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How to restore volume 'c' after factory default
I have a question for anyone who has experience doing restoring a ReadyNAS Pro which as been factory reset (that is restoring the data volume and all apps and settings). Here's what I've done: 1) I ...
Deal wrote:
I read through the document linked in your post and even the one who wrote the instructions admits that he hasn't done the upgrade himself.
That of course was me. My pro-6 is used as a backup NAS, and until I need to expand it again there is no need to convert it to OS-6. That particular post pulls together instructions from a much longer thread, and the instructions are correct.
Deal wrote:
1) What great features does OS6 offer above what 4.2.31 offers that is worth all the work and potential trouble to get it installed and working trouble-free?
Some of the features include
- better snapshots (allowing for recovery of older versions of files)
- Unlimited expansion
- SMB 3 support (Microsoft is removing SMB 1, which is what the pro uses)
- current Linux (with regular security updates)
- ReadyCloud
- apps for other cloud storage (Amazon, Google, etc)
- Support for Plex
- AntiVirus
- File Search
- Performance graphs
Different folks of course will put different values on these.
Deal wrote:
2) What is the expected life of OS6? In other words, how long before Netgears comes out with another operating system that supplants OS6 and is not compatible with it? I don't expect anyone to really know the answer, but I consider that too.
Netgear is still launching new platforms that use OS-6, so there is no signs that they plan to abandon it.
Apps and their settings (along with the share configuration) are stored on the OS partition, so they are were not backed up with the C volume. Also, you can get in trouble if you restore the configuration settings before you reinstall the apps. Also, in my experience some settings aren't saved/restored with the configuration, so you whould check everything over.
I suggest
- installing the apps
- restoring your configuration settings
- check your configuration settings.
- restore your data files (share by share or all at once doesn't really matter).
Thanks Stephen.
If I understand your post correctly, you're saying that there is no way to backup and restore apps on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (firmware 4.2.31), and the only way to get the apps back is to reinstall them and reconfigure them from scratch. Correct this interpretation if I'm wrong.
If I'm right, seems like a huge gap in the backup process. I had Logitech Media Server installed and it has a ton of configuration information as well as in-app add-ins, which also have their own configuration information -- all of that is not backed up with either the configuration backup nor the full backup of 'c'. Wow! Disappointing. It's going to be a LOT of work just to get my system back to where it was before the factory reset, despite the backups I did. :(
Thanks for your help
David
Deal wrote:
Thanks Stephen.
If I understand your post correctly, you're saying that there is no way to backup and restore apps on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (firmware 4.2.31), and the only way to get the apps back is to reinstall them and reconfigure them from scratch. Correct this interpretation if I'm wrong.
If I'm right, seems like a huge gap in the backup process.
It is a hole. Note that Netgear didn't write the apps, and configuration of the apps (both what is configured and where it is stored) was up to the app developer, not Netgear. Netgear did make some adjustments for this in OS-6 (where the apps are stored on the data volume, and not the OS partition).
That said, some of the app configuration files might well be in the configuration backup. That is why I recommended reinstalling the apps before you attempt to restore the configuration. If you do it in the other order you can break things.
Have you already done the factory default? You could go in with ssh, and manually back up the LMS folders.
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