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Firmware Upgrade ReadyNAS NV - from 4.1.6 to latest 4.1.15
Hi - I'm currently running RAIDiator 4.1.6 with four 256GB drives. I'd like to upgrade to four 2TB drives and I understand I need to update my firmware to do so. Questions: 1) Is it OK to jump from...
Issues resolved by performing the following:
- followed the steps listed in the first reply.
- used a 500GB approved drive as a scratch disk and updated to latest 4.1.16 firmware
- per steps, installed the 4 2TB WD Caviar black drives with a factory install (successfully loaded 4.1.16 and showed correct updated storage amount).
- had to use Firefox browser on mac to get the proper feature display to update the Alert Message/Email info.
- manually loaded the latest Squeezebox/LMS version (v7.9.0) and copied data back to the drives.
You'll find the LMS installers (Logitech Media Server) for various platforms in http://downloads.slimdevices.com/Log...Server_v7.9.0/.
4.1.16 is actually the current version - you download it here: https://kb.netgear.com/000038792/RAIDiator-Version-4-1-16-Sparc
It is a very big jump, and I think you will need to do a factory reset anyway.
The safe approach is to
- power down, removing your current disks (labeling by slot)
- inserting a single scratch disk (not in the array and < 2 TB)
- power up and do a factory install from the boot memu
- upgrade the firmware (try one-shot)
- power down and insert your 4x2TB disks
- power up, and the system will do another factory install
- restore your data from the backup.
This isn't as bad as it looks from the list of steps...
potrero wrote:
2) When updating locally, what specific file is selected for uploading? (I downloaded the current firmware on my mac and there are two files, RAIDiator-4.1.15 and RAIDiator-4.1.15.md5)
RAIDiator-4.1.15 The md5 file is a checksum you can use to verify the image. It's not needed, since it was in a zip (which has it's own integrity check). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5
Thanks for the info/steps!
I will give it a try.
Question: Is it OK to use a WD 1.5TB WD1502FAEX Caviar Black as the single "scratch" disk you mention in your steps?
It's not on the approved list...but will it work for this purpose? It's the only other spare disk I have available.
Should I purchase another disk for this step?
Thanks
potrero wrote:
Question: Is it OK to use a WD 1.5TB WD1502FAEX Caviar Black as the single "scratch" disk you mention in your steps?
That should work.
The only caveat - some early firmware didn't support 1.5 TB drives, that was added somewhere only the way. Unfortunately Netgear has removed the old RAIDiator releases from the kb articles, so I can't see the release notes that far back.
So that might be an issue - but there's no harm in trying it. All you need is fresh install so you can try the firmware upgrade.
FWIW, one benefit of this approach is that the original disks are still intact, so you do have another fallback if something goes wrong.
I picked up a refurbed 500GB drive and used it as a scratch disk. That worked well and the Firmware update went smoothly.
Per your steps, I installed the 4 2TB drives and have the following issues:
1) After the factory install, the 4th disk had to resync. That took approx. 8 hours. That seems strange as there's no data on the system. Does this mean I have a faulty disk #4? I did a second Factory Default and encountered the same issue. The system is displaying "4 disks, 5533 GB used". Is that correct for 4 2TB disks?
2) In the Alert settings, when I select the SMTP tab, it does not change the display so I'm not able to enter any data. All the other tabs work normally. Because of this, I'm not able to receive email alerts as I had previously setup in 4.1.6. Is this a software bug? or is it related to my resyncing drive issue? Is there other methods to make this work?
3) In Streaming Services, it does not allow me to activate Logitech Squeezebox. When I click the check box and hit apply, it thinks then unchecks the box. If I click on the "Setup" button it opens up a blank page. Squeezebox is the reason I use this NAS, so I'm hoping that it can still work with this firmware and disk configuration!
Thanks again for any additional info and steps!!
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