ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Software Manual March 2018 202-11207-17 350 E.
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Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Quick-Start Guide..................................................................................................9 Additional Documentation......................................................................................9 Supported ReadyNAS Systems.............................................................................9 Supported Operating Systems.............................................................................10 Supported Browsers..................
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Chapter 3 Shared Folders Basic Shared Folder Concepts............................................................................52 Data Organization...........................................................................................52 Shared Folder Defaults....................................................................................52 File and Folder Names....................................................................................
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Chapter 5 Snapshots Basic Snapshot Concepts..................................................................................110 Smart Snapshot Management......................................................................110 Rolling Back..................................................................................................111 Clones...........................................................................................................
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Sync With Google Drive.....................................................................................151 Sync With Microsoft OneDrive...........................................................................152 ReadyNAS Vault................................................................................................153 Sync With Your Wasabi Storage.........................................................................155 ReadyNAS Replicate.....................................
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Chapter 10 ReadyNAS and Surveillance Video Management Chapter 11 Installing the Milestone Arcus App Chapter 12 Install and Manage Apps Install Apps........................................................................................................213 Manage Installed Apps......................................................................................213 Chapter 13 System Monitoring System and Disk Health Information................................................................
Getting Started 1 This manual describes how to configure and manage your ReadyNAS® storage system. Your ReadyNAS storage system relies on the following applications: • ReadyCLOUD®. Use this online service to discover your ReadyNAS system on your local area network and access the local admin page. • Local admin page. Use this browser-based interface to configure and manage your ReadyNAS system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Quick-Start Guide This manual provides conceptual information about storage systems, detailed instructions about using your system, and NETGEAR’s recommendations about configuring, managing, and backing up your system. We recommend that you read this manual to make the best use of your storage system. To quickly start using your system, review the following sections in this order: 1. Basic Installation on page 11. You use ReadyCLOUD to discover your storage system on your network. 2.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • RN316 • RN422 • RN424 • RN426 • RN428 • RN516 • RN524X • RN526X • RN528X • RN626X • RN628X • RN716X • RN2120 • RN2120 v2 • RN3130 • RN3138 • RN3220 • RN4220X • RR2304 • RR2312 • RR3312 • RR4312S • RR4312X • RR4360S • RR4360X • EDA 500 Supported Operating Systems The ReadyNAS supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows 10 (32 and 64 bit) • Microsoft Windows 8.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Apple Mac OS X 10.7 or later • Linux, Unix, Solaris • Apple iOS • Google Android Supported Browsers The ReadyNAS local admin page supports the following browsers: • Microsoft Edge • Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 and later • Apple Safari 5.0 and later • Google Chrome 20 and later • Mozilla Firefox 14 and later If you experience difficulty accessing the local admin page or if you notice unexpected behavior, try using another browser.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To install your storage system: 1. Install all available disks that you want to use in your storage system. Note If you are using previously formatted disks that contain data, you must reformat these disks before continuing. For information about formatting disks, see the hardware manual for your system. For a list of supported disks, see the Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.netgear.com/readynas-hcl. For information about installing disks, see the hardware manual for your system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 If your ReadyNAS is one of these models, and is connected to ReadyCLOUD, when you log in to ReadyCLOUD, you see the following page: ReadyCLOUD now includes major new features, but these features require new firmware on the ReadyNAS system. When you log in to ReadyCLOUD from a ReadyNAS system, ReadyCLOUD checks to see if the ReadyNAS system firmware is recent enough to work with the new ReadyCLOUD. If it is not, you see the message and the Upgrade Now button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Click the OK button to dismiss the message and continue to ReadyCLOUD. Your system is now upgraded to ReadyNAS OS 6.2, and you can use the normal procedure to upgrade to more recent releases. Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD ReadyCLOUD is the online service that you use to discover and set up desktop ReadyNAS storage systems on your network. (Use the local admin page to set up rackmount ReadyNAS storage systems.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To use ReadyCLOUD to discover and set up your storage system: 1. Visit http://readycloud.netgear.com on a computer that uses the same local area network (LAN) and Internet connection as your storage system. 2. Click the Set up a new ReadyNAS Start button. 3. Click the Discover button. ReadyCLOUD automatically detects your ReadyNAS system on the network. Your new ReadyNAS system is marked with a NEW label. 4. Click the Setup button. 5.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note The local setup wizard is for users who choose to set up their ReadyNAS system using Offline mode. If you set up your system using ReadyCLOUD mode and the ReadyCLOUD setup wizard, the local setup wizard does not display. Figure 1. Setup wizard (Welcome page) You can change the language setting for the setup wizard by selecting a language from the Language menu at the top right corner of the page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Figure 2. Local admin page (Overview page) The following list describes the features of the local admin page: • To navigate through the local admin page, use the navigation bar across the top of the page and the navigation icons below it. • Some pages are divided into multiple sections. You can collapse or expand sections of the page by clicking the triangle icon ( ) next to each section heading. • To refresh the page, click the Refresh icon ( ) in the top right corner of the page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Access the Local Admin Page If your computer is connected to the same LAN as your storage system, follow these instructions to access the local admin page. To access the local admin page: 1. Open a web browser and visit https://. is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default host name if you did not change it. Note You can also enter https://, where is the IP address of the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To register your ReadyNAS system, if the link is no longer available: 1. Locate the serial number of the system. You can find the serial number on the Overview page of the local admin page or on the chassis label of your product. 2. Open a web browser and visit http://www.NETGEAR.com/register. 3. Take one of the following actions: • If you never registered a NETGEAR product, click the REGISTER NOW button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 prevent, gradual corruption caused by the slow degradation of the disks; and cannot provide protection from a site disaster. Snapshot technologies provide protection against accidental deletion or corruption but by themselves cannot protect against disk loss or site loss. ReadyNAS OS allows you to use five different types of protection simultaneously: • RAID. Protects against disk failure. • Snapshot technology.
Volume Configuration 2 This chapter describes how to configure and manage the volumes in your ReadyNAS storage system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Basic Volume and RAID Concepts To get the most out of your ReadyNAS storage system, it is helpful to understand the basics of volumes, RAID, and tiers. Understanding these concepts is the first step to making good decisions about how to configure, manage, and use your ReadyNAS storage system. This chapter contains the following sections: • • Volumes RAID Volumes In the most general sense, volumes are data storage devices. Your computer treats an internal hard drive as a volume.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 X-RAID X-RAID is an autoexpandable RAID technology that is available only on ReadyNAS systems. With X-RAID, you do not need to know intricate details about RAID to administer your system. X-RAID allows you to add storage space without reformatting your drives or moving your data to another location. Because the expansion happens online, you can continue to use your ReadyNAS system while the volume capacity increases.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Figure 4. X-RAID disk usage 1. The first disk that you install is used for initial (unprotected) storage space. 2. The second disk that you install is reserved for data protection (parity information). 3. Installing additional disks increases your storage space. Note For systems with six or fewer bays, X-RAID reserves the capacity of one disk for data protection.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • RAID 5. This RAID level also provides data redundancy, but it requires at least three disks. RAID 5 uses the capacity of one disk to protect you from data loss if one disk fails. Your data is distributed across multiple disks to improve disk performance. The total capacity of your storage system equals the capacity of all your disks minus the capacity of one disk. It is supported on systems with at least four drive bays. • RAID 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 You create a tier by selecting formatted but unallocated SSD drives and adding them as a tier to an existing volume. For information about creating a tier, see Add a Tier to a Volume on page 42. Manage Volumes You can manage volumes on your ReadyNAS system. You can add or delete volumes from the system. Additionally, you can change the volume’s RAID mode and level, check volume status, perform volume maintenance, and configure volume protection.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note When you switch to X-RAID mode, any clean (meaning not part of another volume or from another system) extra disks installed in your system are automatically reformatted and used for storage expansion.You cannot change the RAID mode of a RAID 0 or RAID 10 volume. To change from Flex-RAID to X-RAID on a single-volume system: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. Click the X-RAID button at the right side of the page. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 View the Status of a Volume To view a summary of the volume status: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. The volumes are listed at the left side of the page. The following summary information is displayed next to each volume. Item Description Data The storage space that is consumed by data in MB, GB, or TB. Snapshots The storage space that is consumed by snapshots in MB, GB, or TB. Free The storage space that is available in MB, GB, or TB.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Click the Disks tab. 7. From the Disk menu, select a disk in the volume to view its status. Note The disks are listed by their position in the enclosure: x. For example, Disk 3X1 is the third disk from the left in the top row of the enclosure. Configure the Checksum Function Checksum functions help detect data transmission errors. The ReadyNAS uses a checksum function to improve accuracy and consistency when writing data to a volume.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the Settings button on the pop-up menu. 6. Select or clear the Checksum check box. 7. Click the Apply button. 8. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved. Create and Encrypt a Volume During volume creation, you can also enable volume encryption. Encryption is optional. When encryption is enabled, data is encrypted in real time as it is written to the volume. You cannot encrypt existing volumes. Encryption is possible only when you are creating new volumes.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To create a volume, select the RAID level, and enable encryption: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. From the enclosure graphic, select one or more disks to include in the new volume. Available disks are colored black. 4. Click the New Volume button at the right of the page. 5. Configure the following settings: • Name. Enter a name for the volume. The volume must not use the same name as a folder in the root folder system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • USB to store key. If you enabled encryption, select a USB storage device from the menu to store the generated key. • Send key by Email. If you enabled encryption, select this check box to specify that the generated key be sent to a email address associated with the admin account. Make sure that you set the email account before creating the volume. 6. Click the Create button. The new volume is created and appears in the list of volumes at the left of the page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Destroy button. 5. Type DESTROY to confirm your decision. 6. Click the Destroy button. The volume is deleted. The disks that were part of the volume become available again for other purposes (the color of the disks turns black). Expand Storage Capacity You can expand the storage capacity of an existing volume in two ways: • Horizontal expansion. Expand the volume by adding more disks to the volume. • Vertical expansion.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Both horizontal and vertical expansion is available for X-RAID and Flex-RAID volumes. X-RAID makes horizontal volume expansion easy. If your X-RAID volume includes two or more disks, the volume expands automatically when you add disks. When you expand a Flex-RAID volume you need to add disks in increments compatible with the RAID level of the volume. You can continue to use your ReadyNAS system while the new disks are incorporated in the background.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Vertically Expand a Volume Both X-RAID and Flex-RAID volumes support vertical expansion. When you vertically expand a Flex-RAID volume, you must replace all disks in the volume with larger-capacity disks. Note Vertical expansion is not available for RAID 0 volumes. When you vertically expand an X-RAID volume, you must replace disks in the volume according to the following table. Table 2.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To vertically expand a Flex-RAID volume: 1. Replace one disk in the volume with a larger-capacity disk. For more information about how to add a disk to your system, see the hardware manual for your system, which is available at http://www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6. Note You must use supported disks in your ReadyNAS system. For a list of supported disks, visit http://www.netgear.com/readynas-hcl. 2. Wait for the volume to resync your data.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 3. Flex-RAID levels and data protection Number of Disks per Volume RAID Level Can I add a disk to for data protection? 1 JBOD Yes. Converts to RAID 1. (Additional disk provides redundancy.) 2 RAID 1 No. (Volume protection is already redundant.) 2 or more RAID 0 Yes. Converts to RAID 5. 3 or more RAID 5 Yes. (Additional disk provides dual redundancy and converts the volume to RAID 6.) 4 or more (even number) RAID 10 No. (Volume protection is already redundant.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The Add Parity window opens. 7. Select the Yes button. The volume expands immediately, but requires a resync, which starts immediately. The volume display includes a resync progress bar. Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume To add a group to a Flex-RAID volume: 1. Add disks to the ReadyNAS, if necessary. For more information about how to add a disk to your ReadyNAS system, see the hardware manual for your system, which is available at www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6. 2.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Before you rempve a RAID group, make sure that you back up any data (folders and LUNs) that you want to save to another volume or another storage device. To delete a RAID group: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. Select the volume. 4. Select the RAID group from the menu. 5. Hover over the red delete icon. 6. Click the red delete icon. 7. Type REMOVE to confirm your decision. 8. Click the OK button. The RAID group is deleted.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note Removing the RAID group removes storage from the volume, so the total volume capacity goes down. Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume Normally ReadyNAS OS automatically formats all of the disks in a ReadyNAS storage system (for all models except an RR4360), in to a single X-RAID volume, but if you add disks or destroy existing volumes, you can use the volume management wizard to create volumes.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The graphic shows the balance of capacity, performance, and reliabilty for the selected protection level and number of disks. As you change the RAID level, the graphic updates to show the changed balance. If more drives than the minimum necessary for the selected RAID level are available, the Number of RAID Groups, Number of drives for RAID Group, and Remaining drives allocated to Global Spare fields are active.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note You can determine if ReadyTIER is already configured on a volume from the volume settings. In the following window, ReadyTIER is configured for this volume. To add a tier to an existing volume: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. From the enclosure graphic, select one or more SSD disks to include in the new volume. Note Available disks are colored black.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note Depending on the RAID properties of the volume, a minimum number of SSD disks are needed. When you select enough disks, the Add Tier button is highlighted. 4. Click the Add Tier button. The Add Tier window opens. 5. Click the Apply button. ReadyNAS OS creates the tier, balances the volume, resyncs the volume, and changes the display color for the SSDs to yellow. Note that the balance can take a significant amount of time on a volume with a lot of metadata.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. Click the gear icon for the volume. 4. Select the Settings menu item. The volume setting window opens. 5. Click the Quota check box to toggle the volume quota setting. 6. Click the OK button. A message window opens. 7. Click the OK button. The volume quota setting changes, the message window closes, and the volume setting window closes.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Scrub a Volume Scrubbing cleans and validates all data on a volume and checks the volume for errors. No data is deleted. Folders, LUNs, and snapshots on the volume remain intact. Scrubbing every six to eight weeks is common. Note Scrubbing is not an erase function. To scrub a volume: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. Select a volume. 4. Click the gear icon. 5. Click the Scrub button in the pop-up menu. A confirmation window opens. 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon. 5. Click the Defrag button in the pop-up menu. A confirmation window opens. Choose the Yes button to confirm. The defragmentation process starts. The start and completion of the volume defragmentation are recorded in the system log (see System Logs on page 219). If you set up email notifications for your system, you receive an email message when the process finishes. For more information about alert notifications, see Configure System Alerts on page 163.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 A window opens. 6. Click the Yes button in the pop-up window. The volume information updates to show the status of the balance operation, and the ReadyNAS system issues an alert and a log entry when the balance operation starts and when the operation completes. Trim a Volume You can discard all unused blocks in a filesystem. This can improve the performance of SSD drives. To trim a volume: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS system. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. Select the volume. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the volume gear icon. 5. Click the Export button. The Export Volume window opens. 6. Type the word EXPORT in the text box in the Export Volume window. 7. Click the Export button. The volume is unmounted from the ReadyNAS and prepared to be added to another ReadyNAS system. Service to all shares is temporarily interrupted. Note The ReadyNAS to which you move the volume must not include an existing volume with the same name as the volume that you plan to move.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the Volume Schedule button. 6. Click the Add button. The Add Schedule window opens. 7. Select the maintenance operation from the Action menu (Scrub, Defrag, Balance, Disk Test). 8. Select from the Pattern menu (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly). The Add Schedule window adjusts to show hours of the day, days of the week, dates of the month, or months of the year. 9. Select the hours, days, dates, or months. 10. Select the start time. 11. Click the Add button.
Shared Folders 3 This chapter describes how to create, manage, and access shared folders on the ReadyNAS. It includes the following sections: • • • • Basic Shared Folder Concepts Manage Shared Folders Shared Folder Access Rights Access Shared Folders From a Network-Attached Device Note Without a volume, you cannot configure any shared folders. For information about how to create volumes, see Create and Encrypt a Volume on page 31.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Basic Shared Folder Concepts The volumes on your ReadyNAS can be divided into shared folders and logical unit numbers (LUNs), both of which are logical entities on one or more disks. Shared folders and LUNs enable you to organize data in a volume by type, group, user, department, and so on. A single volume can contain multiple shared folders and LUNs. Shared folders are NAS data sets that allow data transfer and storage over a network.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Documents • Music • Pictures • Videos These folders are not automatically created on rack-mount ReadyNAS storage systems. If you want, you can delete or rename these shared folders.You can create other shared folders to organize your data. File and Folder Names A shared folder can contain subfolders to help you organize your data files. If all characters in the file or folder name are alphanumeric, the maximum length of the name is 255 characters.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 4. Supported file-sharing protocols (Continued) Protocol Description Recommendation FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and FTPS (FTP with SSL encryption) Many public file upload and download sites use If users access your storage system using FTP. The ReadyNAS supports anonymous or FTP, enable this protocol. user access for FTP clients. You can elect to set up port forwarding to nonstandard ports for passive FTP, allowing clients to initiate a connection to the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 RAID levels other than RAID 0 provide data redundancy used to detect, and in some cases correct, disk read errors. Sometimes a read error is a one-time error, but other times, the data on the disk is no longer reliable because of changes to the disk with age (disk bit rot). With bit rot protection turned on, when an error is detected, the data is rewritten, which restores the reliability of the data, in effect restarting the clock on the bit rot.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description Compression Select the Compression check box to enable data compression. Compression saves storage space and increases the speed of data transfers, but the compression and decompression processes require additional resources. By default, the Compression check box is cleared. Note that compression is available only when bit rot protection is enabled. Auto-Defrag Select the Auto-Defrag check box to enable automatic defragmentation.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the gear icon in the pop-up menu. 6. Change the settings as explained in the following table. Item Description Properties Name A unique name to identify the shared folder. Do not include spaces in the name. All characters must be alphanumeric. Description An optional description to help identify the shared folder. Bit Rot Protection Select the Bit Rot Protection (Copy-on-write) check box to enable bit rot protection.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Delete a Shared Folder WARNING: Deleting a shared folder permanently removes the data within that shared folder, including its snapshots. To delete a shared folder from a volume: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Shares > Shares. A list of shared folders and LUNs on each volume displays. 3. Select the shared folder. 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Delete button in the pop-up menu. 6. In the pop-up window, confirm the deletion by typing DESTROY. 7.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To browse data on your ReadyNAS: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select Shares > Browse. 3. Select the shared folder or subfolder that you want to browse. The contents of the folder display. Tip Use the forward and back ( ) arrows to browse through folders. You can view files and folders as a list with details, as small icons, or as large icons. To change views, click one of the view icons ( ) at the right side of the page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button. 5. Examine the Bit Rot Protection check box. A check indicates that bit rot protection is on. 6. If you want to change the setting, select or clear the check box. Shared Folder Access Rights Access rights apply to individual shared folders. For each shared folder, you control the file-sharing protocols that can be used to access the shared folder and the access rights granted to each user, group, and host.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 5. Access right options (Continued) Access Right Description Read/write for everyone with exceptions Access to this shared folder is read/write for all users except for one or more users who are granted read-only permission. Disabled with exceptions Access to this shared folder is disabled for all users except for one or more users who are granted either read-only or read/write permission.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the plus icon for the folder. 5. Adjust the settings as needed. • To adjust existing permissions for a user or group, use the Access menu for that user and select the new access level. You can click on the arrow icon by a user or group name to expand the list, if there are multiple protocols set for the user or group. • To remove permissions for a user or group, click the X icon for that user or group.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The shared folder settings display in a pop-up window. 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Click one of the file-sharing protocol buttons. The page adjusts to display the access properties for the selected protocol. 8. Configure the network access settings for the selected protocol.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • To enable the protocol for the selected folder, set the On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. The indicator on the protocol button turns green. Note When you enable a file-sharing protocol for an individual shared folder, the protocol is also enabled globally. For more information about global settings, see Configure Global Settings for File-Sharing Protocols on page 181.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The shared folder settings display in a pop-up window. 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Select one of the file-sharing protocol buttons. The page adjusts to display the access properties for the selected protocol. 8. Click the Security tab on the left side of the pop-up window. 9. From the menu, select the information that you want to view: • All.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 For information about using the local database or an Active Directory, see User and Group Management Modes on page 123. Tip To search for a particular user or group, use the search field next to the Search icon ( To update the user and group information, click the Refresh icon ( ). 10. For each individual user ( ) and group ( one of the following check boxes: ). ) that you want to allow to access the shared folder, select • Read Only.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The shared folder settings display in a pop-up window. 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Click one of the file-sharing protocol buttons. The page adjusts to display the access properties for the selected protocol. 8. Click the Hosts tab on the left side of the pop-up window. Note If the host access list is empty, any host is allowed to access the shared folder.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The host is added to the host access list. Note For SMB, the access rights for each host depend on the access rights of the user. 12. (Optional for Rsync) Select the default access rights for users on the listed hosts: • Read Only. The users on the listed hosts are permitted only to read files on the shared folder. • Read/Write. The users on the listed hosts are permitted to read, edit, create, and delete files on the shared folder. 13.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Select the shared folder that you want to configure. 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The shared folder settings display in a pop-up window. 6. In the folder settings pop-up window, click the Network Access tab. 7. Click the RSYNC file-sharing protocol button. The page adjusts. 8. Click the Security tab on the left side of the pop-up window. 9. Select the Enable Password Protection check box. 10.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The shared folder settings display in a pop-up window. 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Click the SMB file-sharing protocol button. The window adjusts. 8. Select the DFS tab button on the left side of the pop-up window. 9. Select the Enable DFS Root check box. 10. Click the + button above the list of remote shared folders. The New External Folder page opens. 11.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 12. Click the Add button. The new remote shared folder appears on the list. 13. Click the Apply button. 14. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved and the pop-up window closes. 15. Make sure that the remote shared folder on the network-attached device is configured for file sharing. You can now access the remote shared folder from your ReadyNAS system using the SMB protocol.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Click the SMB file-sharing protocol button. The page adjusts. 8. Click the Advanced tab on the left side of the pop-up window. 9. Select the Hide this folder check box. 10. Click the Apply button. 11. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved and the pop-up window closes. Enable WebDAV This feature is available only for HTTP and HTTPS. WebDAV is an extension of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols that facilitates document management and editing.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The shared folder settings display in a pop-up window. 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Click the HTTP file-sharing protocol button. Note Enabling HTTP at the share level also enables HTTPS access. The page adjusts. 8. Click the Off button, if HTTP is off. The button changes to On. 9. Click the WEBDAV tab on the left side of the pop-up window. The window adjusts. 10.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Your change is saved and the window returns to the Security window. 12. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved and the pop-up window closes. Squash, Map, Host IDs to ReadyNAS IDs Sometimes it is useful to map user IDs or group IDs on a host connected over NFS to your ReadyNAS system to specific ReadyNAS OS user IDs and group IDs.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Click the Network Access tab. 7. Click the NFS file sharing button. The page adjust to display the NFS access properties. 8. Click the Advanced button. 9. From the UID/GID squashing menu, one of the following: No root squash, Root squash, All squash. No root squash sets the ReadyNAS to not remap UIDs or GIDs. Root squash sets the host root UID and GID to anonymous, but otherwise does not remap. All squash maps all host UIDs and GIDs to the anonymous UID and GUID. 10.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To change the default access rights to files and folders on an individual shared folder: 1. Select Shares > Shares. A list of shared folders and LUNs on each volume displays. 2. Select the shared folder. 3. Click the gear icon for the folder. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button. The shared folder settings pop-up window opens. 5. Click the File Access tab in the window. 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Setting Folder Owner Rights Permissions granted to the folder owner. Select one of the check boxes: Folder Group Rights Folder Everyone Rights • No box selected. The folder owner is not granted access rights to the folder. • Read Only. The folder owner ia granted read-only access to the folder. • Read/Write. The folder owner is granted read/write access to the folder. This is the default setting.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon for the folder. 5. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button. The shared folder settings pop-up window opens. 6. Click the File Access tab in the window. 7. Click the Reset tab. 8. Click the Reset permissions button. The default access rights are restored. Owners, groups, and anyone else with access to the shared folder gains read/write access to all files and folders on the shared folder.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note For snapshots to be accessible to users from their network-attached devices, you must select the Allow snapshot access check box on the shared folder settings window. For more information, see View and Change the Properties of a Shared Folder on page 56. Use a Web Browser You can use a web browser to access files that are stored on your ReadyNAS system. Note If you are accessing your files from a network that is outside your LAN, you must configure port forwarding on your router.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To access a shared folder using a network-attached Windows device: 1. Ensure that the SMB file-sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system. For more information, see Set Network Access Rights to Shared Folders on page 62. 2. Enter \\ in the File Explorer address bar. is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default host name if you did not change it.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system. 5. Enter a user ID and password. You can log in with administrator or user credentials. If you log in as a user, your access is limited by the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator. You are prompted to select a volume. Mac OS X calls your ReadyNAS shared folders volumes. 6. Select the volume or volumes (shared folder or folders) you want to access and click the OK button. Finder displays the volume contents.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Use FTP and FTPS You can use FTP and FTPS to access any shared folders that are enabled for the FTP and FTPS file-sharing protocols. For better security, use an FTPS client to connect to your ReadyNAS using the FTP file-sharing protocol. With FTPS, your password and data are encrypted. If you are using FTPS, you must use explicit mode (also known as FTPES or AUTH TLS) in your FTP client. To access a shared folder using FTP: 1.
LUNs 4 This chapter describes how to create, manage, and access LUNs on the ReadyNAS. It includes the following sections: • • • • Basic LUN Concepts Manage LUNs LUN Groups and Access Rights Access LUN Groups From an iSCSI-Attached Device Note Without a volume, you cannot configure any LUNs. For information about how to create volumes, see Create and Encrypt a Volume on page 31.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Basic LUN Concepts The volumes on your ReadyNAS can be divided into shares and logical unit numbers (LUNs), both of which are logical entities on one or more disks. Shares and LUNs enable you to organize data in a volume by type, group, user, department, and so on. A single volume can contain multiple shares and LUNs. LUNs are SAN (storage area network) data sets that allow data transfer and storage over iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices. The ReadyNAS supports iSCSI devices only.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Default LUN Settings The following table explains the default settings of a LUN. You can change these settings when you create or change the LUN. The defaults depending on whether the LUN is thick provisioned (the default), or you select thin provisioned. Table 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description Bit Rot Protection (Copy-on-write) Select the Bit Rot Protection (Copy-on-write) check box to enable bit rot protection. For information, see Bit Rot Protection on page 54. Enabling bit rot protection also enables copy-on-write. Over time, copy-on-write increases disk fragmentation. Compression Select the Compression check box to enable data compression.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description Size Specify the size of the LUN. The maximum size that you can allocate to the LUN is stated at the bottom of the window. Unit Select the unit of measurement from the menu: • MB. • GB. This is the default unit of measurement. • TB. 5. Click the Create button. The ReadyNAS confirms the creation of a LUN with the message “Folder or LUN successfully created.” 6. Click the OK button. The new LUN is added to the Shares page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button. 5. View or change the settings as explained in the following table. Item Description Name A unique name to identify the LUN. Do not include spaces in the name. Description An optional description to help identify the LUN. Bit Rot Protection Select the Bit Rot Protection (Copy-on-write) check box to enable bit rot protection. For information, see Bit Rot Protection on page 54.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Expand the Size of a LUN After you create a LUN, you cannot change the provision setting (thin or thick), but you can expand the size of the LUN. Expansion is instant, regardless of the data size, but you must first disconnect all users that are connected to the LUN. Disconnect access to the LUN by removing the LUN from the LUN group to which the users have access (see Create a LUN Group on page 92).
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the Expand link. 6. Enter the following settings: • New Size. Specify the new size of the LUN. The maximum size that you can allocate to a thick LUN is stated above the New Size field. • Unit. Select the unit of measurement from the drop-down list (MB, GB, or TB). 7. Click the Apply button. The new LUN size takes effect. 8. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved and the pop-up window closes. 9.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Select the LUN. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Delete button. 5. Confirm the deletion by typing DESTROY. 6. Click the Destroy button. The LUN is deleted. LUN Groups and Access Rights When you create a LUN, the LUN is unassigned. To access your storage system from an iSCSI-attached device, you must create a LUN group and assign one or more LUNs to the LUN group. LUN groups allow you to organize LUNs and manage access rights to LUN groups.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Create a LUN Group To create a LUN group: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI. 3. Click the New Group button in the upper right of the window. 4. In the Name field, enter a name. The default name is groupX, where X is a number in sequential and ascending order. The Target field is automatically populated. The target is the string that an iSCSI client needs to be able to connect to the LUN. 5. Click the Create button. The New LUN group is added to the iSCSI page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Tip You can also create a LUN by clicking the New LUN button to the right of the unassigned LUNs. By default, news LUNs are unassigned. 4. Click the Assign button. A pop-up window opens. 5. Select the LUN group to which you want to assign the LUN. 6. Click the Apply button. The LUN is assigned to the selected LUN group. Remove a LUN From a LUN Group To remove a LUN from a LUN group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Select the assigned LUN to remove from the group. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Unassign button. 5. Confirm that you want to remove the LUN from the group. The LUN is returned to the unassigned state. Delete a LUN Group To delete a LUN group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI. 3. Click the Destroy button to the right of the LUN group. 4. Confirm that you want to delete the LUN group. If any LUNs were assigned to the group, they are returned to the unassigned state.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Manage Access Rights for LUN Groups You can configure LUN group access, add and remove iSCSI initiators, and change the CHAP password for an iSCSI initiator. Configure Access to a LUN Group To configure client access to a LUN group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI. 3. Click the Properties button to the right of the LUN group. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description Name The name is provided for information only and cannot be changed. Target The target is the address that an iSCSI client (that is, an initiator) needs to access the LUN group. The Target field is automatically populated, but you can delete the content and then replace the content with a custom target address. Require initiators Select this check box to enable CHAP authentication and to allow only authenticated initiators to identify access to the LUN group.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Add an iSCSI Initiator To add an iSCSI initiator and allow access to the LUN group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI. 3. Click the Properties button to the right of the LUN group. 4. Select the Selected radio button next to Allowed Initiators.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the + button ( ) to the right of the list of initiators. 6. In the Name field, enter an IQN in the format as defined by RFC 3720, for example, iqn.2012-04.com.netgear:sj-tst-5200:a123b456 is a valid IQN. 7. (Optional) Enter a CHAP password that is between 12 and 16 characters long and confirm the CHAP password. 8. Click the Create button. 9. Select the Allowed check box to allow the initiator access to the LUN group. 10. Click the Apply button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Remove an iSCSI Initiator To remove an iSCSI initiator from the LUN group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI. 3. Click the Properties button to the right of the LUN group to manage. 4. Select the Selected radio button next to Allowed Initiators. 5. Select the initiator. 6. Click the – button to the right of the list of initiators. 7. Confirm that you want to remote the selected initiator. The selected initiator is removed from the list of initiators. 8. Click the Apply button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Edit the CHAP Password To edit the CHAP password for an iSCSI initiator: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select iSCSI. 3. Click the Properties button to the right of the LUN group to manage. 4. Select the Selected radio button next to Allowed Initiators. 5. Select the initiator that you want to edit. 6. Click the gear button ( ) to the right of the list of initiators. The Initiator Settings pop-up window opens. 7. Enter a new password in the fields. 8.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Access LUN Groups From an iSCSI-Attached Device An iSCSI initiator application lets you set up a connection from a server to a LUN group (and therefore to individual LUNs). Normally, users would not initiate such a LUN connection. The network administrator would provide access to a LUN group through a server.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To set up initiator access: 1. Open the iSCSI initiator and click the Configuration tab. 2. Copy the default name from the Initiator Name field. 3. Create an iSCSi initiator on the ReadyNAS: a. Log in to your ReadyNAS. b. Select iSCSI.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 c. Click the Properties button to the right of the LUN group. d. Select the Selected radio button. e. Click the + button to the right of the list of initiators. f. Paste the default iSCSI initiator name in the Name field. The default iSCSI initiator name is the name that you copied in Step 2 on page 102. g. (Optional) Enter a CHAP password that is between 12 and 16 characters long and confirm the CHAP password. h. Click the Create button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note If you are connecting to a LUN group using a Windows device, make sure that you leave the Password for bidirectional CHAP authentication fields blank. a. In the Allowed column of the initiator table, select the check box next to the initiator that you created in Step 3 on page 102. The initiator is allowed to access the LUN group. b. (Optional) Select the Require initiators to identify themselves using CHAP check box.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties page, click the Targets tab. 6. In the Target field, enter the IP address of the ReadyNAS. 7. Click the Quick Connect button. 8. If you selected the Require initiators to identify themselves using CHAP check box in Step 4 on page 104, authenticate the connection. The initiator connects to the LUN group on the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 For information about initializing and formatting LUNs, see Initialize and Format LUNs on page 106. Initialize and Format LUNs After you set up initiator access to the LUN group, you must initialize and format each LUN in the LUN group. For more information about setting up initiator access, see Set Up Initiator Access on page 101. The following procedure uses the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator, which is freely available online and is integrated in Windows 7.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 d. Select the partition style that you want to use for the selected disks. e. Click the OK button. The selected disks are initialized. 3. Format an initialized disk: a. Select the disk that you want to format. Selected disks are shaded. b. In the Disk Management window, select Action > All Tasks > New Simple Volume.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The New Simple Volume Wizard window displays. c. Follow the default wizard formatting steps. 4. Repeat Step 3 on page 107 for each initialized disk (LUN) that you want to access. The LUNs are formatted as hard disk drives and are accessible through Windows Explorer.
Snapshots 5 This chapter describes how to manage snapshots of shared folders and LUNs. It includes the following sections: • • • • • • • • • Basic Snapshot Concepts View and Change Share Snapshot Properties Manually Take a Snapshot Browse Snapshots Using Recovery Mode Roll Back to a Snapshot Using Recovery Mode Clone Snapshots Delete Snapshots Delete Snapshots Using Recovery Mode Recover Data From a Snapshot Note Without a volume, you cannot configure any shared folders or LUNs.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Basic Snapshot Concepts The ReadyNAS can provide protection of shared folders and LUNs through snapshots. Snapshots contain references to data on a shared folder or LUN. They take no space until the data they reference is changed or deleted. Strictly speaking, snapshots are not backups, but they function as backups because you can recover data from snapshots. You can take snapshots only of shared folders or LUNs.You cannot take a snapshot of a volume.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Hourly snapshots are kept for 48 hours. • Daily snapshots are kept for four weeks. • Weekly snapshots are kept for eight weeks. • Monthly snapshots are kept for as long as there is sufficient capacity. (The last weekly snapshot in a month becomes the monthly snapshot for that month.) Note The Smart Snapshot Management feature does not prune manual snapshots. Rolling Back You can replace a shared folder or LUN with an earlier version by rolling back to a snapshot.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description Snapshot Management Choose Smart or Custom. Snapshot Schedule The available options depend on whether you choose Smart or Custom Snapshot Management. Smart: Menu of Never, Hourly, Daily, or Weekly. Custom: View and control of when snapshots are taken (click the gear icon to change) and the snapshot retention policy. Allow Snapshot Access Select the Allow Snapshot Access check box to allow snapshot access to anyone with permission to access the shared folder. 8.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon. 5. In the pop-up menu, click the Snapshot button. The New Snapshot pop-up window displays. 6. Enter a name for the snapshot. 7. Click the Create button. The snapshot is created. Browse Snapshots Using Recovery Mode You can replace a shared folder or LUN with an earlier version by rolling back to a snapshot of that folder or LUN. Sometimes you might want to recover individual files or subfolders within a shared folder without rolling back the entire shared folder.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the gear icon. 5. In the pop-up menu, click the Recover button. . 6. Right-click the snapshot. The snapshot options menu opens. 7. Click the Browse button. The contents of the selected snapshot display. 8. Continue browsing in recovery mode until you find the file or folder that you want to recover. 9. Right-click the file or folder. 10. In the pop-up menu, click the Restore button. 11.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To roll back to a snapshot using recovery mode: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Shares > Shares. A list of shared folders on each volume displays. 3. Select the folder that contains the file or subfolder you want to browse. 4. Click the gear icon. 5. In the pop-up menu, click the Recover button. 6. Right-click the snapshot that contains the version of the folder to roll back to. The rollback options menu opens.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 7. Click the Rollback button. 8. Confirm that you want to roll back to the selected snapshot by typing DELETE DATA. 9. Click the Rollback button. The shared folder is rolled back to the snapshot that you selected. Clone Snapshots Cloning a snapshot copies the snapshot to create a new independent shared folder or LUN. To clone a snapshot: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Shares > Shares. A list of shared folders and LUNs volume displays. 3.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. In the pop-up menu, click the Recover button. 6. Right-click the snapshot that contains the version of the folder to roll back to. The rollback options menu opens. 7. In the pop-up menu, click the Clone button. 8. Enter a name for the new folder or LUN. 9. Click the Apply button. The cloned snapshot is added to the Shares page as a new shared folder or LUN. Note A new shared folder is immediately accessible to users.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Delete Snapshots You can manually delete snapshots using recovery mode or the snapshot timeline. ReadyNAS OS 6.1 and later uses Smart Snapshot Management to automatically prune your snapshots. For information, see Smart Snapshot Management on page 110. Delete Snapshots Using Recovery Mode You can manually delete snapshots using recovery mode. Recovery mode provides an easy way to manage and delete snapshots of your shared folders. Recovery mode is available only for shared folders.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. In the pop-up menu, click the Recover button. 6. Right-click the snapshot. The rollback options menu opens. 7. Click the Delete button. 8. Confirm the deletion. The snapshot is deleted. Recover Data From a Snapshot The best way to protect against data loss is to back up your data. Regularly taking snapshots of your data can also help prevent loss, because you can recover data from snapshots. Note You can add additional protection by backing up the snapshots using ReadyDR.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Snapshot data is stored in a snapshot subfolder within the shared folder. Users with read/write access to the shared folder can explore the snapshot data and recover earlier versions of files or folders. Recover Data From a Snapshot to an iSCSI-Attached Device Strictly speaking, users who access the ReadyNAS through an iSCSI-attached device cannot access snapshots.
Users and Groups 6 This chapter describes how to create and manage user and group accounts.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 User and Group Accounts Users are the people to whom you grant access to your storage system. If your company uses Windows Active Directory, you can use that to manage ReadyNAS users. Otherwise, when you want to allow someone to access your ReadyNAS system, you create a user account for that person. The ReadyNAS storage system administrator sets up user accounts and decides which folders and LUNs each user is permitted to access.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 User and Group Management Modes You can choose between two modes to manage user and group accounts on your ReadyNAS: Local Users mode and Active Directory mode. You configure either one or the other: • Local Users mode. This mode lets you manually manage user and group accounts on your ReadyNAS storage system using its local database. • Active Directory mode. This mode requires an Active Directory database.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The Workgroup Name field changes to NetBIOS Domain Name. 4. Configure the settings as explained in the following table: Item Description NetBIOS Domain Name Enter the name of the NetBIOS domain, for example, company. Normally, the NetBIOS domain name is identical to the prefix of the DNS realm name. If the NetBIOS domain name does not properly represent the organizational structure or does not match the prefix naming rules, the name differs from the prefix of the DNS realm name.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description ADS ID Map Select the Import option to import an ADS map to this ReadyNAS system. Select the Export option to export this ReadyNAS system ADS map to a file for later uploading to other ReadyNAS systems. Note For use with Windows systems, the ReadyNAS maps Windows IDs (Windows SIDs) to ReadyNAS IDs. In versions of ReadyNAS OS previous to ReadyNAS OS 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure Default User Settings When you create a user account, whether home folder snapshot protection is used, whether the user can have a private Time Machine, and the default group membership are all controlled by settings for the default user. You can change these defaults. This procedure assumes that your ReadyNAS system is currently in Local Users mode. For more information about changing user and group management modes, see User and Group Management Modes on page 123. 1.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the New User button. 4. Enter the following information for the new user: • Name. User names can be a maximum of 31 characters in most non-Asian languages. If you use Asian language characters, the limit is lower. You can use most alphanumeric and punctuation characters for a user name. User names cannot consist of numbers only. You cannot use @ in user names. • UID. The UID is a unique user ID number assigned to each user.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To edit a user account: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Accounts > Users. The list of current users displays. 3. From the list of users, select a user account. 4. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. 5. Edit the settings for the user as needed. You can edit the user’s name, primary group assignment, email address, and password.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note If you edit the user’s name, you must also recreate the user’s password. 6. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. Delete User Accounts This procedure assumes that your ReadyNAS system is currently in Local Users mode. For more information about changing user and group management modes, see User and Group Management Modes on page 123. Use the local admin page to delete user accounts.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The user is deleted. Change User Passwords This procedure assumes that your ReadyNAS system is currently in Local Users mode. For more information about changing user and group management modes, see User and Group Management Modes on page 123. The ReadyNAS administrator can change user passwords from the local admin page (see Edit User Accounts on page 127). Users can also change their passwords using the ReadyNAS change password tool.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Create Groups This procedure assumes that your ReadyNAS system is currently in Local Users mode. For more information about changing user and group management modes, see User and Group Management Modes on page 123. Use the local admin page to create groups. To create a group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Accounts > Groups. 3. Click the New Group button. 4. Enter the following information for the new group: • Name.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Use the local admin page to edit a group. To edit a group: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Accounts > Groups. The list of groups displays. 3. Select the group. 4. Click the Settings button in the menu. 5. Edit the settings for the group as needed.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • If the check box next to a user is selected and can be cleared, that user is a secondary member of the group. • If the check box next to a user is selected and cannot be cleared, that user is a primary member of the group. • If the check box next to a user is clear, that user is not a primary or secondary member of the group. 6. To change the group name, enter a new name in the Name field. 7.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Select the group. 4. Click the Delete button in the menu. 5. Confirm the deletion. The group is deleted. Cloud Users Cloud users are users who can access your system using ReadyCLOUD. ReadyCLOUD is a free cloud-based service that allows users to securely access your system from anywhere with an Internet connection. You can view a complete list of your system’s Cloud users by selecting Accounts > Cloud Users on the local admin page.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 If you did not enable anonymous access to a shared folder, anyone who tries to access system must provide valid ReadyNAS user account credentials. For more information about managing access to shared folders on your system, see Set Network Access Rights to Shared Folders on page 62.
Use Cloud Services 7 Several cloud-based services are preinstalled on your ReadyNAS system. Note Starting with ReadyNAS OS 6.5, ReadyNAS Remote is no longer available. ReadyCLOUD replaces ReadyNAS Remote.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Use ReadyCLOUD ReadyCLOUD is an online service that you use to discover and set up ReadyNAS storage systems on your network. After you discover your ReadyNAS system using ReadyCLOUD, you can use ReadyCLOUD to securely access and manage your system from anywhere with an Internet connection. For more information about discovering your device using ReadyCLOUD or creating a ReadyCLOUD account, see Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS on page 14.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. When prompted, enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials. 5. Click the Join button. Your system is added to ReadyCLOUD. The ReadyCLOUD account that you used to add your system to ReadyCLOUD is automatically granted access to your system as the ReadyCLOUD admin. For information about granting access to ReadyCLOUD users, see Use ReadyCLOUD to Share Folders Through Email on page 138.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note When you grant access to a ReadyCLOUD user, that user automatically gains access to your system from ReadyCLOUD. To grant access to a folder: 1. Open a web browser and visit http://readycloud.netgear.com. 2. From the top menu bar, click the Sign In link near the top right corner of the page. A Sign in window opens. 3. Enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials and click the Sign In button. You are signed in to ReadyCLOUD. 4. From the top menu bar, select Home.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Select the folder you want to share. 6. Click the button on the upper right.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 7. Click the Next button. 8. Review and adjust the options: Requires password, Expires After number of visits or Expires After Date, and Notify me when link is clicked. 9. Click the Create button. Note If you select the Expires After Date option, a window opens with a calendar from which you can select the date. 10. Copy the link and paste it into an email message to the person you want to access the folder, and send the message.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note When you grant access to a ReadyCLOUD user, that user automatically gains access to your system from ReadyCLOUD. To grant access to ReadyCLOUD users: 1. Open a web browser and visit http://readycloud.netgear.com. 2. From the top menu bar, click the Sign In link near the top right corner of the page. A Sign in window opens. 3. Enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials and click the Sign In button. You are signed in to ReadyCLOUD. 4. From the top menu bar, select Home. 5.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Click the button on the upper right. 7. Click the Full Folder Access button. A window opens showing the list of current ReadyCLOUD users with access rights to the folder and a place to enter a new email address. 8. Enter the new user's email address. After you enter a correctly formatted email address, the address is compared to the list of known ReadyCLOUD users and the window adjusts to include a menu with Read/Write and Read Only options.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To delete a ReadyCLOUD user: 1. Open a web browser and visit http://readycloud.netgear.com. 2. From the top menu bar, click the Sign In link near the top right corner of the page. A sign in window opens. 3. Enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials and click the Sign In button. You are signed in to ReadyCLOUD. 4. From the top menu bar, select Manage. The ReadyNAS systems that you added to ReadyCLOUD using this account display. 5. From the system’s User list, select the ReadyCLOUD user.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 2. From the top menu bar, click the Sign In link near the top right corner of the page. A sign in window opens. 3. Enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials and click the Sign In button. You are signed in to ReadyCLOUD. 4. Select Manage. The ReadyNAS systems that you added to ReadyCLOUD using this account are displayed. 5. Select the user to configure. 6. Click the gear icon. 7. For each shared folder, select one of the following check boxes: • • • Disabled.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To access your data and manage your ReadyNAS using ReadyCLOUD: 1. Open a web browser and visit http://readycloud.netgear.com. 2. From the top menu bar, click the Sign In label near the top right corner of the page. A sign in window opens. 3. Enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials and click the Sign In button. You are signed in to ReadyCLOUD. You can now use the ReadyCLOUD web interface to access your data and manage any systems that you added to your ReadyCLOUD account.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Follow the directions on the page to authorize the ReadyNAS. Note If you do not already use Amazon Drive, you are guided through creating one. This requires logging in to, or creating, an Amazon account. The Sync with Amazon Drive section adds a Settings button. 5. Click the Settings button. The page updates showing the Amazon options. 6. Select shares to sync with your Amazon Drive. 7. You can accept or change the snapshot schedule for each selected share.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Set the Amazon S3 On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. The Amazon S3 window opens. 4. Select the S3 server from the menu. Choices are Amazon S3 or Amazon S3 China. 5. Enter your Amazon S3 access key and secret key. 6. Select from the Bucket Name menu the desired bucket or select the Create New Bucket item, click the Create button, and create a new bucket. 7.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 2. Select Cloud. 3. Set the Microsoft Azure On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. The Microsoft Azure window opens. 4. Enter your Azure storage account and access key, select a value in the Region menu, and enter a name in the Blob Container Name field (or if you have already defined containers, select a name). 5. Click the Next button. 6. (Optional) Adjust the upload and download speed. For no limits, enter 0. 7. Click the Next button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Sync With Dropbox The ReadyNAS allows you to easily back up data from your system to your Dropbox account. From the local admin page, you can select a share on the ReadyNAS and sync it to a folder on your Dropbox account. For more information about Dropbox, visit https://www.dropbox.com. To set up Dropbox backup on your system: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Cloud. 3. Set the Dropbox On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Sync With Google Drive You can sync files between your ReadyNAS and your Google Drive. For information about Google Drive, visit drive.google.com/. To set up syncing: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Cloud. 3. Set the Google Drive On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. Your default browser opens displaying the Sign in with your Google Account page. 4. Log in to your Google account.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note You can add and modify Google Drive session settings by clicking the Google Drive Settings button. You can also change upload and download speeds. Sync With Microsoft OneDrive You can sync files between your ReadyNAS and Microsoft OneDrive space. You must have a Microsoft account valid for use with OneDrive before setting up syncing with your ReadyNAS. For information about OneDrive, visit https://onedrive.live.com/. To set up syncing: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Cloud.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Log in to your Microsoft Online account, if you are not already logged in, or select your account, if you are. 5. Enter a value in the Local Path field by browsing the ReadyNAS to the location that you want to sync. 6. Click the Select button. 7. Enter a value in the Cloud Storage Path field by browsing your OneCloud drive to the location that you want to sync. Note You can create a new folder on your OneCloud drive. Click the plus button to open the new folder window. 8.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Figure 10. Using a ReadyNAS system to back up and recover data stored on a cloud To set up ReadyNAS Vault on your system: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Cloud. 3. Set the ReadyNAS Vault On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. The ReadyNAS Vault Settings window opens. 4. From the Select Volume menu, select a volume where temporary data from ReadyNAS Vault can be stored.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Enter your ReadyNAS Vault account credentials and click the Login button. Note If you do not own an account yet, click the Click here to register link to set one up. You can use the same ReadyNAS Vault account for all of your ReadyNAS systems. The Manage ReadyNAS Vault button displays. 6. Click the Manage ReadyNAS Vault button. A setup wizard launches in a new browser window to help you configure ReadyNAS Vault backups for your ReadyNAS system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Set the Wasabi On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. The Wasabi window opens displaying the fields for your access credentials and menu for the storage bucket. 4. Enter your access key and secret key. 5. Select from the Bucket Name menu the desired bucket or select the Create New Bucket item, click the Create button, and create a new bucket. 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To enable ReadyNAS Replicate: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Cloud. 3. Set the ReadyNAS Replicate On-Off slider so that the slider shows the On position. The ReadyNAS Replicate window opens. 4. Enter your ReadyNAS Replicate login credentials and click the Register button, or if you do not have ReadyNAS Replicate credentials, go to www.replicate.readynas.com. Your system is registered with ReadyNAS Replicate and the ReadyNAS Replicate feature is enabled on your system. 5.
System Settings 8 This chapter describes how to configure the basic settings of the ReadyNAS. It contains the following sections: • • • • • • • • Customize the Basic System Settings Configure the Network Settings Configure Global Settings for System Services Download an SSH Public Key File Configure a User Account to Use SSH Configure Media Services Configure Discovery Services Back Up or Restore System Configuration Note Without at least one volume, changes are not saved after you reload the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Customize the Basic System Settings We recommend that you configure the basic system settings: clock, language, administrator password, system alerts, host name, and antivirus, before you use the ReadyNAS. Set the Clock To enable the ReadyNAS to time-stamp files correctly, ensure that the time and date settings are accurate. To set system time and date: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Overview > Device. 3. Click the gear icon to the right of the Device Time field. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Select the Synchronize clock with an Internet server check box. When you select this check box, the calendar and time menus dim, and the system’s date and time are synchronized with a NETGEAR NTP server. • Clear the Synchronize clock with an Internet server check box and use the calendar and time controls to set the date and time manually. 6. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To configure language settings: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select Language. 3. From the Language menu, select a language or select Auto. When Auto is selected, the local admin page automatically detects and uses the language that your web browser uses. After you change the language, the local admin page reloads. Note We recommend selecting a language based on the region in which you use the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Choose an administrator password that is different from the default password and keep it in a safe place. Anyone who obtains the administrator password can change settings or erase data that is stored on the ReadyNAS. Note Until you change the administrator password you cannot be authenticated as admin when accessing shares. To change the administrator password: 1. Log in to the admin page. 2. Select Admin Password. 3.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure System Alerts You can configure the ReadyNAS to send email alerts when certain system events occur, such as disk errors, changes in network connectivity, power supply failures, fan speed irregularities, and temperature violations. The ReadyNAS divides system events into two categories, mandatory and optional. Mandatory events always generate email alerts. You can control which optional system events generate email alerts.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To change the host name: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Overview > Device. 3. Click the gear icon to the right of the Name field. 4. In the Name field in the Host Name pop-up window, enter a new host name. In most non-Asian character sets, the host name can be a maximum of 15 characters, can include only A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and _, and the first character must be alphabetic. If you use Asian language characters, the limit is lower. 5. Click the OK button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To enable the free antivirus software: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the Antivirus button. 4. Select the Enable real-time antivirus scanning check box. 5. Click the Apply button. The indicator on the Antivirus button turns green and the antivirus software is enabled. Enable File Search You can search the files on your ReadyNAS system for file name, content, file type, file extension, size, and dates.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the File Search button. 4. Select the Enabled check box. 5. (Optional) Select the Content indexing check box. Content indexing adds indexing of several file types. The list of supported file types is available by clicking the question mark icon next to the Content indexing check box. Use the ADVANCED tab to specify types of files to exclude from indexing. 6. Click the Apply button. The indicator on the File Search button turns green and file searching is enabled.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Basic Network Concepts The acronym NAS in ReadyNAS is short for network-attached storage. Your local area network (LAN) is an integral part of managing and using your ReadyNAS storage system. Connecting your ReadyNAS storage system to the Internet expands your ability to access data stored on your ReadyNAS system when you are away from it. It also allows you to share data with people located around the world.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 However, using a large packet size becomes inefficient if an error occurs during transmission. That is because if any part of a large packet is corrupt, the entire large packet must be resent. If you use a smaller MTU, smaller packets are resent if a communication error occurs. Your ReadyNAS system supports at least a maximum MTU size of 9214 bytes. (Some models support 9216 bytes.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 8. Default network settings (Continued) Item Default Setting TCP/IP IPv4 using DHCP IPv6 using DHCP DNS Retrieved using DHCP Configure General and TCP/IP Settings To configure an Ethernet interface: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Network. The Ethernet interfaces display. 3. Click the gear icon for an Ethernet interface: • Ethernet interfaces with active links are colored green. • Ethernet interfaces with inactive links are colored gray. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description Name Cannot be edited. Displays the name of the Ethernet interface. Bandwidth (Mbps) Cannot be edited. Displays the bandwidth of the Ethernet interface. MTU Enter the MTU in bytes. The default setting is 1500 bytes. The maximum depends on the ReadyNAS model, but is either 9214 or 9216. 6. Click the IPv4 tab. 7. Configure the IPv4 settings as explained in the following table.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description IPv6 settings Configure From the menu, select how IPv6 is configured: • Automatically/DHCP. The ReadyNAS is configured with an IPv6 address through stateless autoconfiguration without the requirement of a DHCPv6 server on your network.The ReadyNAS must be connected to the Internet for stateless auto-configuration to function. • Static.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 9. Teaming mode descriptions Teaming Mode Description IEEE 802.3ad LACP Creates aggregation groups that use the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all interfaces in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification.You need a switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad dynamic link aggregation. Active Backup Only one interface in the bond is active. A different interface becomes active if, and only if, the active interface fails.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To create a bonded adapter: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Network > Links. The page updates showing the Ethernet interfaces. 3. Click the gear icon next to the Ethernet interface you want to bond. 4. Click the New Bond button in the pop-up menu. A pop-up window opens. The options displayed depend on the teaming mode that is selected. 5. In the Bond with menu, select another available Ethernet interface to include in the bonded adapter. 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The new bonded adapter displays on the Network page. The bonded adapter is named bondX, where X is a number in sequential and ascending order. Configure General and TCP/IP Settings To configure a bonded adapter: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Network > Bonds. The page updates showing the bonded interfaces. 3. Click the gear icon for the bonded adapter. 4. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The bond settings pop-up window opens. 5.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description IPv4 settings Configure Address From the drop-down list, select how IPv4 is configured: • Using DHCP. The ReadyNAS functions as a DHCP client, and the IPv4 settings are automatically configured by a DHCP server on your network. • Static. You must enter the IPv4 address and subnet mask for the ReadyNAS, and the router through which the ReadyNAS is connected to the network. Enter the IPv4 address for the ReadyNAS. Manual configuration only.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Change the Teaming Mode To change the teaming mode of a bonded adapter: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Network > Bonds. The page updates showing the bonded interfaces. 3. Click the gear icon for the bonded adapter. 4. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu. The bond settings pop-up window opens. 5. Click the Mode tab. 6. In the Teaming Mode menu, select a teaming mode. For more information about teaming modes, see Teaming Modes on page 171. 7. (For IEEE 802.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The bonded Ethernet interfaces are separated into individual links.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Reconfigure the switch or router to which the ReadyNAS is attached for single interfaces. Configure Static Routes You can add and remove static routes. Static routes are not frequently used with ReadyNAS, but a few situations call for them. For example, if no automatically routed path to a device exists that the ReadyNAS must access, you can define a static path to it. Before configuring a static route, you must configure the ReadyNAS adapter, its Ethernet address, and subnet mask.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To create a VLAN: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select Network. Ethernet interfaces with active links are colored green. Ethernet interfaces with inactive links are colored gray. 3. Click the gear icon for an Ethernet interface. A pop-up window opens. 4. Click the Create VLAN button in the pop-up window. The Create VLAN window opens with Name and VLAN ID fields. The name field is grayed out. Note There can be no more than one VLAN ID on a network interface. 5.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Add Global Proxy Settings Your ReadyNAS system automatically configures some proxy settings. For example, ReadyCLOUD access provides a set of default proxy requirements. However, you can also manually configure proxy settings. To add global proxy settings: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS local admin page. 2. Select Network. The page updates to show network options. 3. Select Advanced. The page updates to show the advanced network options. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure Global Settings for System Services File sharing protocols, for example, SMB or NFS, must be enabled for the ReadyNAS. When enabled, some of the protocols can be disabled for specific shares, or require additional configuration settings for individual accounts. Basic File-Sharing Concepts Network access to data stored on your ReadyNAS system is managed by file-sharing protocols, which handle the transfer of data. For shares, you can enable several protocols.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 11. Supported System Services (Continued) Protocol Description Recommendation FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and FTPS (FTP with SSL encryption) Many public file upload and download sites use FTP. If users access your storage system using The ReadyNAS supports anonymous or user access FTP, enable this protocol. for FTP clients.You can elect to set up port forwarding to nonstandard ports for passive FTP, allowing clients to initiate a connection to the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure System Services To configure global settings for system services: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. Protocol buttons with a green indicator are globally enabled. Those with a gray indicator are globally disabled. Click a protocol button to display the protocol settings window. 3. Configure one protocol at a time, as explained in the following sections. • Configure SMB on page 183. • Configure AFP, Rsync, or SSH on page 184.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the SMB protocol button. The SMB Settings window opens. 4. Configure the settings as explained in the following table: Table 12. Item Description Enable SMB Select the check box to enable SMB. Clear the check box to disable SMB. Enhance MacOS Select the check box to enable enhancements for use with MacOS. Clear the check box if you are not connecting to a MacOS system. Workgroup Default value is VOLUME, but you can change the workgroup name as needed.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To configure AFP, Rsync, or SSH: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the protocol button (AFP, Rsync, or SSH). • If the indicator is green, the protocol is enabled. • If the indicator is gray, the protocol is disabled. WARNING: If you enable SSH root access, NETGEAR might deny you technical support. If you do enable SSH root access, the root password is identical to the administrator password that you configured.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the FTP button. 4. Configure the settings as explained in the following table: Item Description Enable FTP Select the check box to enable FTP globally. Clear the check box to disable FTP globally. Port Enter the number of the port that is used for FTP control traffic on the ReadyNAS.The default port number is 21. Authentication mode Select the authentication mode from the menu: Allow upload resumes • Anonymous. Users can connect anonymously. • User.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description Enable FTPS Select the check box to allow FTP connections with TLS encryption. Enabling this option does not require FTP connections to use TLS encryption. Enable Force FTPS Select the check box to require the use of FTPS. Enable FTP Server Select this check box to include FTP file transfers in the system log. For more information Log Transfer about the system log, see System Logs on page 219. 5. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the NFS button. 4. Configure the NFS settings as explained in the following table: Item Description Enable NFS Select the check box to enable NFS globally. Clear the check box to disable NFS globally. Number of NFS Threads If many clients connect to the ReadyNAS using the NFS protocol, increasing the number of NFS threads can improve performance.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure HTTP To configure HTTP: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the HTTP button. 4. Configure the HTTP settings as explained in the following table: Item Description Enable HTTP HTTP is always enabled. Enable HTTP Admin Select the check box to enable HTTP access to the local admin page. If this check box is cleared, attempts to access the local admin page using HTTP are automatically connected using HTTPS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure HTTPS To configure HTTPS: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the HTTPS button. 4. Configure the HTTPS settings as explained in the following table: Item Description Enable HTTPS HTTPS cannot be disabled. The local admin page requires HTTPS to be enabled. Port 1 Cannot be modified. Port 1, the value 443, is reserved for your ReadyNAS system. Port 2 Set to a value in the range 1024–65535.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Download an SSH Public Key File Every ReadyNAS system generates a public and a private SSH key. Before another system can connect to your ReadyNAS system through SSH, you must download and share the public key. SSH must be enabled before you can download the key.You enable SSH in the same SSH Settings window from which you download the key, so you can do both at the same time. To download the public key file: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS system. 2.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. From the list of users, select the user account. 4. Click the Settings button in the pop-up menu.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Select the SSH label. 6. Click the Import Public Key button, if you want to add a public key. Note For each system you want to use SSH keys with, you must import the public key. For each system, do the following: a. Enter the location of the public key for the other system, or click the Browse button. b. Click the Upload button. The public key is imported, the Import Public Key window closes, and the public key is listed in the Key Info column. 7.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Music. wav, wma, pcm, ogg, mp3, m4a, flac, aac • Video. 3gp, mp4, wmv, xvid, vob, ts, tivo, mts, mpeg, mpg, mov, mkv, m4v, m4p, m2t, m2ts, flv, flc, fla, divx, avi, asf • Photo. jpg, jpeg • Playlist. m3u, pls Enable ReadyDLNA To enable the ReadyDLNA streaming service: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the ReadyDLNA button. 4. Select the Enable ReadyDLNA check box. 5.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Create a TiVo Archive You can use your ReadyNAS system to store videos and media recorded on your TiVo box. The ReadyNAS downloads data from your TiVo box according to a schedule that you specify. To create an archive of your TiVo data on your ReadyNAS: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the ReadyDLNA button. A window opens showing the ReadyDLNA settings. 4. Select the Enable ReadyDLNA check box. 5. In the Auto Scan menu, select Enabled. 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 iTunes Streaming Server iTunes Streaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files straight from your ReadyNAS system. The ReadyNAS supports the following iTunes formats: • Audio. mp3, m4a, m4p, wav, aif • Video. m4v, mov, mp4 • Playlist. m3u, wpl To set up iTunes Streaming Server: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the iTunes button. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Configure Discovery Services Discovery services are protocols that allow network-enabled devices like computers or your storage system to discover each other across networks. Your storage system supports the Bonjour and UPnP discovery service protocols: • Bonjour. Enables discovery of various services on your ReadyNAS system and provides a way to connect to the local admin page for your ReadyNAS and AFP services. OS X includes built-in Bonjour support.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Back Up Your System Configuration To back up your system configurations: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Configuration Backup. 3. Select the Everything radio button or select the Custom radio button and select the check boxes for the settings to back up. 4. Click the Download Configuration Archive button. The selected system configuration settings are saved to a file that is downloaded to your computer.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Restore Your System Configuration To restore system configuration from a file: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Configuration Backup. 3. Click the Browse button to find the file containing your previously backed-up system configuration settings and select it. 4. Click the Restore button. The system configuration settings are restored according to the backup file that you selected.
System Power 9 You can manage some aspects of system power consumption. You can also use optional uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to maintain operation during power outages.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Manage Power Usage You can configure settings on your ReadyNAS system to reduce power consumption. • • • • Enable Power Timer Enable Wake on LAN What Is Disk Spin-Down Set or Change Disk Spin-Down Enable Power Timer You can configure your ReadyNAS system to power itself on and off automatically according to a schedule. CAUTION: If you schedule this device to power off, data transfers are interrupted, pending backup jobs do not run, and snapshots are not taken.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the gear icon next to the weekly calendar. 6. Set the slider to the State position, if you want to set a state-based schedule, or set the slider to the Event position, if you want to set an event-based schedule. 7. Set the power schedule for the system by clicking squares on the grid. • State schedule. The colors indicate the following: - Blue squares indicate time when the system is scheduled to be powered on.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Enable Wake on LAN Wake-on-LAN is a way to remotely power up a network-attached device, like a computer or storage system. This feature allows you to conserve power by keeping a device turned off when it is not needed, but allows a remote system to turn it on when it is needed. Wake-on-LAN works when one network-attached device sends a signal, called a magic packet, to another network-attached device.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Set or Change Disk Spin-Down Allowing disks to slow or spin down when not being actively used can potentially save power and extend the life of the disks, but this can also slow effective read/write speeds and can make the disks appear to be off-line or cause time outs. To set or change the disk spin-down settings: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS system. 2. Select System > Power. The page updates showing the power settings. 3. If not already expanded, expand Disk Spin-down. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Optional Uninterruptible Power Supplies Your ReadyNAS system supports the use of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. Uninterruptible Power Supplies We recommend that you physically connect the ReadyNAS to one or more uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices to protect against data loss due to power failures. Once a UPS is connected, you can use the ReadyNAS local admin page to monitor and manage it.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To add a UPS: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Power. 3. If not already expanded, expand UPS. 4. Click the + icon next to the UPS heading. The pop-up Add UPS window opens. The available settings depend on whether you select SNMP or Remote in the Type pop-up menu. 5. Configure the settings as explained in the following table: Item Description Name Enter a name to identify the UPS: • For an SNMP UPS, enter any name. • For a remote UPS, you must enter UPS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description SNMP UPS only Address Enter the IP address of the SNMP UPS. Community Enter public or private, depending on the manufacturer’s requirement or the UPS’s configuration.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description Status The status of the UPS: Name • On line power • On battery • Low battery • On battery and Low battery • On line power and Low battery • Unknown The name of the UPS. For a remote UPS, the name is always UPS. Description The description that you gave the UPS. Serial The detected serial number of the UPS. Model The detected model of the UPS. MFR The detected manufacturer of the UPS. Address The IP address of the UPS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 You cannot change the Type setting. 7. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. The modified UPS settings are displayed in the UPS list. Remove a UPS To remove a UPS from the UPS list: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Power. The window updates showing the power sections. 3. Select the UPS that you want to remove from the UPS list. 4. Click the icon to the right of the list. 5. Confirm the removal. The UPS is removed from the UPS list.
ReadyNAS and Surveillance Video Management 10 You can install the ReadyNAS Milestone Arcus app on your server to view, store, and manage video streams. Two 90-day free trial licenses are available for each business class ReadyNAS server: • RN422 • RN424 • RN426 • RN428 • RN524X • RN526X • RN528X • RN626X • RN628X • RR2304 • RR2312 • RN3138 • RR3312 • RR4312X • RR4360X You can buy additional full licenses from ReadyNAS resellers.
Installing the Milestone Arcus App 11 The Milestone Arcus app is available in the SURVEILLANCE section of the Apps page. To install the app on your ReadyNAS: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Apps > Available Apps. Note The apps are listed in alphabetical order. Click the Reverse icon to change the order from A through Z to Z through A and back. You can also filter the apps listed by entering all or part of a name in the search field. 3. Click the SURVEILLANCE button.
Install and Manage Apps This chapter contains the following sections: • • Install Apps Manage Installed Apps 212 12
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Install Apps Many apps are available for your ReadyNAS. To install an app on your ReadyNAS: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Apps > Available Apps. Note The apps are listed in alphabetical order. Click the Reverse icon to change the order from A through Z to Z through A and back. You can also filter the apps listed by entering all or part of a name in the search field. 3. Click the Install button below the app.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Tip Installed apps that can be launched also appear on the Overview page. You can launch an app from this page by clicking it.
System Monitoring 13 The local admin page for your ReadyNAS system provides system and disk health information as well as system logs. Real-time historical monitoring is available for most models. You can also enable the SNMP protocol to remotely monitor your ReadyNAS system using an SNMP client.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 System and Disk Health Information The ReadyNAS provides basic system health information about the fans, temperatures, optional uninterruptible power supplies, optional expansion disk arrays, and fan speed control. To view system and disk health information: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Performance > Status. 3. To view disk status and health information, point to a disk status indicator. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Volume The Volume throughput graph shows the number of read and write operations per second. The range is flexible and depends on your selections from the menus above the graphic. For example, the range can be from 0 to 200 operations. The upper part of the graph indicates the number of read operations (indicated by positive numbers). The lower part of the graph indicates the number of write operations (indicated by negative numbers).
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The range is flexible and depends on your selections from the menus above the graph. For example, the range can be 0 to 60 bytes or from 0 to 40 KB. The upper part of the graph indicates the incoming (Rx) traffic; the lower part of the graph indicates the outgoing (Tx) traffic. From the menus above the graph, you can adjust the following settings: • Network. Select all network interfaces, individual interfaces, or individual bonds. • Protocol.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Volume. Select all volumes or individual volumes. • Period. Select the period over which the utilization is measured. You can select from 5 minutes to 1 year. • Update. Select how often the information in the table is updated. You can select from 1 to 30 minutes. Temperature The Temperature graph shows the system temperatures in degrees Celsius. The range is flexible and depends on your selections from the menus above the graph and the temperatures that are measured.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 • Removal and addition of power supplies • Removal and addition of a UPS • Connection and disconnection of external USB devices The following events are recorded in the system log and also generate alerts (see Configure System Alerts on page 163) and SNMP traps (see SNMP Monitoring on page 222).
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 is the year, month, date, hour, minute, and second time stamp for the file (see Configure the Host Name on page 163). • Clear the logs. Click the Clear Logs button. The log entries onscreen are cleared but the log files remain intact. • Configure the logs. Under Records, select which message levels and categories are logged. These selections affect the system logs, alerts, SNMP traps, and onscreen messages: - Message levels.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 SNMP Monitoring Use SNMP management systems such as HP OpenView or CA UniCenter for remote monitoring of the ReadyNAS. (Management over SNMP is not supported.) Configure SNMP To configure SNMP: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Settings > Services. 3. Click the SNMP button. 4. Configure the settings as explained in the following table: Item Description Enable SNMP Select the check box to enable SNMP globally. Clear the check box to disable SNMP globally.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description Trap Destination Enter the IP address to which the ReadyNAS sends the traps that it generates. For information about the types of messages that the ReadyNAS sends, see System Logs on page 219. Hosts Allowed Access Enter a network address that specifies the hosts that are allowed to access the ReadyNAS. 5. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved.
System Maintenance 14 System maintenance includes upgrading and resetting firmware, recovering the administrator password, and shutting down or restarting the system. This chapter describes how to maintain your ReadyNAS system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Update Firmware Firmware is the software that operates your ReadyNAS storage system. It is written directly to your system’s onboard flash memory. NETGEAR periodically releases firmware updates to improve your storage system. Because firmware is stored in flash memory, updating the firmware requires a special process. Updates are numbered chronologically, for example: • ReadyNAS OS 6.0.1 • ReadyNAS OS 6.0.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note There are three types of ReadyNAS OS releases: - Long-term support releases. These releases are only updated for bugs and security fixes, not for new features. - Stable releases.These releases include not only bug and security fixes, but tested new features. - Beta releases. These releases include bug fixes, security fixes, and features still in development. Use the menu to select the type of update you want to use on your ReadyNAS system. 4.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the Install Firmware button. 6. Click the Browse button. 7. In the pop-up file browser, navigate to the file containing the updated firmware and select it. The Update Firmware pop-up window displays the name of the selected file in the File Name field. 8. Click the Upload button. The firmware file uploads to your ReadyNAS system. After a few moments, the Update Firmware window displays details about the new firmware. 9. Click the Install button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Type FACTORY (all capital letters) in the field. 5. Click the OK button. The process of resetting your system to its factory default settings begins. If you enabled email alerts, the ReadyNAS sends a message when the factory defaults are restored. Recover the Administrator Password You can use NETGEAR s password recovery tool to recover a lost or forgotten administrator password in two ways: • Receive a new password through email.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To recover your administrator password using NETGEAR’s password recovery tool through email: 1. Launch a web browser and visit < ReadyNAS_IP_address>/password_recovery. is the IP address of the storage system. 2. Enter the email address, the number of the recovery question (1 for the first question, and so on), and password recovery answer that you specified on the storage system. See Set the Administrator Password on page 161. 3. Click the Recover button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 For information about how to perform an OS reinstall on the storage system, see the hardware manual for your system, which is available at www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6. Shut Down or Restart the System Use the Power icon at the top right corner of the local admin page to gracefully shut down or restart the ReadyNAS. To gracefully shut down or restart the system: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Click the Power icon near the upper right corner of the local admin page. 3.
Backup and Recovery 15 Your ReadyNAS system can manage backup and recovery for many devices on your network. For example, you can back up data that is stored on your ReadyNAS storage system to secondary devices, such as a USB drive. You can also use your ReadyNAS storage system to store backed-up data from other devices, like your laptop. If your data is important enough to store, it is important enough to back up.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Backup Concepts A backup is a copy of data that you use if your primary copy is deleted or damaged. The process of storing primary data on a second device is called backing up. A backup source is the place where you store the primary copy of the data that you want to back up. A backup destination is the place where you store the backed-up data.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 A backup source or destination can be local (stored on the ReadyNAS) or remote (stored somewhere else). If the backup source or destination is remote, you must select the backup protocol that you want to use (see Backup Protocols on page 234). Local options for backup sources and destinations are described in the following table. Table 13. Local backup sources and destinations Item Description volume: Source or destination is a volume on the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Figure 15. Restoring data from a USB drive to a ReadyNAS system The ReadyNAS system treats recovery jobs like backup jobs.You use the Backup page to create a recovery job. In a recovery job, you reverse the source and destination that you used when you backed up the data. The recovery source is the backup destination and the recovery destination is the backup source.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Table 14. Backup protocols (Continued) Item Description Rsync server Source or destination is accessed using an Rsync server. Rsync was originally available for Linux and other UNIX-based operating systems, but is also popular under Windows and Mac for its efficient use of incremental file transfers. Using Rsync is the preferred backup method when backing up from one ReadyNAS device to another. Rsync over Remote SSH Source or destination is accessed using an Rsync server.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Create a Backup Job To create a backup job: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup. 3. Click the Add Backup button. 4. In the Backup Job Name field, enter a name for the new backup job. The name can be a maximum of 255 characters. 5. From the pair of buttons on the left side of the window, to back up files that are local (on the ReadyNAS, or connected USB drive, or connected eSATA drive), click the Local button, or click the Remote button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Do one of the following: • If you clicked the Local button, click the Browse button and navigate to the file or folder you want to back up. • If you clicked the Remote button, enter the host name, select the backup protocol, and enter the path and, if required, the login ID and password.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 7. From the pair of buttons on the right side of the window, to store the backup locally (on the ReadyNAS, or connected USB drive, or connected eSATA drive), click the Local button, or click the Remote button. Note The source and destination of the job cannot both be remote. The window updates to show the appropriate set of parameters. 8. Do one of the following: • If you clicked the Local button, click the Browse button and navigate to the destination folder.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note If you configured a remote destination, you can immediately test the connection by clicking the Test Connection button. 9. Click the Next button. The New Backup Job: Schedule window opens. 10. Adjust any of the schedule parameters as desired. You can schedule a backup job to automatically run as frequently as once every hour, daily, or just once a week. The backup schedule is offset by five minutes from the hour. 11. Click the Finish button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the Add Backup button. 4. In the Backup Job Name field, enter a name for the new backup job. The name can be a maximum of 255 characters. 5. From the pair of buttons on the left side of the window, click the Local button to recover local files (on the ReadyNAS, or connected USB drive, or connected eSATA drive), or click the Remote button. The window adjusts to show the appropriate set of parameters. 6.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 WARNING: Backing up using the Rsync protocol is for expert users only. - If you select the Rsync over Remote SSH protocol, specify the relative or absolute path, for example: - - / WARNING: During backup using the Rsync over Remote SSH protocol, specifying an absolute path might overwrite existing files at that destination. Backing up using the Rsync over Remote SSH protocol is for expert users only. - Do not use a backslash (\) in paths.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 - If you select the NFS protocol, specify the export point followed by the path, for example: //path - If you select the Rsync server protocol, specify the module name followed by the path, for example: /path WARNING: Backing up using the Rsync protocol is for expert users only.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 For information about recovery sources, destinations, and protocols, see Recovery Concepts on page 233. Modify a Backup or Recovery Job After you create a backup or recovery job, you can change the job name, schedule, and other options. Change the Name of a Job To change the name of a backup or recovery job: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup. The page updates showing the backup jobs. 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job from the Jobs list and click the displayed gear icon.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job from the Jobs list and select the gear icon. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button. 5. Click the Source or Destination tab. 6. From the Type menu, select one of the options described in the following table. Item Description share The source or destination is a shared folder on the ReadyNAS. home The source or destination is a home share on the ReadyNAS. volume The source or destination is a volume on the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 If you selected timemachine, the Name menu is automatically populated. 8. (Optional) Enter the path to the folder that you want the job to target or click the Browse button to locate it. If you select an external storage device that is connected to your ReadyNAS system, you can leave the path blank to back up or recover the data at the top level of the USB device’s directory. 9. If necessary, enter the login credentials required to access the source or destination. 10.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the Source or Destination tab. 6. In the Type menu, select remote. 7. Select the protocol. Item Description Windows/NAS (Timestamp) Source or destination is a share on a Windows computer. Incremental backups with this protocol use time stamps to determine whether files will be backed up. Windows (Archive Bit) Source is a share on a Windows computer. (Note that this protocol is not available for the remote destination.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 - - / • If you select the NFS protocol, specify the export point followed by the path, for example: //path • If you select the Rsync server protocol, specify the module name followed by the path, for example: /path WARNING: Backing up using the Rsync protocol is for expert users only.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job and click the gear icon. 4. Click the Settings button. The job settings window opens. 5. Click the Advanced tab. 6. Configure the settings as described in the following table.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Item Description Enable Compression Compresses data before transferring. This option is especially useful for slower network connections, such as when you are transferring data over a WAN. Remove deleted files on source If this check box is selected, the job is differential: New and modified files are copied to the destination. If a file is deleted from the source, the corresponding file on the destination is deleted.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job and click the gear icon. 4. Click the Settings button. The job settings window opens. 5. Click the Schedule tab. 6. Select the Enable Schedule check box. 7. Specify a schedule for the job. 8. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved and the pop-up window closes. Configure the Job Options To configure the options for a backup or recovery job: 1. Log in to the ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The jobs settings window opens. 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job from the jobs list and click the gear icon. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button. The job settings window opens.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 5. Click the Options tab. 6. Configure the options as described in the following table. Item Description Schedule full backup From the drop-down list, specify how often to run a full backup. The first full backup is performed at the next scheduled occurrence of the backup depending on the schedule that you specify. The next full backup is performed after the interval that you specify, calculated from this first backup. Incremental backups are performed between the full backup cycles.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 (Continued) Item Description Remove the contents of the backup destination... Selecting this check box erases the destination path contents before the backup is performed. We recommend that you do not select this check box for recovery jobs. Note When using this option, ensure that you correctly identify your backup source and backup destination. If you reverse them, you might permanently delete your files.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 The job starts. You can view its progress in the Status column of the Jobs list. Delete a Backup or Recovery Job To delete a backup or recovery job: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup. The page updates showing the backup and recovery jobs. 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job from the Jobs list and click the gear icon. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Delete button. 5. Confirm the deletion. View or Clear a Job Log To view a backup or recovery job log: 1.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Mouse over the backup or recovery job from the Jobs list and click the gear icon. 4. In the pop-up menu, click the Log button. 5. To clear the job log, click the Clear button. Configure the Backup Button You can configure the Backup button (or the OK button on models with OK buttons) on your ReadyNAS storage system to execute one or more backup jobs that you previously created. When you click the button, the jobs are executed in the order that you specified in the backup schedule.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To add a job to the Backup button sequence: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup. 3. Mouse over the job and click the gear icon. 4. Click the Include in Button Sequence button. The pop-menu closes and the word Yes appears in the Backup Button column of the job listing.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To remove a job from the Backup button sequence: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup. 3. Mouse over the the job and click the gear icon. The Options window opens. 4. Click the Exclude from Button Sequence button. The window closes and the job listing updates without the word Yes in the Backup Button column and the job is removed from the Backup button sequence list. Backup Snapshots With ReadyDR ReadyDR is an alternative way to back up data on your ReadyNAS system.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 You can use ReadyDR to backup data: • From a the local ReadyNAS system to itself • From the local ReadyNAS system to a remote ReadyNAS system • From a remote ReadyNAS system to a local ReadyNAS system • From one remote ReadyNAS system to a another ReadyNAS system Load System Access Key Before Using ReadyDR ReadyDR jobs are managed by the system on which the job was created.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 8. Select Backup. 9. If ReadyDR is not already on, move the on-off slider to ON. 10. Click the Access List button. The Access List window opens. 11. Click the Import Public Key button. The Import Public Key window opens. 12. Browse to the previously saved public key file, and click the Upload button. The Import Public Key window closes and the Access List window shows the filename and fingerprint for the first ReadyNAS device. 13. Click the Close button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 To create a ReadyDR backup job: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select Backup. 3. Click the Add ReadyDR Job button. 4. In the Name field, enter a name for the new backup job. The name can be a maximum of 255 characters. 5. If the source for the job is local to the ReadyNAS device, on the left side of the window click the Local button. Otherwise, click the Remote button. The window adjusts to show the appropriate set of parameters.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 6. Do one of the following: • If you clicked the Local button, click the Browse button and navigate to and select the share or LUN that you want to back up. • If you clicked the Remote button, do the following: a. Enter the host name. b. Click the Share Browse button and navigate to and select the share or LUN. Note ReadyDR communicates over port 5253. Only change the port number if you are using port address translation. 7.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note Clicking the Export seed for this job box disables the job. After you transfer the seed archive file, start the job by selecting Backup > ReadyDR, selecting the job, clicking the gear icon, and selecting the Enable menu item. For information about transfering job seed archive files, see Seed a ReadyDR Job on page 259. 14. Click the Finish button. The window closes and the new job is added to the Jobs list.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Recovery to the Remote Site If the ReadyDR share is on the server on which you want the recovered share or LUN, all you need to do is clone the snapshot. For information about cloning the snapshot, see Clone Snapshots on page 116. Recovery to the Original Site If you want the recovered share or LUN on the original ReadyNAS device, create a one time ReadyDR job to backup the ReadyDR share with the snapshots back to the original ReadyNAS device, and then clone the snapshots.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 3. Click the Import icon. 4. Set the On-Off slider so the slider shows the On position. 5. Click the Browse button and browse to the folder in which you want to store the backups. 6. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved and the window closes. Back Up Using Time Machine You can use Mac OS X Time Machine and your ReadyNAS storage system to back up and retrieve data for your Mac computer. This combines the ease of a native Mac backup with the space and reliability of your ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 section of the Time Machine page (Backup > Time Machine). The space for a private Time Machine is part of the account's home folder and is invisible to other users of the ReadyNAS. Back Up Your Mac Using a Shared Time Machine You can use your ReadyNAS as the disk for Time Machine backups. ReadyNAS OS supports two different types of Time Machine targets, a single Time Machine shared by several users, and private Time Machines used by individual users.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note The first time you run Time Machine on your Mac, a sparse bundle is created on your ReadyNAS to store the backup data. The maximum size of the sparse bundle is the size that you specify in the Capacity field. Make sure that you allocate more space than is needed so that the sparse bundle can accommodate additional data later. If you want to increase the size of the sparse bundle, you must delete the sparse bundle and create a new Time Machine backup.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 2. Select Backup > Time Machine. User accounts already configured for a private Time Machine display here. 3. Click the add (+) button. Note A maximum of 16 Time Machines can be specified. The 16 can be 16 private or 15 private and 1 shared Time Machine. 4. Select the user name, adjust the capacity as necessary, and click the Add button.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 Note The first time you run Time Machine on your Mac, a sparse bundle is created on your ReadyNAS to store the backup data. The maximum size of the sparse bundle is the size that you specify in the Capacity field. Make sure that you allocate more space than is needed so that the sparse bundle can accommodate additional data later. If you want to increase the size of the sparse bundle, you must delete the sparse bundle and create a new Time Machine backup.
ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3 4. Click the Connect button. You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system. 5. In the Name field, enter ReadyNAS. 6. In the Password field, enter the password that you created when you enabled Time Machine on your ReadyNAS. 7. Click the Connect button. You are prompted to select a volume. Mac OS X calls your ReadyNAS shared folders volumes. 8. Select timemachine and click the OK button. Finder displays the volume contents.
