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Mounting ReadyNAS drives in a virtual NAS for data access and recovery
In a previous post (Mounting-ReadyNAS-drives-in-a-virtual-NAS-for-data-access-and-recovery ), I discussed using a VirtualBox virtual ReadyNAS for recovering data from a failed ReadyNAS. With no new R...
FWIW, I have an older version of VMWare Workstation (V 15.5.7). I had no issues importing the OS6 image and creating the VM. I was able to add additional virtual drives too. The "fixes" for the apps work OK too. Overall, looks good and seem to work just fine.
I had issues with the ReadyNAS_RAIDiator_Recovery.OVA. VMWare complained the image did not pass OVF specification conformance (image posted below). When I clicked "retry", it created the VM and booted. Raidar was able to find it. When I went to the admin page and logged in, the ReadyNAS window appeared but was blank (image posted below). I didn't mess around it further.
Not a big deal, it worked just fine in VirtualBox. Just wanted to let everyone know.
Nice work Sandshark!!
When you booted with the recovery "flash", did RAIDar show the unit is in recovery mode? You don't use the GUI in recovery mode, you use Telnet to get into the Linux command prompt, just as on a real NAS. I'm surprised you even get a GUI in that mode, but maybe it's just from locally cached data.
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