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Attached USB Device as iSCSI volume
Is it possible to attach a USB device to a ReadyNAS Pro or ReadyNAS RN102 and create an iSCSI volume from that?
I would like to attach an external USB 3.0 drive that is encrypted with bitlocker to the ReadyNAS, and then be able to decrypt it from a client PC. I was thinking that maybe if it was treated as iSCSI this might be possible.
The goal of this would be to unlock a bitlocker encrypted drive that is attached to the NAS via USB for backups.
What you could do is create a VHD file encrypted with bit locker, and host that on the NAS - either on an internal volume or on the USB drive. If the USB drive was formatted as NTFS, that would have a similar effect (you could access the VHD directly from a Windows PC by attaching the USB drive to the PC, or via the NAS).
Decryption of the VHD is done in the PC client (to the NAS it is just a big file).
http://www.howtogeek.com/193013/how-to-create-an-encrypted-container-file-with-bitlocker-on-windows/ shows how to make the encrypted vhd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBhej67wD98 shows how to mount it from a network share.
One caveat - VHD support requires Windows professional, enterprise, or ultimate.
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No. iSCSI LUNs are created on the internal volume.
What you could do is create a VHD file encrypted with bit locker, and host that on the NAS - either on an internal volume or on the USB drive. If the USB drive was formatted as NTFS, that would have a similar effect (you could access the VHD directly from a Windows PC by attaching the USB drive to the PC, or via the NAS).
Decryption of the VHD is done in the PC client (to the NAS it is just a big file).
http://www.howtogeek.com/193013/how-to-create-an-encrypted-container-file-with-bitlocker-on-windows/ shows how to make the encrypted vhd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBhej67wD98 shows how to mount it from a network share.
One caveat - VHD support requires Windows professional, enterprise, or ultimate.
Stephen, if I have created a VHD file encrypted with bitlocker that is hosted on the NAS through USB, how can i back up to that VHD?
For instance, if I attach the VHD from a windows client, it appears as local drive F:
If I wanted to Rsync to that USB Drive, what would the file path be?
It's a little confusing.
If you could assist I would be grateful.
Thank you.
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