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ReadyNAS NV+ (RND4000) - Volume expansion hung?
I have an old RND4000 which I'm in the process of expanding from it's original 4 x 1TB Seagate to 4 x 2TB Hitachi disks. I updated to RAIDiator 4.1.16 (most recent available for this old model) a...
30 hours is too long. What status is RAIDar giving you? https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads
RAIDar shows nothing because it's not reachable on the network.
From some other discussions, it almost sounds like this is stuck at some stage prior to the volume expansion happening? I saw a post where the display indicated expansion was in process (and stuck at 0% for a long time) ... mine is not even doing that. No drive LEDs lit, fan on full, power light blinking and front display message still at "Booting, please wait ...".
Safe to power off and power back on? If so, just hold the power button until it turns off or ?
LaCucaracha wrote:
RAIDar shows nothing because it's not reachable on the network.
Sometimes it will - since it uses broadcast ethernet packets to get status, and not IP.
LaCucaracha wrote:
Safe to power off and power back on? If so, just hold the power button until it turns off or ?
Not sure it's safe, but at some point you will have to. I'd hold the power button until it turns off.
I tried holding the power buttong, but nothing so I pulled the plug :)
Waited 30 seconds and plugged it back in and pressed the power button. Same "Booting, please wait ..." for awhile and then it changed to "Booting ..." and the drive LEDs lit up, then it changed to "Expanding ..." so something is happening. Now showing the IP address. Logged in via FrontView and it said the first stage of expansion has been completed, please reboot.
Rebooted, went through the Booting stage and then "Expanding" and now showing the IP address. RAIDar shows file system check 100% ... and just got email that the volume expansion has started! Front display is now showing the expansion %age as well ... yey!
Hopefully someone else finds this info useful if they're in the same situation and thanks for the info that this was not a normal state!
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