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Migrating disk set from a failed Raidar 4.2.28 on RNDU6320 to new RN31600
I am wondering whether what I am watching is trending toward success or failure?
My old ReadyNAS Ultra 6 running Raidiator 4.2.28 and a six-drive doubly-redundant (RAID level X2) volume last shut down OK, but failed to restart with a bit of smoke/odor.
I bought a new RN31600 with the plan to use it to first recover the old disk set's information, copy that info to another target, then initialze the disk set to new OS 6.
I am following the instructions in the Netgear document "ReadyNAS: Migrating disks from RAIDiator 4.2 to ReadyNAS OS 6(x86)".
The use of a virgin spare drive to boot the new RN316 succeeded, then I upgraded the new RN316 with the latest OS 6 version, rebooted with success, and at this time the new RN316 was showing OS 6 6.7.1 when viewed using RAIDar utility. I shut down the new RN316 and removed the single spare drive.
Next, I installed into the new RN316 NAS the six disks of the doubly-redundant (RAID level X2) volume taken from the failed NAS and booted the RN316 using that volume set.
The new 316 has been displaying a "Booting..." message for around three hours so far. The new NAS is visible on the network using Raidar utility, and the claimed OS version is showing back to 4.2.28. By visual appearance, some disk activity appears to be taking place; there are random blinks occurring on the drive lights a couple of times per minute.
So, my question is: Should I just be patient while the volume set is being verified, or is hope gone. How long can can the system remain displaying the "Booting..." message under these circumstances>
Thanks for the help,
Jerry
whelanjh@gmail.com
The data has been copied off, ,a factory reset (wipes all data, settings, everything) has been done and the data restored from backup.
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While the new RN31600 continues to display "Booting..." I used RAIDar to send my browser to the device's management page. Here is what I see: The six drives are all detected, but it looks like I need to use the "LOCATE" button to match the entries to the specific drives in the new NAS?
Right thing to do, or will I be reducing my chances for eventual migration of content?
Please see attached picture
Jerry whelanjh@gmail.com
Can you access your data e.g. over SMB?
So your data volume is 100% full?
No, the volume set was not 100% full when the failed station was last working; but the six disk volume set shows up as you see it in the replacement chassis (now showing a RED status bar, and 100% full ).
The new RN31600 chassis display remains at "Booting..." now for more than 12 hours, although the device shows in RAIDar and the management page can be reached by web browser as you see it.
I thought the Netgear document "ReadyNAS: Migrating disks from RAIDiator 4.2 to ReadyNAS OS 6(x86)" said that the volume would come on-line as "READ-ONLY" so that the original content could be copied off the disk set.
That reminds me, I recall that the "Boot Menu" may have a "Read-Only" choice. Is that the way I should be attempting to boot this new RN31600 to be able to copy off the data from the six-drive set that I am bringing in from the failed chassis RNDU6320?
Jerry
whelajh@gmail.com
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