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ISCSI and Volumes
I'm new to the Ultra4 and iSCSI and have a few questions. I hope someone will be kind enough to direct me to the proper reference or explain a few things. I am upgrading from a DUO to an Ultra4 an...
Yes you would have to migrate your data off the Ultra.
The iSCSI targets are files on your X-RAID2 volume. So you can expand that as normal. Then deal with the iSCSI stuff after the volume has expanded.
You should see under Backup in Frontview the option to backup iSCSI targets. You shouldn't have the iSCSI target mounted when running a backup. I would suggest instead using software on the PC to backup the data on the target.
When you mount an iSCSI target on a PC it is treated as a local drive. You set permissions on your PC like you would for a local drive then share it across your network. You could install backup software to backup the data on the iSCSI target like you'd backup a local drive.
The network shares on the ReadyNAS are separate to iSCSI targets. Using network shares and iSCSI are very different ways of managing your data.
The iSCSI targets are files on your X-RAID2 volume. So you can expand that as normal. Then deal with the iSCSI stuff after the volume has expanded.
You should see under Backup in Frontview the option to backup iSCSI targets. You shouldn't have the iSCSI target mounted when running a backup. I would suggest instead using software on the PC to backup the data on the target.
When you mount an iSCSI target on a PC it is treated as a local drive. You set permissions on your PC like you would for a local drive then share it across your network. You could install backup software to backup the data on the iSCSI target like you'd backup a local drive.
The network shares on the ReadyNAS are separate to iSCSI targets. Using network shares and iSCSI are very different ways of managing your data.
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