NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
ReadyNAS NV+ Data Migration
Further to my initial thread https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Readynas-nv-reset-battery/m-p/1034087/highlight/false#M101865 Once I'm in a position to can anyone please advise ...
You should be to migrate from the NV+ left standing.
After you get the new NAS running, create and run backup jobs for each share on the existing NV+. I generally run the backups on the destination machine, but it doesn't really matter.
Assuming all the NV+ are using the same firmware, then the next step is to powerdown the NV+, and insert the disks from one of the dead machines into the same slots, and then boot it up. Then create/run backup jobs for those shares. Repeat until done...
Owner/group defaults have different UID/GIDs on OS6, so you should reset share permissions on the target when you are done.
If you use home shares, those are a bit more complicated.
You should be to migrate from the NV+ left standing.
After you get the new NAS running, create and run backup jobs for each share on the existing NV+. I generally run the backups on the destination machine, but it doesn't really matter.
Assuming all the NV+ are using the same firmware, then the next step is to powerdown the NV+, and insert the disks from one of the dead machines into the same slots, and then boot it up. Then create/run backup jobs for those shares. Repeat until done...
Owner/group defaults have different UID/GIDs on OS6, so you should reset share permissions on the target when you are done.
If you use home shares, those are a bit more complicated.
Hi,
Thanks for the info', hopefully it will all be straight forward tho' a touch time consuming.
I'll probably configure the 2x new NAS's in a similar manner to the way the old ones were, only 2 users overall anyway at the moment, so easy to replicate.
Then just do a straight copy of the data over.
Fingers crossed it is a case of being just as easy as said, these things tend to be "easier said than done" :-(
Thanks !
Hi robmorris77,
Just a piece of advice, you may also want to consider using local rsync backup (which is faster) between your systems to save time in copying your data.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
BrianL2 wrote:
Hi robmorris77,
Just a piece of advice, you may also want to consider using local rsync backup (which is faster) between your systems to save time in copying your data.
Using NAS backup jobs to copy each share is a good approach. NFS or CIFS would likely be faster than rsync (since rsync requires more compute, and the NV+ CPU isn't very fast). But I think rsync is more robust, so I would use that anyway.
It's a good idea to reset permissions on each share on the new NAS after the copy (as the UID/GIDs on the NV+ won't match the new NAS).
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
