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ReadyNAS Pro Battery Replacement
Hi ReadyNAS Community,
We are using a ReadyNAS Pro 6310 (1Gb, Firmware RAIDiator 4.2.31).
It was purchased from new in 2010 (now ~ 7.5 years old). The on-board battery has never been replaced.
We don't know if any of our boot and backup to USB misoperations have anything to do with the condition of the on-board battery.
Gaining physical access for replacement appears straightforward.
Our questions follow :
Q1. Does the ReadNAS report a low on-board battery condition through Radiator, Frontview, Alerts or logs ?
Q2. Is is adequate / meaningful to measure the battery voltage whilst it is still mounted in the ReadyNAS (power off) to determine if it is ok or does it need to be removed.
Q3. Is there a recommended procedure for replacing the battery in the ReadyNAS to avoid loss of settings and the volume contents ?
i.e. does the ReadyNAS settings need to be backed-up prior to battery replacement and then the settings restored.
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If the battery's dead you'd like see a number of weird time changes. After powering off the system for a while and turning it back on the time would revert to a really old date.
1. No
3. We don't support replacing it. However you'd power off the system, disconnect it from power and know what you're doing and you could replace it at your own risk. The battery is used e.g. for storing the time. Your settings are stored on the disks.
I purchased a used one and didn't initially realize the prior owner had removed the battery for storage. Other than showing an odd date and time at boot in the log, it worked perfectly fine. Once booted and time sync'ed to an NNTP server, even the time was right.
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