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Failing Readynas Ultra 6
Hi,
I have an old Readynas ultra 6 running the old 4.2.x firmware, which is starting to fail. I'd like to know if I can salvage it. It has 4 disks in a raid configuration, runs OS 4.2.x, with shares that I access via SMB and AFP, and backup to a ReadyNas 316 via rsync. the Smart status of the drives is all healthy.
The device was working well, with the shares readily accessible. Today I tried to shut it down via frontview; frontview wouldn't power off the device. I looked at the log page, and the device stated, mysteriously, that there were no logs. It did power off gracefully via the front panel power button, but on reboot boot the shares would not mount on client machines via SMB. They do seem accessible to rsync backups running from my Readynas 316, so I think my data is OK (and it is backed up).
So the onboard OS or firmware is likely corrupted.
Can someone point me at documentation or postings on how I might try to reinstall the OS without destroying the data? If something goes wrong it won't be a crisis, but I'd like to give non-destructive recovery a try.
Thanks!!
Do you have ssh enabled on the Ultra?
Do the shares still show up in Frontview?
I'm wondering if the OS partition is filling.
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Do you have ssh enabled on the Ultra?
Do the shares still show up in Frontview?
I'm wondering if the OS partition is filling.
Thanks very, very much for your help!!
I'm not at home now, so I can't check if the data shares show up in Frontview, but I'll bet they do. When I ran rsync incremental backups from my backup 316 Readynas (the jobs executed on the 316), all the backups ran to completion. So, I think the data is intact.
I don't have SSH installed; I've installed the plug-in SSH toggle before, but I always run it a second time to disable SSH when I'm through on general security principles, so it's disabled now. I can try running the toggle again, and then checking the OS partition to see if it's full. That sure sounds like the sort of thing that could cause my symptoms. Maybe the logs files got too big.
But maybe I don't need to bother. Is there a simple way of cleaning the OS directory? Will reinstalling the firmware (assuming I can do this from front view with my system in its current state) fix it?
If not, I'll try running the SSH toggle, and logging in. What files should I delete to make the necessary space - do you know? For example, maybe I should clear the log directory?
Also, I seem to remember there's a "clear logs" button in Frontview. That's the first thing I'll try!
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