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Moving from ReadyNAS NV to Pro 6 - Best plan?
I'm getting ready to move over to a new Pro 6 from our existing NV unit. Current NV unit is running 4.00c1-p2 firmware and has about 800GB of data stored on it. What is the best method of moving da...
Your firmware is about 4 years old (see http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15059).
I would suggest you:
1. Backup all data
2. Verify backup is good
3. Upgrade to latest RAIDiator on NV.
4. Install a single disk in Pro 6 (if NAS doesn't already come with disks).
5. Update Pro 6 to latest RAIDiator x86 firmware via System > Update > Remote. Depending what firmware is on the Pro 6 currently a few firmware updates may be required to get to 4.2.19
6. Power down Pro 6 and insert any other new disks you want to use in Pro 6 into it.
7. Do a factory default (e.g. via boot menu: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu) to give yourself a clean setup on the latest firmware
8. Manually configure the Pro 6 with settings, shares etc. you used on the NV.
9. Run backup jobs to transfer data across to the Pro 6. Best to use NFS for full backup jobs and then change backup job properties to use Rsync for incrementals.
10. Once you have your new Pro 6 up and running, I would suggest you factory reset the NV (possibly with new disks as well) and perhaps use the NV as a backup NAS. A factory reset of the NV after updating to 4.1.7 or later will give 4k sector alignment which will be useful if you move to using 2TB disks eventually in the NV.
I would suggest you:
1. Backup all data
2. Verify backup is good
3. Upgrade to latest RAIDiator on NV.
4. Install a single disk in Pro 6 (if NAS doesn't already come with disks).
5. Update Pro 6 to latest RAIDiator x86 firmware via System > Update > Remote. Depending what firmware is on the Pro 6 currently a few firmware updates may be required to get to 4.2.19
6. Power down Pro 6 and insert any other new disks you want to use in Pro 6 into it.
7. Do a factory default (e.g. via boot menu: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu) to give yourself a clean setup on the latest firmware
8. Manually configure the Pro 6 with settings, shares etc. you used on the NV.
9. Run backup jobs to transfer data across to the Pro 6. Best to use NFS for full backup jobs and then change backup job properties to use Rsync for incrementals.
10. Once you have your new Pro 6 up and running, I would suggest you factory reset the NV (possibly with new disks as well) and perhaps use the NV as a backup NAS. A factory reset of the NV after updating to 4.1.7 or later will give 4k sector alignment which will be useful if you move to using 2TB disks eventually in the NV.
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