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BigEd1
Oct 02, 2016Aspirant
Migrate ReadyNAS Pro 6 to ReadyNAS 526X? Questions: Diskless? Easiest reliable migration approach?
I have a ReadyNAS Pro 6 with 6 1TB drives and will need to upgrade. Since I'm running out of space and this unit is EOL it seems time to move on. I'm thinking I should get a ReadyNAS 526X. I'm thi...
BigEd1
Oct 09, 2016Aspirant
If I use Frontview/Backup - then what options and settings would I want to choose to copy over the entire NAS to a new NAS? Is there a step by step tutorial on this someplace?
StephenB
Oct 10, 2016Guru - Experienced User
Well, I always do one backup job per share myself.
There's a pretty good backup faq here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29788/~/readynas-backup-faq?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
This section is closest to what you want: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29741?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
OS-4 offers the same backup options as OS6, though they are organized somewhat differently in the UI.
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