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Migration of existing disks to a new NAS box
Migration of existing disks to a new NAS
My NAS RN21200 was replaced under warranty. I have 2 x 6TB disks which are mirrored and contain important data. When I received my new NAS r...
Hi Blacktimor,
If the replacement unit is just of the same model, you can just insert the disks in the same order on that unit. No data should be lost when you do that.
Regards,
Hi, the only problem is that I do not know the order of removal of the disks. So there is a 50% chance of getting it right and 50% chance of getting it wrong. What happens if I insert them in the wrong order?
Terry
Hi Blacktimor, you wrote "the only problem is that I do not know the order of removal of the disks."
Should you still have a logfile you downloaded from of the old box you could look into disk_info.log to see which disk was in which bay. You would see that by comparing the serial number on each disk with that what is listed in the logfile.
Kind regards
I have dowloaded the log file for future reference so thanks for that information. Could you tell me where the log file has been downloded to on a Windows 10 box.
Terry
Blacktimor wrote:
Could you tell me where the log file has been downloaded to on a Windows 10 box.
No, since that depends on where your browser decided to put it. But you can search for it from Windows File Explorer. Search for System_log-*.zip
FWIW, though it's best to preserve the order, the system will work ok if you don't.
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