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Swapping disk sets between units
Software version: 6.4.2 I have: NASPro with 2 x 1TB drives NASUltra with 2 x 2TB drives. I would like to retain the data on both but move the Pro's 1TB drives to the Ultra and the Ultra's 2...
davidr1 wrote:
...then I want the shares that were on the ultra to go back to the ultra and the shares that were on the pro to go back to the pro.To accomplish that last step you need to
(a) create the (empty) shares on the pro that will end up on the pro
(b) use the web-ui backup to transfer those shares from the ultra to the pro
(c) delete the "pro" shares on the ultra, and create the (empty) shares you want on the ultra.
(d) use the web-ui backup to transfer those shares from the pro to the ultra
(e) delete the extra shares on the pro.
This implies that the pro can hold all the shares from both machines. If not, you will need to either offload to external storage, or try to "shuffle" one at a time. That is for share A on the ultra, and share B on the pro:
(1) create share A on the pro
(2) copy share A to the pro
(3) delete A from the ultra
(4) create share B on the ultra
(5) copy share B to the ultra
(6) delete B from the pro
ad nauseum...
What happens to file/group owners depends on how the UIDs and GIDs are assigned. Ideally you'd have exactly the same users/groups configured on both machines - then rsync would preserve ownership and permissions. If that's not what you have now, then you might have some permissions/ownership cleanup you'll need to do at the end.
If you then want to shuffle shares, you can use normal backup jobs (if you don't have enough volume space, you'd need external storage of course).
Firmware 6.4.2
Yes - that's my aim - the larger ultra disks become the pro and the smaller pro disks become the ultra.
And yes, then I want the shares that were on the ultra to go back to the ultra and the shares that were on the pro to go back to the pro.
Do I read your post correctly that all I need to do (after swapping the disks over) is to copy my backup of each share to the relevant machine? That alone will create the share and its settings, permissions etc?
Sorry if I'm repeating what you say - I just want this to work ... I appreciate your patience.
David
davidr1 wrote:
...then I want the shares that were on the ultra to go back to the ultra and the shares that were on the pro to go back to the pro.
To accomplish that last step you need to
(a) create the (empty) shares on the pro that will end up on the pro
(b) use the web-ui backup to transfer those shares from the ultra to the pro
(c) delete the "pro" shares on the ultra, and create the (empty) shares you want on the ultra.
(d) use the web-ui backup to transfer those shares from the pro to the ultra
(e) delete the extra shares on the pro.
This implies that the pro can hold all the shares from both machines. If not, you will need to either offload to external storage, or try to "shuffle" one at a time. That is for share A on the ultra, and share B on the pro:
(1) create share A on the pro
(2) copy share A to the pro
(3) delete A from the ultra
(4) create share B on the ultra
(5) copy share B to the ultra
(6) delete B from the pro
ad nauseum...
What happens to file/group owners depends on how the UIDs and GIDs are assigned. Ideally you'd have exactly the same users/groups configured on both machines - then rsync would preserve ownership and permissions. If that's not what you have now, then you might have some permissions/ownership cleanup you'll need to do at the end.
Thank you StephenB - fully grasped and understood.
I will do this next weekend (not a business day) - my usb storage is ample.
May I thank you and mgdm for your tremendous support!
David
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