I have a 104 system with 3 two terabyte drives. How hard it is to replace the NAS hardware with a 204? Can I just pop the drives out of the 104 and pop them into the 204?
Should be able to simply move the disks across (keep the order the same).
Best if you can to get a scratch disk (must not be from your array), put it in the RN204 and upgrade the firmware to match what is on the RN104, then power down both systems, remove the scratch disk and move your disks across (keep the order the same).
You uninstall all the apps, then power down the system and migrate the disks (keeing the order). It then update the OS for x86 processor. Data and configuration should be preserved. After it settles down re-install the apps.
I always do recommend a backup, especially when you are playing with disks.
back up data from 102 (doing that automatically already, but excellent suggestion)
remove apps from 102
stick a spare drive into 314
power up 314
upgrade software 314
power down 314
power down 102
move disks from 102 to 314 (keeping their order left-to-right)
power up 314
Does it make sense to back up the configuration of 102 and then load it into 314? Its not like there is a lot of configuring, but that's what its there for after all.
Personally, I do not like backing up and restoring configs unless it is plain text (like a switch config). Depending on how expansive your settings are, it might be easier to just reconfigure quickly. RN314 is a way huge improvement than RN104. I use the RN314 at my desk a majority of the time.
Does it make sense to back up the configuration of 102 and then load it into 314? Its not like there is a lot of configuring, but that's what its there for after all.
You shouldn't have to. The config should survive the disk migration.
I made the switch and everything seems to be working fine. The only issue I have is that all of the app icons and some of the other icons are broken. I read somewhere (for the life of me I can't find it) that to fix this, you just need to delete the icons in a folder on the reaynas.
Anyone know if this is true can you please tell me where/what I need to remove?
I don't have physical access to the machine for a few days so powering it off and on again with a paperclip stuck in the back is not option (for now.) 😄
I do like the idea of re-installing the same OS. I assume that involves downloading and installing from a local file? Need to do some googling...
I followed the instructions, but most of my icons are still broken (about the same as before - I don't remember.)
As I mentioned earlier, I saw somewhere (still looking) where the same thing had happened (broken links to icons) and they were able to fix it by deleting the icon folder (or something to that effect.)
