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Oct 17, 2022

ReadyNAS NV+ stall during File System check at 19%

My ReadyNAS NV+ is stalling during the File System check at 19%. It is visible in RAIDar, and all four disks register as healthy, until the 19% point is reached, at which point RAIDar cannot find t...

SamirD

Prodigy

Dec 17, 2022

It really depends on what your goal is at this point. If you have a backup of the data and simply want to restore the nas, I would 'nuke it from orbit' and start again, just reset it it with one wiped drive and rebuild from there.

arefem
Star
Dec 30, 2022
The message has moved on to 'resyncing disk 2', but has been stuck at that for several days. I've decided to move on and replace the disks. My brother might have a go at the Linux recovery route, but at the moment, I'm going to start afresh with new disks to create a blank system, and install the out of date backup, and then re-build. My question now is, is there a procedure for adding the new blank disks that will preserve the existing NAS settings?
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Dec 30, 2022
  arefem wrote:
  
  My question now is, is there a procedure for adding the new blank disks that will preserve the existing NAS settings?
  
  Unfortunately the settings are stored on the disks, so replacing them with blank ones will require that you set up the NAS again.
  - Sandshark
    Sensei - Experienced User
    Dec 31, 2022
    As long as you can log in, you can save the configuration and restore it once the new volume is created. With an NV+, I doubt you're still running apps on it. But if you are, restore those before restoring the configuration.