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My RN516 won't boot anymore - any solutions to repair, or restore the data, else?
Hi, My RN516 does not boot anymore. What can I do to fix it? Or to restore the data? For instance: 1) Where can I buy a power supply? 2) If I buy another RN516, will my current hard drives work?...
I'm glad it went smoothly - and thx for following up.
Thank you for your inputs.
I’ve just purchased a RN626X00-100NES, waiting for the delivery.
What is the procedure to follow to transfer my 6xHD from the old to the new NAS?
Any preliminary action such as:
1. OS update on the new NAS?
2. A first initialisation with a spare HD maybe?
withanid wrote:
Any preliminary action such as:
1. OS update on the new NAS?
2. A first initialisation with a spare HD maybe?
It's a good idea to install a spare HD, and upgrade the firmware to match the old NAS. That gives you some confidence that the unit is ok.
Migration itself is just powering down both NAS, and moving the disks to their corresponding slots in the new NAS. Then power up.
I am wondering about Users/Credentials and Permissions.
This is the procedure I am going to follow:
1. Prepare 1 spare HD and insert it on the top slot of the new NAS
2. Connect the network
3. Boot
4. Go through the Installation / Configuration process
5. Download and install the same Firmware Version I has on my old NAS
6. Shutdown
7. Remove the spare HD
8. Insert the 6 x HD from my old NAS to the new one is the same order
9. Boot
10. Login with my old Admini/Password credentialQuestions:
1. Will I be able to login to the new NAS with my old Admin/Password on step 10?
2. Or do I need to create all Users/Passwords that I has on my old NAS on step 4?
3. Am I going to have any issues with File Permissions?
4. Where are the Users and Passwords stored? On the NAS Non-Volatile Memory or HD?
withanid wrote:
I am wondering about Users/Credentials and Permissions.
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Questions:
1. Will I be able to login to the new NAS with my old Admin/Password on step 10?
2. Or do I need to create all Users/Passwords that I has on my old NAS on step 4?
3. Am I going to have any issues with File Permissions?
4. Where are the Users and Passwords stored? On the NAS Non-Volatile Memory or HD?The full configuration (and linux and the ReadyNAS application) are stored on an OS partition on the hard drives. Everything will migrate "as is" when you transfer the disks.
The only caveat here is that the OS install image is also instored in the NAS flash. If the flash version is newer than what's on the hard drives, then the hard drives will be updated to the new version. Similarly if the OS on the hard drives is newer, then the install image in the flash will be updated from the hard drives.
The process you are planning should prevent that from happening, since you will be matching the firmware version when you have the spare disk installed.
withanid wrote:This is the procedure I am going to follow:
1. Prepare 1 spare HD and insert it on the top slot of the new NAS
2. Connect the network
3. Boot
4. Go through the Installation / Configuration process
5. Download and install the same Firmware Version I has on my old NAS
6. Shutdown
7. Remove the spare HD
8. Insert the 6 x HD from my old NAS to the new one is the same order
9. Boot
10. Login with my old Admin/Password credentialThis is fine. Don't waste a lot of time on step 4 - no need to create shares, user accounts, install apps, etc. The default configuration is all you need.
One step 1, ideally the spare HD is unformatted. With Windows, you can remove the partitions either by using the "write zeros"/"erase disk" tests in WD's Lifeguard and Seagate's Seatools programs, or you can go into the Windows Disk Manager and manually delete the partitions (called volumes there). If the drive is formatted, you'll need to force the factory default using the boot menu.
Also, the HCL doesn't matter for this - the drive is only for setup, and there won't be any RAID to worry about.
I have a dilemma. I am not 100% sure whether my old NAS had 6.10.2 or 6.10.3 on it. Apparently the release dates for both versions are respectively 23-SEP-2019 and 26-FEB-2020.
Note that I could not find the release dates in the release notes, so I downloaded both versions, extracted them and checked the files dates.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6.aspx#Software%20Version%206.10.2%20(x86)
I noticed that my NAS did not turn on anymore on 28-FEB-2020. And for diverse reasons there is a higher probability that the old 6xHD have 6.10.2 on their partition than 6.10.3.
My assumption is that it is better for my new NAS to “upgrade” its Flash from the version is finds on my old 6xHD partition than the other way round. Am I correct to say that?
The day I receive my new NAS, I will face one of these 3 scenarios:
1. NAS version equal to 6.10.2 -> perfect
2. NAS version smaller than 6.10.2 -> Upgrade to 6.10.2 with USB key
3. NAS version 6.10.3 -> Downgrade to 6.10.2 with USB keyI have some concerns on point (3). I briefly checked on this Forum and it looks like that there are cases where it is not so straightforward to downgrade the Firmware of a NAS. Is it difficult to downgrade from 6.10.3 to 6.10.2 in this case?
I would like to thank you all for your replies so far, very much appreciated.
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