Importing an exported volume from another NAS - How?

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StephenB wrote:

Export it.  Otherwise the volume will continue to show up (as inactive) in the old NAS.  Then insert the disks in the target NAS with the NAS powered down.  

 

It is supposed be added automatically when you power it back up. You will run into a problem if there's a volume in the target NAS that has the same name.  Whether that's the case or not, I suggest making a backup, just in case something goes wrong with the process.

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Hold on.  Will that be your primary (or only) volume on the new NAS?  If so, don't export it, just migrate it.  Then, if it wasn't the only one on the old NAS, DESTROY the now-missing volume on the old one and any additional volumes that show up on the new one.

I have run several experiments on exportation and importation and have learned a few things. See here: Experiments-with-exporting-and-importing-a-volume-in-OS6-7-1 

Export is apparently not intended for volumes that will become a primary volume on the target NAS.  You cannot install just an exported volume in a NAS and have it boot.  You can install an exported volume as an additional volume unless it has the same name as ones already on the importing NAS.  If the imported volume has shares with the same names as shares on any volume prior to import, you won't see them except in SSH.  Import is automatic when the NAS is powered on with the drives containing the imported volume and another primary volume is powered on if there is not a volume name conflict.

I have since seen something indicating that an OS re-install might make an exported volume act as a primary one, but I've not tried it.

If import is the right move for you except that the volume has the same name as another, this might help: Changing-the-volume-name-on-an-OS6-based-NAS