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novice ReadyNAS user: "volume expansion failed", how to address this problem?
Hi all, I'm very much a novice when it comes to this machine (I just have put in drives and used it) and I'm having a problem, really hope someone can help. I've just added a WD 6TB drive to my l...
I don't own an 5.x NAS. There is a way to save the configuration with both 4.x and 6.x firmware, but I'm not seeing it in the 5.x user manual.
Good news and bad news!
The good: after the factory reset and a lot of time, I've got a 9.9TB volume waiting for me to use, yay! (thanks very much for all the advice :-)
The bad: I did find a way to save the configuration in the web interface (apologies for not finding it before writing my query above), but now I can't restore it :-( Here is what I see:
To back up the configuration, I checked "Everything" and saved the archive (this I did before doing the factory reset, of course).
If I use the "Browse" button to navigate to the saved archive (named "_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911"), it doesn't actually let me choose the archive itself (there is a "Choose" button in the navigation box, but it actually just opens that directory to show its contents, I can't actually choose it). If I drag the archive folder into the "Select a Backup Archive:" dialog box (which I can do in Safari, on a Mac), I then get this when I click "Restore":
The actual archive created looks like this (it got saved by default in the Download folder in my user directory):
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/default/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/exim/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/exports
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/frontview/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/group
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/hostname
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/hosts
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/ietd.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/minidlna.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/msmtprc
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/mt-daapd.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/netatalk/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/network/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/passwd
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/passwd-
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/proftpd.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/readytivo.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/resolv.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/samba/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/shadow
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/udhcpd.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/etc/wizd.conf
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/tmp/
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/tmp/config_restore_info
file:///Users/gg/Downloads/_READYNAS_CONFIG-N3-20160414-140911/tmp/timezone-backup
I've tried in Safari, Firefox and Chrome on a Mac, and in Chrome on a PC running Windows 10 (I even tried to zip the archive and point to that). All with no success.
I'm at a loss, I had done a lot of configuring of my ReadyNAS, and it's really unlikely I'll be able to restore it propery step-by-step (particularly passwords and usernames for users, and several pieces of software acess the drive for automatic backups).
Any insights?
The configuration archive should already be a zip file (though perhaps the Mac didn't store it that way).
Perhaps try downloading a config file from the windows PC. Then maybe you can replace the files with the ones you saved from before???
That does make sense, very strange it wasn't saved as a zip file (guess I should have saved the original config from the PC). I'll have a try, thanks for the advice. One of the shares is the "Media" folder, and I never changed those permissions, so I'm in the process of cloning back about 4TB of data (it's the private accounts that will be the challenge to restore properly).
By the way, why does the title of this thread start with "Betreff"? I didn't start my initial query with that title, is it shorthand for something?
All faffing about aside, it's been an adventure, and I certainly could not have muddled through by myself. I know I've thanked you at just about every stage, so here is an overarching thank you for all the help you've offered: thank you!! I'm a photographer, so if there is anything you'd like to know about just any area of photography (I'm versatile), just ask :-)
Cheers!
Chas
Betreff means "subject" in German. The English equivalent would be "Re: novice ReadyNAS user....."
It shows up on the second post - not sure if he entered it, or if his forum language is set to German.
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