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GH
Oct 12, 2015Aspirant
USB device name changed after update to 6.4.0 final
after the update from 6.2.5 the names of the external usb drives changed,
so all backup jobs have to be changed.
(RN104 , 4 disks WDC WD20EFRX-68EUZN0, ReadyNASOS-6.4.0)
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- BrianL2NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi GH,
I need to gather some information that may help us figure out the problem that you have raised. I have summarized my questions below.
1. Did you eject the external disks before doing the update?
2. If you will eject them now, reboot the unit and then plug them back in. Will you get their old USB names?
I look forward to your response.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community TeamHere's the same problem:
After installing 6.4.0
USB_HDD_2 -> USB_HDD_5
USB_HDD_3 -> USB_HDD_6
All Backup jobs have been changend.
The server massage after the backup-job lloks like this:
Sicherungsauftrag Backup-1-Daten erfolgreich abgeschlossen. -------- Informationen zum Sicherungsauftrag -------- Name des Sicherungsauftrags: Backup-1-Daten Typ des Sicherungsauftrags: Inkrementell Protokoll: rsync Sicherungsquelle: [Daten]/ Sicherungsziel: [remote:rsync]/127.0.0.1::USB_HDD_2 Startzeit der Sicherung: Di Okt 13 2015 7:45:21 Endzeit der Sicherung: Di Okt 13 2015 7:45:21 Sicherungsstatus: Fehlgeschlagen: Verbindung kann nicht hergestellt werden. Prüfen Sie, sofern erforderlich, die Verbindung und die Authentifizierung.
Very spooky.
First quot is "Backup succesfull"
Last quot ist "Can't get connection"
Netgear the god job is the other one.
- GHAspirant
Hi BrianL,
I had ejected the external drive and disconnected. Then I did a reboot of the nas before doing the update.
After the update I connected the external disk and it was not detected. Then I did a reboot with the external disk connected and it appears with the new name.
I just ejected it again and disconnect it, then did a reboot. Now it is detected with the new changed name after connection again.
I checked it also with a 2. external disk, same result, the name is changed now.
So it's now not a problem for me because I already changed the backup jobs.
Kind regards,
GH
- BrianL2NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi GH,
I have tested it several times and the names haven't changed. How many external USB hard drives are plugged in the NAS?
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
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