q/btFLxsyCa4ft2Gk8G0t CtiBRd2WRazvbtoVhZMy9L2aNYF5hh8Gh/x9H1BpjJVKpsQyCQfuUCvj61WkboUM30hb +xeShz0evZWz497T30hJUcalHDayPBtLtzDCmtlmKjj7uEtYbUXHGcNVUQ1SSCcx+6yT EXnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rl9bMbzCrZPCHgu/N45QLRaXYa4fy1dIJQA4pO2LSFXo+NWmUTZglLVrSmZqW7KqgVk+vw028kFHDjFLg== X-Received: by 10.28.187.87 with SMTP id l84mr64089wmf.60.1476830408647; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:40:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.179.221 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:40:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Sergei G Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:40:08 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 10.2 Hyper-V VM Upgrade to 11.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:40:10 -0000 I decided to do the following: 1) using Hyper-V disk tools merge parent disk with diff disk into new disk 2) run standard upgrade procedure as documented https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/installation.html On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Sergei G wrote: > I have a Hyper-V VM that's configured with: > > * FreeBSD 10.2 base image (Standard distribution VHD file) > * Diff disc which is actually running FreeBSD OS. This machine has been > updated to latest security and kernel updates. > > I would like to update this VM to FreeBSD 11 and I can't decide on upgrade > path: > > * Backup and restore to a standalone disc image and follow standard > upgrade instructions. > * Upgrade in-place using my differential disc. It seems that keeping 10.2 > Base image is becoming a dead weight in this case. > > Is there a better way to upgrade my setup? >