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Aug 28, 2020

CIFS needs to be restarted or ReadyNAS needs to be rebooted

Hi all, For many months now, I have been using SyncBackPro to backup files (mirroring) from computer to my ReadyNAS Ultra 2 with no issues. Since few days, without any change anywhere, automa...

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Limerick_fr

Guide

Aug 28, 2020

Hi StephenB,

Thank you for your help.

The firmware is RAIDiator 4.2.31 which is said to be the last curent one by the auto-update feature.

Something I forgot to mention is that the NAS is setup for a turn off at night and turn on in the morning. But it was already the case when everything was running without trouble. No change on that point.

I'll follow your advice to decrypt the log.

Thanks,

Lim.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Aug 28, 2020

Limerick_fr wrote:

The firmware is RAIDiator 4.2.31 which is said to be the last curent one by the auto-update feature.

Yes, it was the final firmware release for the Ultra.

But it is possible to convert the Ultra to run OS 6 (currently 6.10.3) firmware, and many people here have done that.

Limerick_fr
Guide
Aug 28, 2020
Oh! didn't know about this OS...
I'll look how to perform that change.
Or maybe is there a tuto somewhere for that ?
- Limerick_fr
  Guide
  Aug 28, 2020
  
  Sorry I cannot Edit my previous message anymore and have to post an other one... :smileyfrustrated:
  
  So I found a tuto here
  But it deals with RAID recovery. As this part is still working fine for me, should I just upgrade with the OS6 file downloaded on my computer and then uploaded to the ULTRA 2?
  Is that simple? Or is there any step to perfom before as it seems to be a major change for the readyNAS and a functionning Raid 1?
  - Sandshark
    Sensei - Experienced User
    Aug 28, 2020
    Conversion to OS6 wipes the drives, so you lose your configuration, data, and any apps. You cannot restore a saved RAIDiator configuration to an OS6 NAS. so write down anything you need to. Same with apps, write down anything you'll need to duplicate. And, of course, back up your data for restoration after conversion.