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Ready Nas update Fail
Hi- I was attempting to update my firmware 4.1.14 to 15 when the unit seems to have frozen. After the update was verified I was asked to reboot but when I pushed to shut down and reboot button nothin...
alanreadynas wrote:
Can I schedule a backup once a week this way so that it syncs any new files that I've to the ReadyNAS during the week?
You can. Chapter 6 in the manual (page 81 and following) should give you some idea on it. http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/UM/RAIDiator4-1_SW_en_30Nov11.pdf
Rsync is a good protocol for this, but how to use it for a local disk isn't explained in the manual. So you could read this also: http://readynas.sphardy.com/2011/04/backing-up-via-rsync-to-local-usb-disk_9153.html
Another option is to connect the drive to your mac (reformatting again :smileyfrustrated: ), and doing the backup over ethernet. That is actually faster, but does require the PC to be running.
Do you have a backup? Might be a good time to make one.
Odds are you have a filling OS partition. If you have SSH enabled and are ok with linux commands you could confirm that (and likely fix it).
I do have some backups but I'd still like to fix the problem. what is SSH enabled?
alanreadynas wrote:
what is SSH enabled?
Likely it isn't enabled if you don't know. There's an add-on for the NAS that allows you to access the NAS using ssh, giving you a low-level command line interface to the linux operating system.
If you have a backup, you can do a factory default on the NAS which will wipe the disks and do a fresh factory install. You'd then set up the NAS again and restore the data from the backup.
Another option is to contact Netgear support at my.netgear.com and ask about per-incident (paid) support.
After backing up much of my files overnight my NAS is now at rest. Frontview is again reading both drives as operating normally. The LEDs look fine (the green blinks unevenly at about 24 times a minute and both disk lights are steady on). I have not tried to turn off the unit so I don't know if the will work this time. Of course, as I haven't rebooted after updating the firmware, I don't know if it took or not. I'm wondering if I should uninstall the 4.1.15 update and reinstall the old 4.1.14 version and try to turn back the clock. Your thoughts?
So, after running a series of back ups last night, my NAS seems to be working fine. Frontview is reading normal and the green LED is blinking intermitantly about 24 times a minute. As I wasn't able to reboot the unit after the updated firmware, nothing really has changed. However, I am concerned about trying to turn the unit off. Will it freeze again and, this time, it will not return to normal. Maybe I should try to uninstall 4.1.15 and reinstall the old 4.1.14 version? Your thoughts?
alanreadynas wrote:
However, I am concerned about trying to turn the unit off. Will it freeze again and, this time, it will not return to normal. Maybe I should try to uninstall 4.1.15 and reinstall the old 4.1.14 version? Your thoughts?
If it is a filling OS partition then it likely will freeze again. Downgrading to 4.1.14 could easily make it worse (the firmware installation requires temporary space in the OS partition - that happens both for upgrades and downgrades).
If you want to try something short of a reset, then my first advice is to keep your backup up to date (which is important anyway).
The easiest intervention is to clear the logs (without downloading them).
Do you use ReadyDLNA?
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