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Copying data across from old to new NAS
Hi all, New to community so forgive any mistakes! I have recently bought a RN204 to replace my WD Live Duo as I likes the features. Now, I want to migrate all my files across and was wondering if t...
Thanks for the quick reply StephenB.. I have had a look but I think I can only create a 'safepoint' of the whole WD NAS. There is a way of selecting specific shares, but that needs ssh access and knowledge of 'Rsync' which I am not familiar with.. Is there any way I can just take out the HDD from the WD and put it in the ReadyNAS? I have it set up in RAID format so would that just copy everything over? Sorry if it's a silly question, I am not too well versed in this!
Bangali wrote:
Is there any way I can just take out the HDD from the WD and put it in the ReadyNAS?
No, it is formatted completely differently.
Bangali wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply StephenB.. I have had a look but I think I can only create a 'safepoint' of the whole WD NAS.
You create the backup job from the ReadyNAS web ui, not the WD. If you can access the shares from Windows, you can transfer the data w/o rsync.
The source would be "remote".
Host is the IP address of the WD NAS
Protocol is remote (windows timestamp)
login/password can probably be left blank (but can be the user logon/password you use with the WD).
The destination is "local", and you select the destination share you are copying to.
Thanks, I will try this when I get home tonight and let you know!
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