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Yesterday my ReadyNAS powered itself off. After a power up I see with Raidar that it completes the file system check, but then never becomes operational. It disappears from Raidar and the LCD display just shows "Booting..." I have read the NV+ manual concerning going into the Boot menu, but I'm concerned that operations like Factory Reset will wipe my RAID array. I would appreciate some advice as to how I might attempt to recover the situation whilst still keeping the integrity of my data.
You could power off the NAS, remove your disks (label order) and hook them up to your PC and test them using vendor tools e.g. use SeaTools to test SeaGate disks.
Yes you were correct, there was no disk test option. I did run the memory test which passed. I've now removed the hard drive and used the WD diagnostic from a PC. So far I've run the Quick Test on all 4 drives and none showed errors. I'm now starting to run the extended test to check them more thoroughly. If these pass, I guess I'm looking at either firmware or hardware issues. I would appreciate some advice here ?
Is the OS reinstall mentioned in the boot menu non-destructive in terms of my drive data ? If not should is the only course now to replace the NV+ ? On that score what is the obvious replacement for that which will take my 4 drives and just work.
The OS is stored on the disks so if you move the disks across to another Sparc NAS (i.e. NV+ v1) then the problem may remain.
You may wish to run the memory test boot menu option a few time to check the memory (RAM).
It's possible the system failed to boot e.g. due to a full OS partition or some problem with the volume neither of which would be fixed by an OS Re-install. It would be best to have a better idea of what the problem is before trying an OS Re-install as when used inappropriately an OS Re-install can make problems worse.
OK, thanks. So apart from running the memory test some more, is there anything else I can do to diagnose the problem ? Is there any way, for instance to get at logs or diagnostic information on the NAS that can tell me what's going on ?
I have this same problem. My NV+ has been "booting.." for about 2 weeks. The initial error came after a power outage and has not finished booting since. Raidar will not locate the device in this "booting..." state.
How were you able to access the large log files and fix the problem. This solution is missing from the string. Thank you for your help.
