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Ultra 6 + OS6 admin page communication error
I have upgraded my Ultra 6 to OS 6,9.5 and the 6.10.10 and everything was fine until I deleted volume to reduce number of disks by replacing them with bigger ones. So, I screwed it up and it looked q...
The corrupted model and serial number mean that the VPD file in flash got corrupted. The NAS will not properly boot without a valid VPD file, and there is currently no way being made available to re-create it, as it's an encrypted file and only Netgear knows the key. It's not really common, but does happen often enough when upgrading a legacy NAS to OS6.10.x to be wary, and you did that several times.
Since the serial number is no longer important because there is no support and ReadyCloud is no more, perhaps some kind sole will share his Ultra6 VPD with you. Instructions for getting to it are here: Backup-and-restore-of-VPD-file-for-legacy-ReadyNAS-running-OS6
Please see RAIDar screen in attachment. While RAIDar reports volume 2 100% full, display shows 99% free. And there is only one volume.
The corrupted model and serial number mean that the VPD file in flash got corrupted. The NAS will not properly boot without a valid VPD file, and there is currently no way being made available to re-create it, as it's an encrypted file and only Netgear knows the key. It's not really common, but does happen often enough when upgrading a legacy NAS to OS6.10.x to be wary, and you did that several times.
Since the serial number is no longer important because there is no support and ReadyCloud is no more, perhaps some kind sole will share his Ultra6 VPD with you. Instructions for getting to it are here: Backup-and-restore-of-VPD-file-for-legacy-ReadyNAS-running-OS6
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