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Migrating NV Disks after PSU failure
Have a ReadyNAS NV for a number of years that had a PSU failure (hot, funky smell and rebooting) and the unit was covered under the service bulletin.
I had expected Netgear to send me a PSU to swap out. Would have been easy enough. However, they didn’t have a PSU in stock so they sent me today a ReadyNAS NV+. I believe its V1, as they are replacing a Sparc unit. It’s silvery metallic, so I think it must be V1. It's the same as the old one, except for the LCD screen at the bottom of the front. The new model number is RND4000-100NAS.
Here are my questions.
Before the PSU died, the original NV had 3 2GB disks operating on Radiator 4.1.8 ( I believe). RAIDar is 4.3. All was working fine until the overheating. I don’t think the original disks were damaged asI caught the problem quickly, though can’t be 100% sure. Netgear tech support said just to pop the old disks into new unit in the same order and all will update. Neither they nor I have any way to know what version of Radiator is on the replacement diskless unit. I want to make sure I do this right. I can’t take chances on losing the data.
What precise steps should I take and in what order?
I have extra empty hard drives that I could use to ensure the new device is working and update the firmware before adding my old drives. If I update the firmware to 4.1.10 and then power down. Would I just insert my old disks and fire it up, which I think were on 4.1.8.
One other nuance. My desktop PC that is the home to RAIDar is an old PC with its own problems. I can’t update RAIDar software or any software for the time being now. As long as I don’t update RAIDar, it’s fine. Can I ALSO access the unit from any other computer running RAIDar, including my laptop? Do I need the laptop to be hard wired to the router as my desktop currently is?
I had expected Netgear to send me a PSU to swap out. Would have been easy enough. However, they didn’t have a PSU in stock so they sent me today a ReadyNAS NV+. I believe its V1, as they are replacing a Sparc unit. It’s silvery metallic, so I think it must be V1. It's the same as the old one, except for the LCD screen at the bottom of the front. The new model number is RND4000-100NAS.
Here are my questions.
Before the PSU died, the original NV had 3 2GB disks operating on Radiator 4.1.8 ( I believe). RAIDar is 4.3. All was working fine until the overheating. I don’t think the original disks were damaged asI caught the problem quickly, though can’t be 100% sure. Netgear tech support said just to pop the old disks into new unit in the same order and all will update. Neither they nor I have any way to know what version of Radiator is on the replacement diskless unit. I want to make sure I do this right. I can’t take chances on losing the data.
What precise steps should I take and in what order?
I have extra empty hard drives that I could use to ensure the new device is working and update the firmware before adding my old drives. If I update the firmware to 4.1.10 and then power down. Would I just insert my old disks and fire it up, which I think were on 4.1.8.
One other nuance. My desktop PC that is the home to RAIDar is an old PC with its own problems. I can’t update RAIDar software or any software for the time being now. As long as I don’t update RAIDar, it’s fine. Can I ALSO access the unit from any other computer running RAIDar, including my laptop? Do I need the laptop to be hard wired to the router as my desktop currently is?
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- I opted for the straight reinstall and everything went fine. Two days later now and there is a problem. I will lay it out here but it may need a new post.
I've lost access to the unit through radar or web interface. I ran one back up job and started another but had to cancel it just after it started. Suddenly radar couldn't see the NV+. That never happened before. I powered down from the front power button and rebooted but it got stuck at booting (on the screen) with blue light flashing slowly, but no disks lit or activity light going. I couldn't get in through radar or web access. Network couldn't see server either. After waiting all night, I pulled the plug this morning and restarted. I thought all was fine as it said it was starting File check, and I got an e-mail saying Raid sync had started. However, 12 hours later, Radar can't see it, it still seems stuck on booting (at least the screen says booting). In addition, all three drive lights are on and the activity light is blinking like crazy. The power button is flashing blue slowly. Seems like it may still be Raid syncing, but I still can't get see inside. Not sure what to do now. - One addititional update. I turned off the unit, put back in the single old disk I used for updating the firmware the other day and booted up. It booted up, though with only one disk is says the xraid failed to start. I tried updating the firmware again over the old one. then rebooted the unit. I then reinstalled the 3 data disks. Rebooted. It started with FS check. I went to bed when it was around 12%. Radar could see the progress of FS check, though it couldn't access setup. It finished the FS and sent an e-mail raid sating sync started around 2:00 am. At 8:00 am this morning, it is still booting, blue light pulsing slowly, activity light speeding along, all three disk lights lit, screen says booting.... but radar can't access the system. I'm out of ideas.
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