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Aspirant

Dec 08, 2015

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how can I bring back exported disk?

I accidentally exported my 2 4tb disks of RN102 running RAID 1. How can I bring them back, to the same exactly setup, without losing any data?

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DimitriosCh
Dec 22, 2015
Hello
I have contacted the Netgear support. Somehow the EXPORT option messed the config files.
They did for me a reinstallation of os through telnet, and everything came back to normal.
Thank you very much for your help in here, and deffinetely QH and the other persons in the support!
Cheers

DimitriosCh

Aspirant

Dec 08, 2015

Hi Brian_L

isn't there any documentation regarding exporting and importing volumes on RN 102?

The ReadyNAS OS 6.4 Software Manual provides very little, only on how to export a volume, without any particular mention that will actually freeze everyhting.

Kind regards,

DimitrisCh

JennC

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 08, 2015

Hello DimitriosCh,

We have already requested for an article about exporting volume to be posted on KB server.

Unfortunately, there is no import option, you may need to restart the NAS and recreate the volume and manually copy files over, or create a backup job.

Regards,

DimitriosCh
Aspirant
Dec 08, 2015
Hello Jennc,
I don't really get the use of an export option if this is just like deleting.
In any case, since one disk was the mirror of the other and there is no other backup, is there any way to retrieve the data from such a disk?
I don't think they have been erased, because it didn't last long the exporting procedure. Any recovery possible?
Thanks!
DimitriosCh
- JennC
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Dec 08, 2015
  Hello DimitriosCh,
  
  That is use if you have multiple volumes on one ReadyNAS and if you want to move one of them to a new ReadyNAS
  
  If it was not successful you should still be able to see your volume in the NAS and access it.
  
  Where did you export the volume?
  
  Regards,
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 08, 2015
    JennC wrote:
    
    If it was not successful you should still be able to see your volume in the NAS and access it.
    
    I am thinking the problem is that it was successful, and that he didn't mean to do it.
    
    The 6.4 software manual describes "export", but leaves off instructions on how to import (or how to recover from a mistaken export).
    
    This is not the first time someone has made this mistake - it would be very helpful to have the rest of the story posted here until the KB article comes on-line.
    
    FWIW, if there is no way to recover, then the feature should be grayed out until it does something useful.