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Discs from Readynas Ultra 4 Plus to Ultra 6
Hello, I Have Readynas ultra 4 plus(RAIDiator 4.2.28) with 4 disks but motherboard died I would like to get my data back so I bought Readynas Ultra 6 and want to put my disks from ultra 4 plus to...
You can simply migrate the disks.
The only caveat is that if the Ultra-6 is running different firmware, then it will attempt to upgrade (or downgrade) the disks to match what's in its flash. If the firmware happens to be close that won't matter - but if it is very old, it could be a problem.
If you have a spare disk (not part of the array), you could try doing a factory reset on the ultra-6 with only that disk in place. Then install 4.2.28 firmware on the NAS. After that, power down, remove the spare, and migrate the disks.
Thank you StephenB,
is there any way how to check firmware ver. without insertink spare HDD? It will run if I will turn on NAS and go into Admin page?
Thank you
Karas007 wrote:
is there any way how to check firmware ver. without insertink spare HDD? It will run if I will turn on NAS and go into Admin page?
The firmware version might show up briefly on the LCD if you boot diskless - worth a try anyway.
I don't think RAIDar will show it to you either (I think it just says "no disks"). But that's worth a try too.
Let us know if either does the trick.
Hello,
finally I just got my new(used) Readynas Ultra 6 and like StephenB wrote there is no way to see Firmware version on LCD or Raidar. So what I did was I put disks from Ultra 4 Plus(RNDP400U) and turn power on. Ultra 6 show me on LCD updating Firmware and after couple of minutes it shows IP and capacity of HDD's. Whe I go to admin page everything was fine all settings from Ultra 4 plus was in my new box, all data are shown with volumes etc. even Time Machine was ok only what I need to do with it was to choose new disk on OSX site. So migration from broken box to same architecture but bigger box was flawless. Thank you StephenB for advice. I will post new post with whole explanation about my situation with broken Readynas Ultra 4 Plus(RNDP400U) shortly.
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