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Moving drives to a new chassis
We have a RN312 in RAID1 configuration which we use for sharing some folders and also for providing iSCSI drives to a couple of Windows machines. We are thinking of buying another RN312 chassis (with...
All your data including your configuration is on the disks so it will remain when moving the disks to another chassis. If the only problem is hardware failure then this should work fine.
However sometimes users mistake an issue on the disks for hardware failure or have both hardware failure and another issue. If there is an issue on the disks it will remain when moving the disks to another chassis.
You should regularly backup your data e.g. using software on the PC the iSCSI initiator is running on.
I am using 2 mirrored drives (NAS 3Tb each) that is generating the following message.
V+12 power is out of normal range [expected: 12.00 current: 11.08].
Because it is reaching its storage limit
Volume C is approaching capacity:
95% used
143G available.
When I started getting the error messages, I purchased a used ReadyNAS Pro 4 chassis.
I decided that now was the time that I should "move" all of the "shares" plus the Photo II apps from the Pro 2 to the Pro 4..
I searched the Forum for "cloning", "transfering" & etc but didn't find anything that I understood or felt was similiar so I did the following.
I thought that I could "save" disk 1 as a "backup", I took disk 2 and installed it in the Pro 4 1 slot and I installed a new disk in slot 2.
The following messages were received.
Data volume will be rebuilt with disk 1.
RAID sync started on volume C.
RAID sync finished on volume C.
When I examined the Pro 4 with Windows Explorer, I found that the NAS had only the 2 default shares; Backup & Media & no Photo II files.
AND THAT WASN'T GOOD!
Now I was worried that I also might have lost my "backup" files.
I installed a new 2nd drive in the Pro 2.
The following messages were received.
Data volume will be rebuilt with disk 2.
RAID sync started on volume C.
RAID sync finished on volume C.
And it appears that I still have all of the files & the Photo II apps still are present.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG WHEN I WAS BUILDING THE PRO 4?
Do I have to take both of the 2 drives in the Pro 2 and move them to the Pro 4 to still have all of the files & Photo II apps in the Pro 4?
I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ME. THANKS FOR READING THIS POSTING!
Can you let me know what firmware is running in both the pro-2 and the pro-4?
The best thing to do now is to create the shares you want on the pro-4, and then use a frontview backup job to copy the files in those shares over from the pro-2. Rsync is a good backup mechanism for this. Create one backup job for each share (letting it finish before starting the next).
StephenB, thanks for the quick response.
Sorry that I overlooked stating the firmware. Both NAS units; Pro 2 & Pro 4 are 4.2.30...
While waiting for a response from the Forum, I created Shares on the Pro 4 to be the same Share as on the existing Pro 2 NAS.
I have been using BACKUP for copying SHARES to the FRONT USB port but am having trouble "filling in the blanks" with "Add a New Backup job" .
INPUT FRAME:
Select this ReadyNAS or remote? Share "BACKUP" on HALL-NAS
Host Raidar Host Name "HALL-NAS"?
Path ??
Login User Name for Raidar?
Password
OUTPUT FRAME
Select this ReadyNAS or remote? Share "BACKUP" on HALL-NAS4
Host Raidar Host Name "HALL-NAS4"?
Path ??
Login User Name for Raidar?
Password
Don't see an option to send attachments to assist in the questions.
Thanks again. Ron
NAS FRONTVIEW BACKUP SCREEN
STEP 1 - Select backup source
Specify what you want to backup. The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device (a USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share) or located remotely. The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares.
“Share: archived”
Host: “Grey – Unable to add info”
Path: “HALL-NAS” Browse “Grey – Shows me Archive”
Login: “Grey – Unable to add info” Password: “Grey – Unable to add info”
Test connection “Grey – Unable to test”
STEP 2 - Select backup destination
Specify where you want your backup data saved. As with the backup source, the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device.
“Share: archived”
Host: “Grey – Unable to add info”
Path: “HALL-NAS4” Browse “Grey – Shows me Archive”
Login: “Grey – Unable to add info” Password: “Grey – Unable to add info”
Test connection “Grey – Unable to test”
Create a backup job for each share on the PRO-4 that copies the data directly from the same share on the Pro-2. Enable Rsync for the shares on both NAS first.
Here's an example assuming that the source NAS has IP address 10.0.0.15 for a share called "backup". I'm showing all the settings needed to set this up to run every day, though you can of course just run it once.
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