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Moving from one readynas to another one
Hi I've got some issue with one NAS (with 2 disks in RAID1) and want to migrate with new one. I would like to know if you suggest me to either A) unplug my 2 disks and plug them in new NAS (same m...
Specifically, if you look through the releases between the old firmware and the new, you will sometimes find warnings that you can't downgrade.
mdgm wrote: If the firmware on the replacement unit is very old you may find you need to do it
If there's a warning like that, you really do need to use the scratch disk - otherwise the NAS will attempt to do that downgrade, and bad things are likely to happen.
If you do skip that step, its a good idea to over-install your current firmware after migration (from the web UI). That will resync the NAS flash with the firmware on the disk.
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