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Migrating gracefully from ReadyNAS OS4 to OS 6 (Settings, Data)
I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 4 running RAIDiator 4.2.31 , and I am looking to move to a ReadyNAS OS 6 device as gracefully as possible. My current NAS is not damaged or dead, so no emergencies - I just w...
GJSchaller wrote:
Is there another graceful way of migrating all my settings, so that I do not need to re-create them all by hand and reset permissions?
No. It'd be handy, but there is no way I know to migrate the settings, other than to take some screen shots of the old NAS, and use them as a reference when setting up the new one.
FWIW, you could use your ultra as a backup NAS after the migration (and if desired, you could convert it to run OS-6).
Don't even try it. The default users in the two OS versions don't match, and restoring one on the other will create a mess. IMHO, Netgear really missed the boat on this one. Given this limitation, there is zero incentive to move to a new Netgear device over a competitor's.
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