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1. Passive ports 1024 Masquerade as HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol used everywhere web browsers exist Default access to the ReadyNAS over HTTP will show a share list If you want to use the ReadyNAS as a web server you can specify a share where access will be redirected and you can enable or disable login authentication to that share Please keep in mind that you will only be allowed to redirect to a share that is set up for read only access over HTTP Redirect default web access to this share None selected w Login authentication on this share Disabled w HTTPS or HTTP with SSL encryption used where secure web access is desired If you will be making HTTPS service available to this device outside the firewall you can specify an additional port for this purpose for added security SSL key host 192 168 1 143 Rsync a popular incremental backup protocol used in Unix and Linux environments Shares 35 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Select check boxes for any file sharing protocols that you want to enable If you are enabling the FTP file sharing protocol note the following Port Defines the TCP IP port that the FTP service uses The default port is 21 This port must be forwarded through the router See the port forwarding instructions provided with your router Authentication mode Select User to require anyone trying to access your system using FTP to have a user ac
2. ReadyNAS tor Home RAIDiator 4 2 Software Manual x86 Models Ultra Series 2 4 6 Ultra Plus Series 2 4 6 Pro Pioneer NVX Pioneer ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 2011 NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR Inc Technical Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR To register your product get the latest product updates or get support online visit us at htto support netgear com Phone US amp Canada only 1 888 NETGEAR Phone Other Countries See support information card Trademarks NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo and Connect with Innovation are trademarks and or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc and or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries Information is subject to change without notice 2011 NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved Statement of Conditions To improve internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s described herein Table of Contents Chapter1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide 0 aaa 8 Additional Documentation 0
3. 4 Click the Connect button 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 shares volumes Select the volumes you want to mount on 192 168 1 2 _ 6 Select the volume or volumes share or shares you want to access and click the OK button Finder displays the volume contents in a window Shares 52 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Access Shares Using a Mac OS 9 Device You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network attached OS 9 device gt To access a share using a network attached Mac OS 9 device 1 Ensure that the AFP file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 2 In Finder choose Go gt Connect to Server The Connect to Server dialog box displays Connect to Server Choose a server from the list or enter a server acdress ar fnas 00 10 40 fad E8 AppleTalk WK 8 nas 00 10 40 Aa Local Network afp at nas 00 10 40 1 item Searching 3 Address afp Jat nas N0 10 40 j Add to Favorites Cancel 4 3 Select your ReadyNAS system and click the Connect button You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system
4. You can use FrontView to clear a backup log that is stored on your ReadyNAS system To clear a backup log 1 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr BJ Backup oq Ready rao ppsaran 201 192 168 1 4 documentation Aah ci View log Clear log Go Delete If you have created at least one backup job the Backup Schedule screen lists all backup jobs Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 If you have not created any backup jobs a message displays in this screen telling you that your ReadyNAS system has no backup jobs Click the Clear log link in the row for the backup job whose log you want to clear The backup log is erased Configure the Backup Button You can use FrontView to configure the Backup button on your ReadyNAS storage system to execute one or more backup jobs that you previously created When you press the Backup button the jobs are executed in the order that you specified in the backup schedule If no jobs are scheduled for the button pressing the Backup button backs up the content of the backup share to the storage device connected to the front USB port Backup and Recovery 152 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 gt To configure the Backup button 1 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView ma
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6. Used on the world wide web Fast file transfer protocol that uses a delta transfer algorithm that sends only the differences between the source file and the existing file If Windows users will access your storage system enable this protocol If Linux or Unix users will access your storage system enable this protocol If only Mac OS 9 and OS X users will access this your storage system enable this protocol However ina mixed Windows and Mac environment NETGEAR recommends using CIFS only If users will access your storage system using FTP enable this protocol If users will access your storage system from a device with a web browser including a smart phone or tablet computer enable this protocol If users will access your storage system from a device that supports Rsync enable this protocol When users access a share it appears in their computer like a hard disk and users can interact with it like they interact with a hard disk depending on the access rights that are granted to the share and protocol combination Shares 33 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Access Rights For each share you create you can determine the access rights for each file sharing protocol that you enable for that share Table 3 lists access rights and shows the icon FrontView uses for each access right Table 3 Access rights options Access right Frentviewicon Description S Disabled No one can access this share using t
7. Backup and Recovery 153 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 2 Select the Enable ReadyNAS Vault support check box and click the Apply button You are prompted to create a ReadyNAS Vault account 3 Click the Click here to Register link The Register screen displays 4 Enter your email address create a password confirm your password and click the Register button A pop up window displays informing you that you successfully registered 5 Click the OK button 6 Click the Manage ReadyNAS Vault button A new screen displays You are prompted to log in to ReadyNAS Vault again 7 Enter your password and click the Submit button A ReadyNAS Vault configuration wizard launches 8 Follow the prompts to choose shares to back up to ReadyNAS Vault You can now use the ReadyNAS Vault interface to backup and restore files using ReadyNAS Vault Time Machine You can use your ReadyNAS storage system to back up data stored on your Mac OS X Time Machine gt To back up data stored on your Time Machine to your ReadyNAS system 1 Select Backup gt Time Machine from the FrontView main menu The Time Machine screen displays The ReadyNAS can be used as a backup destination for your OS X Time Machine After enabling the option below use the Change Disk option from Time Machine Preferences to select this ReadyNAS You will need to enter the user name and password specified below when prompted for authentication Click here for more inform
8. For best performance enable only those file sharing protocols that you use For example if you do not use Linux or Unix computers to transfer files to and from your ReadyNAS system disable the NFS file sharing protocol Disabling file sharing protocols that you do not use maximizes system memory and improves system performance gt To manage file sharing protocols 1 Select Services gt Standard File Protocols from the FrontView main menu The Standard File Protocols screen displays Select the file sharing protocol you wish to enable In general disable the protocols you do not intend to use You can always enable them later Click Help for more information CIFS or Common Internet File System used predominantly by Windows Mac OS X also supports this protocol though it may be referred to as SMB O NFS or Network File System widely used in Unix or Linux environments Mac OS X also supports this protocol Select number of nfs threads 1 AFP or Apple Filing Protocol popular in Mac environments AFP provides better support for a larger range of characters in filenames and is preferred where this is important Advertise AFP service over Bonjour FTP or File Transfer Protocol used extensively for basic file upload and downloads If you will be making FTP service available to this device outside the firewall you can specify a custom port for added security Authentication mode ymous Allow upload resumes
9. The following USB storage devices are connected Device Part Description Disk Used Capacity FS Speed USB FLASH 3 1 USB 2 0 Flash Disk Partition 1 15MB 3GB FAT3Z 460 USB Flash Device Option When a USB flash device is detected automatically copy the content to Share Path If you currently do not have a USB storage device connected a No USB storage devices detected message displays A flash device displays as USB FLASH 1 and a disk device displays as USB HDD 1 When you attach multiple devices the device names use a higher device number for example USB HDD 2 When a device contains multiple partitions the partitions are listed beneath the main device entry Optional To rename the USB storage device enter a new name for the device in the field in the Device column to rename the USB storage device The next time the same device is connected FrontView uses the new name rather than the default USB FLASH z numbers or USB HDD znumbers naming scheme Optional Select an option from the drop down list as follows e Disconnect This option prepares the USB partition for disconnection by correctly unmounting the file system In most cases you can safely disconnect the device without first unmounting however the Disconnect option ensures that any data still in the write cache is written to the disks and that the file system is correctly closed The Disconnect option unmounts all partitions on the device e Lo
10. Your settings are saved System Settings 93 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Enable your ReadyNAS System as a WINS Server If no other WINS servers exist on your network you can enable your ReadyNAS system as a WINS server To enable your ReadyNAS system as a WINS server 1 Select Network gt WINS from the FrontView main menu The WINS screen displays 2 Scroll down to the Make this device a WINS Server pane Make this device a WINS Server This device can provide WINS service by enabling the option below Make sure that there are no other WINS server on the network before doing this This option is not available in Domain or Active Directory security modes Become a WINS server 3 Select the Become a WINS server check box 4 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved DHCP DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol service simplifies management of a network by dynamically assigning IP addresses to new clients on a network WARNING Enabling DHCP service on a network that is already using another DHCP server creates conflicts that can interfere with your ability to access the Internet You can enable your ReadyNAS storage system to work as a DHCP server This feature is available only on ReadyNAS storage systems that are installed in networks where DHCP service is not already available If you want to use this device as a DHCP server you must first specify static addresses in your network configur
11. current subnet will get routed to Default gateway 10 1 16 15 3 In the Default gateway field enter the IP address of your gateway device 4 Click the Apply button DNS DNS is short for Domain Name System Because IP addresses are a string of numbers they are hard to remember It is much easier to remember a name for example www readynas com than it is to remember a string of numbers when you want to visit a website A DNS server translates IP addresses into website names and website names into IP addresses You can specify up to three DNS servers in your ReadyNAS storage system If you selected the DHCP option when you configured your Ethernet settings the Domain Name Server fields are automatically populated with the DNS settings from your DHCP server If you selected the static option when you configured your Ethernet settings you must manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the domain name if you want to access your ReadyNAS system over the Internet Your network administrator can help you determine your domain name server IP address gt To manually configure DNS settings 1 Select Network gt Global Settings from the FrontView main menu The Global Settings screen displays 2 Scroll down to the DNS Settings pane DNS Settings DNS or Domain Name Service provides a means to translate hostnames to IP addresses Enter the DNS IP addresses here Domain name server 1 192 168 1 1 Domain name s
12. 0 000 cee eee eee 8 Register Your System 1 ee eee eens 9 Diskless UnitS 64 6suaa oe 5b 4d Aw oye eek ON ee eh ee 9 EB AA AA 10 SOUND WIZ ora 1 BN CHES BT DP ARE EREE e eae 14 Chapter 2 Disk Configuration Basic Disk Configuration Concepts 0 0 0 eee eee 17 Pl PEETER EEE E E E EE 17 VOLUMES 45 00 GAPAN thek Ga KG Ee eed A E eee Ras 17 pa AE 18 Flex RAID 2a kA HABA ens HD Geers KAKA NG BKA BALAAM Ara hand 19 Manage Disk Configuration cee 20 Locate a Disk PAA 20 Make a Disk a Hot Spare eee 21 Implement Dual Redundancy 0 00 cee eee eee 22 Remove a Disk from a Volume 2 0 ee 22 Expand a Flex RAID Volume aaa 23 Reconfigure a Volume in Flex RAID Mode 25 Change RAID Modes 2 2 27 Change from X RAID2 to Flex RAID 00 00 aa 29 Chapter3 Shares Basic Share CONCEPIS mak KGAD KAHANGA KANA NGA BAAL AKALA GNAG 32 Data 2 IO 6 ae ARA ASA 32 File Sharing Protocols naaa anaana ccc eee ee eee 33 Access Rights o a Ka ek oh bh edo KAG PBA PUMA KA GREG 34 Manage File Sharing Protocols 0a 35 Create Shares AA AA AA AA 37 Table of Contents 3 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 MERCURY 38 View Shares aaa 38 Fine Tuning Share Access 0a 38 Enable WebDAV Support 0 00 cee ees 41 Delete a Share 2 see ee eee cee eee be ee eee dee eee 42 PIG NGO weak NAA DA KAN oe wean
13. 69 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To change a user password administrator action 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers User Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB donna herdomain steve hisdomain E ib eee ee O ees ee o JJ J EL ses o o If your system has only a few users they all appear on the screen If your system has many users click the appropriate tab to find the user that you want to delete 2 Select the user whose password needs to be changed 3 Enter a new password in the Password field 4 Click the Apply button The new password is saved Export User Lists You can download a list of your ReadyNAS syste
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15. Export Group LISS osudena AEE A we oo 40 4 77 Chapter 5 System Settings System Config rahon s a iss aeaa AG BAGA NG eed ote ae Seda ences 79 DL ANTEE EEEE SSE TNE ENERETT TE TEENETE EEEE TET 79 RIGS G4 BADA heh ad GP A e Ek ARDE Ge gk i 80 Eelt ae om E eee is E tes SAB a oe hehe aed oa oes 83 Administrator Password 2 0 0 0c ce ee ee ee 84 Printer Queue Service 0 ee ees 87 System Shutdown aa ccc ec cee eee eee eee ee eee 87 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Network Settings 22 64 sc4ant5 ouvacoabdouwedeneedeseederhagees 88 Ethernet 2a oo gdb og ence coo eee MAKA KN PAP REESE ER ee 88 FOS IANNIS 4 GAD eS GUN Ge GA WAL Rhee he peed ee AH 91 LIGO Danao cag be hes Boeke aoe eased MAAGA NA MANGGA LU HG 91 BANA AA AA 92 AP 93 Bie AA APA PAP AP PAA 94 Streaming Services cin csaecdtceee rs ARGD ABRA bas BID PARADA EERO 95 Discovery Services cx Steak coke hee heen GE yes SAK BELO RAK eons 96 POOH PAG NGA oe eee AG AA PAN ot Oe AG eee eee 97 Manage Add OnS a2 262 nA DALAG ies eet HIRED scone dane aude s 97 Browse and Install Add ons aa 98 Install Previously Downloaded Add Ons 00000e eee 99 USB Storage DEVICES 2am D DAMA NADERA nd eed LAG NN teehee 99 Manage USB Storage Devices A ee 100 Copy USB Content Upon Connection 000 00 eee 101 SCSI TAMgelS cnc 5 shee NG BKA OMI NAGA AKAE AAKALA Bebe pede wees 102 Create an iSCSI Target 0 ccc eee ene 102 Man
16. You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of O disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB users t Donna donna herdomain Steve users users W JULIO __ users 89 __ users iw __ users iw __ users w __ users iv LEFF Users t 1 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Export group list The Export Group List screen displays 2 Click the Download Group List link You are prompted to save the file on your computer 3 Follow the prompts Users and Groups 7 System Settings This chapter describes how to manage your ReadyNAS storage system s configuration network settings streaming and discovery services add ons USB devices and iSCSI targets It contains the following sections e System Configuration e Network Settings e Streaming Services e Discovery Services e Add Ons e USB Storag
17. a Network Attached Device on page 139 The recovery process illustrated in Figure 5 is described in Recover Data to a Network Attached Device on page 143 Backup Protocols Because backup and recovery jobs are transfers of data over a network file sharing protocols are used for backup and recovery jobs For more information about file sharing protocols used by your ReadyNAS storage system see Streaming Services on page 9b Your ReadyNAS system supports full backups using the FTP and HTTP protocols and full and incremental backups using the CIFS SMB NFS and Rsync protocols Backup and Recovery 129 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System You can use FrontView to back up data that is stored on your ReadyNAS to another network attached device Figure 6 illustrates the backup process described in this section 1 Figure 6 Backing up data from a ReadyNAS system to a USB drive 1 ReadyNAS system serving as backup source 2 USB drive serving as backup destination 3 Backup process Backup and recovery jobs ReadyNAS Vault and Time Machine require different procedures For more information ReadyNAS Vault on page 153 or Time Machine on page 154 gt To back up data stored on your ReadyNAS system 1 Select Backup gt Add a New Backup from the FrontView Main menu The Add a New Backup Job screen displays STEP 1 Select backup source Specify w
18. a USB drive to a ReadyNAS system 1 ReadyNAS system serving as recovery destination 2 USB drive serving as recovery source 3 Recovery process Backup and Recovery 134 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 A WARNING Although this is a recovery procedure your ReadyNAS system treats it like a backup job This means that you use FrontView screens labeled backup and you reverse the source and destination systems you used when you backed up the data that you are recovering Backup and recovery jobs ReadyNAS Vault and Time Machine require different procedures For more information ReadyNAS Vault on page 153 or Time Machine on page 154 gt To recover backup data to your ReadyNAS system 1 Select Backup gt Add a New Backup from the FrontView Main menu The Add a New Backup Job screen displays STEP 1 Select backup source Specify what you want to backup The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device a USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share or located remotely The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares Select this ReadyNAS or remote 9 Host Path Login Password 2 From the drop down list in the STEP 1 Select backup source pane select the device where you backed up your ReadyNAS data Depending on how your network is configured these options vary Select a USB device that is attached to your ReadyNAS system or remote location that
19. and can be difficult to reverse If you configure file level access settings that conflict with share level settings your ReadyNAS system uses the file level settings gt To manage file level access 1 Select Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Description CIFS brochure marketing Brochures Ei Drawing Enineering Dravings Ei France Computers Finance El 2 Backup Share Fi AFP HTTPS UI a Ble T 1 cL a m gu 3 T a Ca Ey CO a a oe aaa 2 Click an access rights icon The Share Access Restrictions screen for that share and protocol combination displays SS CIFS AFP HTTP 5 Advanced Options Share Name Brochures Default Access Read write Share Access Restrictions Share access for the file protocol can be restricted using the access list s below Separate entries with comma Hosts allowed access 192 168 6 101 192 168 5 102 C Read only users MMM Shares 48 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Click the Advanced Options tab 4 Optional Adjust the Advance Share Permission settings CIFS AFP HTTPS Advanced Options Share Name backup Advanced Share Permission The follow
20. backup schedule pane determine whether this backup job will run automatically or whether it must be started manually as follows STEP 3 Choose backup schedule Select when you want the backup performed Perform backup every 24 hours between 00 05 and 23 05 O Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri P Sat Backup and Recovery 140 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 e Run backup job automatically Select the Perform backup every check box and use the day check boxes and time drop down menus to create a backup schedule Backups can occur as frequently as every 4 hours You can also set them to run daily or one time each week The time settings determine when the backup job starts Depending on the size of the backup job it might not finish by the later time setting The backup schedule is offset by 5 minutes from the hour e Require backup job to be started manually Clear the Perform backup every check box 7 Using the drop down lists and check boxes in the Step 4 Choose backup options pane configure backup options STEP 4 Choose backup options Select the desired options when backup is performed A full backup will copy all data from the backup source Incremental backup where only changed data are copied occurs between scheduled full backups unless Every time is selected Schedule full backup First time pe On backup completion send errors only to the alert email address Remove the contents of the backup dest
21. can access the file server nas D Enter your user name and password so FA 04 35 Name ReadyNAS Cancel ae 9 Enter the user name you created in step 3 in the Name field 10 Enter the password you created in step 4 in the Password field and click the Connect button Time Machine begins the backup This can take several minutes Backup and Recovery 155 Notification of Compliance Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requirements for operating these products in accordance with National laws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices Failure of the end user to comply with the applicable requirements may result in unlawful operation and adverse action against the end user by the applicable National regulatory authority These products firmware limits operation to only the channels allowed in a particular Region or Country Therefore all options described in this user s guide may not be available in your version of the product FCC Requirements for Operation in the United States FCC Information to User These products do not contain any user serviceable components and is to be used with approved antennas only Any product changes or modifications will invalidate all applicable regulatory certifications and approvals This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful int
22. case of a power failure so a UPS is highly recommended Enable disk write cache Disk write cache allows disk write requests to be acknowledged by disk before data is written out to the platter This can give a big boost to write performance with a drawback that there is a slight chance that unwritten data in the write cache will be lost in the event of a power failure LOT Disable full data journaling Full data journaling makes a backup of data before writing the data out to the intended location providing an extra level of data protection needed to prevent data corruption for RAID volumes at the expense of disk write performance Enable fast USB disk writes This option speeds up USB write access by accessing the USB device in asynchronous mode If you enable this option do not remove the USB device without properly unmounting it Failure to do so can compromise data integrity on the device 2 Optional Select the Enable disk write cache check box Enabling this option allows disk write requests to be acknowledged by the disk before data is written to the disk This can give a big boost to write performance however this option introduces the slight risk that unwritten data in the write cache will be lost if power fails Monitor Maintain and Optimize 124 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Optional Select the Disable full data journaling check box Disabling full data journaling improves disk performance at the expens
23. check box 5 Click the Apply button The share is hidden and all protocols except CIFS are disabled for this share Shares 43 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Enable the Recycle Bin The CIFS protocol offers a Recycle Bin This allows for a grace period during which users can retrieve deleted files from the Recycle Bin When the Recycling Bin is enabled deleted files are placed in the Recycle Bin for a period of time before being permanently deleted when the share is accessed using CIFS Files deleted when accessed using other protocols are deleted immediately To enable the Recycle Bin 1 Choose Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Share Name Description CIFS AFF HTTPS BB E o w e E o a e E o Br I o mgA E E 2 Inthe row for the share for which you want to enable the Recycle Bin click the CIFS access rights icon The Share Access Restrictions screen for that share and protocol combination displays 3 Scroll down to the Recycle Bin pane Recycle Bin When enabled deleted files from this share will be dumped in the Recycle Bin folder in the root of the share where it will be kept up to the number of days and capacity specified O Enable R
24. down list e Use values from a DHCP server In most networks a DHCP server is enabled so you can select this option to automatically set the IP address and network mask If you select this option NETGEAR recommends that you set the lease time on the DHCP server or router to a value of at least one day Otherwise you might notice that the IP address of the unit changes even after it being turned off for only a few minutes Most DHCP servers allow you to map a static IP address to a MAC address If you have this option enabling it ensures that your ReadyNAS maintains the same IP address even in DHCP mode e Use values below If you select this option to assign a static IP address note that your browser loses its connection to your ReadyNAS storage system if the IP address changes To reconnect to your ReadyNAS system after assigning a static IP address that has changed open the RAIDar utility and click Rescan to locate the device and then reconnect Also note that you must take care to correctly enter the IP address If you enter an incorrect IP address you cannot connect to your ReadyNAS system To recover from an incorrectly entered IP address you must perform an OS reinstall reboot For more information see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual 3 Seta speed duplex mode Speed Duplex mode Auto negotiaton MTU Pal iAute n eqobation 100Mb Full duplex 100Mb Half duplex Select an opt
25. enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU Vwxyz All Add User User accounts not found 2 Click the Add User tab The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz alll Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Primary Group Password Quota MB 5 35 TJ User Email donna herdomain JULOR UID C iini mai IC IG GG Cg L Users and Groups 64 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 For each user you want to create enter the following information User name Required The name you choose must be unique among all users and shares For example if you have a share named Eunice you cannot have a user named Eunice Email address Optional NETGEAR recommends providing an email address if you enforce quotas for this user Without an email address the user is
26. following sections in this order 1 2 3 RAIDar on page 10 You use RAIDar to discover your storage system on your network Setup Wizard on page 14 This wizard guides you through initial setup of your system in a few simple screens Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 File sharing protocols enable you to transfer files across a network Create Shares on page 37 Shares are similar to folders or directories and are the way you organize the data you store on your ReadyNAS system Create User Accounts on page 63 You create a user account for each person that you want to allow to access your ReadyNAS system Basic Backup Concepts on page 127 You can back up the data you store on your ReadyNAS system and you can use your ReadyNAS system to back up data you store on other devices Additional Documentation NETGEAR maintains a community website that supports ReadyNAS products Visit htto www readynas com for reviews tutorials comparison charts software updates documentation an active user forum and much more For information about your system s hardware see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual which is available at http www readynas com documentation Getting Started 8 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Register Your System Registration is required before you can use the NETGEAR telephone support service You can register your system by clicking the Register button in FrontVi
27. iSCSI target 1 5 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings Screen displays Click the iSCSI tab The iSCSI target service screen displays Scroll down to the section of the screen that shows your iSCSI targets Capacity Status 4 Target fluffy GF LUM O c0 GB O LUM 1 So cB amp Optional In the row for the target that you want to manage click a modify icon The Modify iSCSI Target dialog box displays Modify iSCSI Target Availability Target Name fluffy CHAP Authentication Dis abled ET Cancel Optional Edit the options as needed and click the Apply button Your settings are saved and the iSCSI target service screen refreshes System Settings 106 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 6 Optional In the row for the target and LUN combination that you want to manage click the modify icon The Modify LUN dialog box displays Modify LUN aailabiltey Enabled Target Name fluffy m LUN LUN Description Current Capacity 50 GB Access Control Disabled Ea Enable if LUN will be accessed by more than one host Cancel If you are modifying LUN O you cannot change the LUN number 7 Optional Edit the options and click the Apply button Your settings are saved and the iSCSI target service screen refreshes Delete a LUN You can delete any LUN other than LUN 0 individually If you delete LUN 0 th
28. leon The volume is in life support mode Life support mode happens when the volume encounters multiple disk failures and might be dead However the ReadyNAS storage system has blocked it from being marked dead in case someone accidentally removed the wrong disk while the system was running If the wrong disk was pulled out shut down the system immediately reconnect the disk and power on the system Note If you reconnect the disk while the system is running the disk will be marked as a newly added disk and all the data on that disk will be lost during the initialization process e A lengthy background task such as a system update is in progress You can use the following buttons to learn more about the ReadyNAS system or systems on your network e Setup Launches FrontView for the highlighted system e Browse Displays the shares available on the highlighted system This feature works on the Windows platform only e Rescan Updates the list of ReadyNAS systems on the network and updates the status of each system it discovers e Locate Causes the LEDs on the highlighted system to blink This is useful if you have multiple ReadyNAS storage systems and you need to determine which RAIDar entry corresponds to which physical system e About Displays RAIDar information e Help Displays the help screen e Exit Closes RAIDar Getting Started 11 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To discover your ReadyNAS syste
29. one Rsync user account and password You can create a maximum of two Rsync user accounts and passwords for each share These credentials are completely separate from your ReadyNAS storage system s user accounts Shares 40 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 If you do not select this check box and enter at least one Rsync user account and password no credentials are required to access this share using Rsync If you enable both host and password restrictions only users accessing from listed hosts and using listed credentials can access this share using Rsync 5 Click the Apply button Your changes are saved Enable WebDAV Support WebDAV is short for web based distributed authoring and versioning It is an HTTP extension that allows drag and drop file transfers similar to what you experience with a standard Windows or Mac OS X computer gt To enable WebDAV support 1 Select Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Share Name Description CIFS AFF HTTPS wm E E mg E E ie im E Cc BF E o 2B EF Cc 2 Click an access rights icon for the share on which you want to enable WebDAV support 3 The Share Access Restrictions screen displays 4 Click t
30. operating system does not come with an iSCSI initiator and you need to download and install one if you have not previously done so If your computer uses Windows Vista or Windows 7 your operating system has an iSCSI initiator already installed For more information see the documentation that came with your operating system Configure the iSCSI initiator so that it can find your ReadyNAS system by providing your ReadyNAS system s IP address or hostname For more information see the documentation that came with your iSCSI initiator If required by the iSCSI target you want to access provide the CHAP credentials you configured for that target The iSCSI initiator displays a list of available iSCSI targets If your ReadyNAS system has multiple iSCSI targets the iSCSI initiator shows only the targets supported by the CHAPS credentials you entered You can interact with the iSCSI targets just like you would a local hard disk drive For more information see the following articles on ReadyNAS com e Access iSCSI target with Windows Vista and 2008 Server e Access iSCSI target with Mac OS X System Settings 110 Monitor Maintain and Optimize This chapter describes how to maintain your ReadyNAS system and optimize its performance It contains the following sections e Monitor e Maintain e Optimize 111 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Monitor Use FrontView to monitor the status of your ReadyNAS storage system System H
31. proprietary single volume RAID architecture that is easy to administer and Flex RAID which allows you to format your disks in a variety of industry standard RAID levels Volumes In the most general sense volumes are data storage devices Your computer treats an internal hard drive as a volume It also treats a portable USB thumb drive as a volume Volumes can be either physical or logical Usually the term physical volume refers to a hard disk drive When this term is used in this way a two bay storage system can have up to two physical volumes hard disk drives a four bay storage system can have up to four physical volumes hard disk drives and a six bay storage system can have up to six physical volumes The term logical volume refers to the way that you divide or partition your storage space for example e Each logical volume can correspond to a hard disk drive e A logical volume can be made up of more than one hard disk drive e A hard disk drive can be divided into multiple logical volumes In this manual the term volume refers to a logical volume In this manual the terms hard disk drive and disk refer to a physical volume Disk Configuration 17 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 X RAID2 X RAID2 is an autoexpandable RAID technology that is available only on ReadyNAS systems Because X RAID2 is a single volume architecture if you configure your hard disk drives to use X RAID2 your storage system has only one vol
32. reset the password by answering the password recovery question correctly and specifying the email address where the new admin password will be sent There is no other way to recover a lost password without setting the device back to factory default or reinstalling the firmware New admin password Retype admin password Password recovery question Password recovery answer Password recovery email address Enter a question in the Password Recovery Question field Choose a question that very few people can answer For example you might enter First dog s name or Best friend in Kindergarten as your password recovery question Enter the answer to your question in the Password Recovery Answer field Enter an email address in the Password Recovery Email Address field Click the Apply button Administrator password recovery is enabled Recover Your Administrator Password You can recover a lost or forgotten administrator password in two ways Using NETGEAR s password recovery tool This web based tool requires that you enable administrator password recovery on your ReadyNAS storage system before you can use it For more information see Enable Administrator Password Recovery on page 85 Performing an OS reinstall reboot This process reinstalls the firmware on your system and resets the administrator user name and password to factory defaults System Settings 85 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Recove
33. that it can send email alerts 5 Optional Click the Send Test Message button to determine if you configured the contact information correctly 6 Click the Apply button Alert Event Settings Your ReadyNAS storage system is preconfigured to generate email alert messages when mandatory and optional system events occur You can determine which optional system events generate alerts NETGEAR recommends that you keep all alerts enabled however you might choose to temporarily disable an alert if you are aware of a problem System Settings 81 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manage alert event settings 1 Select System gt Alerts from the main menu and click the Settings tab The Settings screen displays Contacts Settings Alert Events Select the system warnings you wish to have alerts enabled Unless you receive constant spurious alerts do not disable any warnings Disabling Disk Temperature option will disable SMART temperature monitoring which may alleviate certain disks that are prone to locking up on SMART commands Board Temperature Disk Failure Disk Full Disk Temperature Fan Power Quota Exceeded UPS Volume PSU Other Alert Settings C Power off ReadyNAS when a disk fails or no longer responds Power off ReadyNAS when disk temperature exceeds safe levels 2 Select or clear any event check boxes You can choose to clear any non dimmed events in the Alert Events pane Dimmed events always send email a
34. the Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix check box and use the drop down lists and radio buttons to establish a schedule This operation detects and corrects potential data corruption by actively searching disks for unreadable and mismatched blocks Schedule this operation for off peak usage periods Monitor Maintain and Optimize 123 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 4 Optional Select the Online File System Consistency Check check box and use the drop down lists and radio buttons to establish a schedule This operation detects file system problems without making the data volume inaccessible If file system issues are found an offline file system check will be required Schedule this operation for off peak usage periods 5 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Optimize Use FrontView to tune your ReadyNAS storage system for better performance System Performance Enabling system performance optimization options can introduce a slight risk of data corruption if you experience a power failure NETGEAR recommends connecting your ReadyNAS storage system to a UPS if you enable these settings gt To optimize system performance 1 Select System gt Performance from the FrontView main menu The Performance Options screen displays Performance Options You can select from the following options to tune your system for better performance Keep in mind that these options will introduce a slight risk of data corruption in
35. the Enable iSCSI support check box and click the Apply button 5 6 The screen refreshes Enable iSCSI support Use ISNS Internet Storage Naming Server No iSCSI target exists To create an iSCSI target click on the Create iSCSI Target button below Create SCSI Target Optional Click the Use ISNS check box Most home users do not have an Internet Storage Naming Server which is required to use ISNS Click the Create iSCSI Target button The Create iSCSI Target dialog box displays Create iSCSI Target Target Name LUN LUN Description Capacity GB Max 439 GB CHAP Authentication Disabled Enabled System Settings 103 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 7 Complete the fields as follows e Target Name Required e LUN Description Optional e Capacity Required e CHAP Authorization Default is to disable to CHAP authorization Select Enabled to require CHAP authorization to access this iSCSI target 8 Click the Create button The iSCSI target service screen refreshes showing the newly created iSCSI target Manage ISCSI Targets You can use FrontView to manage the iSCSI targets you create on your ReadyNAS system You can add a LUN to a target modify a target or modify a LUN within a target Add a LUN to an iSCSI Target LUNs can help you fine tune access to your iSCSI targets They can also help you more precisely control which part of an i
36. to create provide the following information e Group Name Required The group name you provide must be unique among all group names on your ReadyNAS system For example if you have a group named Accounting on your ReadyNAS system you cannot create another group named Accounting e Group ID Optional If you do not create a group ID your ReadyNAS system assigns one e Disk quota Optional If you do not enter a quota your ReadyNAS system places no limits on the amount of space this group can consume 4 Click the Apply button The group or groups are created Create Groups in Batches You can create many groups at one time by uploading a CSV file to your ReadyNAS system The file must use the following format name1 gid1 quota1 member1 member2 member3 name2 gid2 quota2 member1 member2 member3 name3 gid3 quota3 member1 member2 member3 Users and Groups 73 gt ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Note the following Spaces around commas are ignored The name field is required GID is automatically generated if not specified Empty fields are replaced with account defaults Group members are optional To create many user accounts at one time 1 2 On your computer create a CSV file listing groups you want to create Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without
37. 20S LLL AH ANAN 1040 PA 2 Drag the file out of the Recycle Bin folder and drop it into a different folder Manage Advanced Permissions Advanced Permission settings vary by file sharing protocol When a new file or folder is created these settings determine which groups and users can access that file or folder You can change these settings to match your security requirements Shares 45 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manage default share permissions 1 Select Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Share Name AFP HTTPS Brochures Marketing Brochures Engineering Drawings Computers Finance Backup Share Media Server Share Drawings Finance ackup ANA i NG ay LI AL i my i N Bl Hi S media 2 Click the access rights icon in protocol column for the share and protocol combination whose default share permissions you want to adjust The Share Access Restrictions screen for that share and protocol combination displays 3 Scroll down to the Advanced Permission pane Advanced CIFS Permission C Automatically set permissions on new files and folders Do not allow ACL changes to be more restri
38. 3 EN60950 1 2005 2nd Edition EN 61000 3 2 2006 EN 61000 3 3 1995 w A1 2001 A2 2005 Notification of Compliance 158 Index A access rights 34 additional documentation 8 add ons 97 installing 98 managing 97 previously downloaded 99 ReadyNAS Remote 57 ReadyNAS Vault 153 administrator password changing 84 enabling recovery 85 recovering 85 Advanced Control mode 15 advanced permissions ACL 47 configuring 45 file level access 48 managing 45 oplock 47 opportunistic locking 47 shifting share content timestamps 50 AFP Mac OS 9 device share access 53 Mac OS X device share access 51 alert email contacts 80 alerts 80 available add ons 98 B backup clearing log 152 configuring Backup button 153 deleting job 149 editing job 147 managing job 147 ReadyNAS Vault 153 removing job from automatic queue 148 scheduling 150 starting manually 150 Time Machine 154 versus RAID configuration 127 viewing logs 150 Backup button configuring 153 C check and fix quotas 87 CIFS access control lists 47 access shares using Windows device 51 ACL 47 hidden shares 43 Mac OS X device share access 51 ReadyNAS Remote share access 59 Recycle Bin 44 Windows device share access 51 clearing backup log 152 clock 79 compliance 156 D daylight saving time shifting share timestamps 50 default group users 63 default login credentials 13 default password 13 default user name 13 deleting backup job 149 DHCP 89 90 95 d
39. 3 changing passwords 69 creating accounts in batches 65 creating accounts manually 63 default group 63 default parameters 61 deleting 68 editing settings 67 exporting user lists 70 importing user lists 65 managing 67 private home shares 63 quota alerts 63 V viewing backup logs 150 volume expansion 23 volume maintenance 123 volume scan 87 volumes 17 W Wake on LAN 122 web browser share access 50 WebDAV 41 Windows device share access 51 WINS 93 Wizard mode 14 X X RAID2 capacity 18 changing to Flex RAID 29 data protection requirements 18 163
40. AID 19 levels 17 RAID 1 19 RAID 10 19 RAID 5 19 RAID 6 19 RAID 0 19 RAIDar buttons 11 discovering your storage system 12 launching FrontView 11 LED icons 10 ReadyDNLA 95 ReadyNAS community website 8 ReadyNAS Remote 57 97 enabling 57 installing client software 58 ReadyNAS Vault 153 recalibrating fan 113 reconfiguring a Flex RAID volume 25 recovery recovering data to a network attached device 143 recovering data to your ReadyNAS system 134 Recycle Bin enabling 44 enabling for home shares 63 quota 44 retrieving files 45 remote share access 50 remote UPS 120 removing a disk from a volume 22 removing backup job from automatic queue 148 Rsync fine tuning share access 40 restricting share access 40 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 S setting user quotas 65 shares access rights 34 accessing remotely 50 accessing using FTP 55 accessing using FTPS 55 accessing using Linux device 54 accessing using Mac OS 9 device 53 accessing using Mac OS X device 51 accessing using ReadyNAS Remote 57 accessing using Unix device 54 accessing using web browser 50 accessing using Windows device 51 ACL 47 creating 37 deleting 42 file sharing protocols 33 fine tuning access 38 hiding 43 shifting share content timestamps 50 viewing 38 shutdown 87 SMART data 112 SNMP UPS 120 SSL key host 36 static IP address 89 90 status bar 15 status lights 15 status logs 113 streaming services 95 system configuration administrator pass
41. Advanced Share Utilities The following options provide miscellaneous share and share content functionality Use this option to adjust the timestamps of the contents of the share This can be used to fix issues with incremental backups and sources destinations that change local timestamps on Daylight Savings changes Enter a positive number to push timestamps ahead negative numbers to push them back Shift share content timestamps by o minutes Shares 49 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Use this option to adjust the timestamps of the contents of the share This can be used to fix problems with incremental backups and sources or destinations that change local timestamps when daylight saving time changes In the Shift share content timestamps by field enter a positive number to push timestamps ahead by that number of minutes or enter a negative number to push them back that number of minutes Click the Apply button Your changes are saved Access Shares Remotely You can remotely access shares on your ReadyNAS system using other network connected devices like a laptop or tablet To access a share both the share and the network connected device must support the same protocol For example Linux computers support the NFS file sharing protocol so users with those devices can access the shares on which you enable the NFS protocol Access Shares Using a Web Browser You can use a web browser to access files that are stored on your
42. Default if you wish to destructively clear the device Remote Local Factory Default Configure the automatic update settings Automatically check for updates O Download updates automatically 3 Check or clear the Automatically check for updates check box If you enable this option your ReadyNAS system checks weekly for firmware updates and if it finds one sends an email message to the system administrator if email alerts are enabled 4 Check or clear the Download updates automatically check box If you enable this option your ReadyNAS system automatically downloads any firmware update and installs it the next time you reboot your ReadyNAS storage system 5 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Monitor Maintain and Optimize 117 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Power Usage You can configure settings on your ReadyNAS system to reduce power usage and manage a UPS Enable Spin Down Mode To reduce power consumption configure your ReadyNAS system to spin down the disks after a specified time of inactivity The disks will spin when needed gt To enable spin down mode 1 Select System 5 Power from the FrontView main menu The Power screen displays ReadyNAS Power Saving Option You can elect to spin down your disks after a specified period of inactivity The disks will spin up automatically as needed A UPS is recommended if you enable this option to prevent loss of data in cache due to power f
43. Enter a new hostname in the Hostname field The host name must be unique on your LAN For example if your router s hostname is Fido you cannot use Fido as your ReadyNAS system s hostname Use only alphanumeric characters and hyphens in your hostname 3 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Gateway A gateway is a device that connects your local area network to other networks including the Internet In FrontView you specify the IP address of the device that does this job in your local area network In most homes and smaller offices this is the IP address of a router connected to a cable modem or DSL service If you selected the DHCP option when you configured your Ethernet settings the default gateway field is automatically populated with the setting from your DHCP server If you selected the static option when you configured your Ethernet settings you must manually specify the IP address of the default gateway server if you want to access your ReadyNAS system over the Internet Your network administrator can help you determine your gateway IP address System Settings 91 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manually configure the default gateway 1 Select Network gt Global Settings from the FrontView main menu The Global Settings screen displays 2 Scroll down to the Default Gateway pane Default Gateway The default gateway specifies the IP address of the system router that network requests out of the
44. G When you delete an iSCSI target you permanently erase all data stored on that iSCSI target gt To delete an iSCSI target 1 5 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings Screen displays Click the iSCSI tab The iSCSI target service screen displays Scroll down to the section of the screen that shows your iSCSI targets Capacity Status Target fluffy G BABU IR LUN O 50 GB O J LUN 1 50 GB G x Ly In the row for the LUN O click the delete icon The Delete iSCSI LUN dialog box displays Delete iSCSI LUN Deletion of the SCS LUN O device will wipe out all the data residing on it and will remove the iSCSI target device If WOU are sure you want to do this please type DELETE ALL LUNS and click Apply Target Name fluffy LUN o Confirmation Cancel Enter DELETE ALL LUNS in the Confirmation field and click the Apply button The iSCSI target is deleted and all data stored in the LUN is erased System Settings 109 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Connect to an iSCSI Target You can use an iSCSI initiator on your server PC or Mac to connect to a LUN within an ISCSI target and make use of the connection just as you would a local hard disk drive gt Toconnect to an iSCSI target 1 Determine if your server PC or Mac has an iSCSI initiator and if it does not download and install one If your computer uses OS X or Windows XP your
45. GB 461 GB allocated ch 2 WDC WDS00246Y 5 026150 465 GB 461 GB allocated Available Disks 4dd To Volume Make Hot Spare ch3 Seagate ST375052845 898 GB 694 GB free C 2 Inthe row for the disk you want to make a hot spare select the Make Hot Spare check box 3 Click the Apply button Disk Configuration 21 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Implement Dual Redundancy If your 6 bay ReadyNAS system is uses X RAID2 mode you can configure it to use added disks to expand storage space or to increase data protection by implementing dual redundancy Dual redundancy protects you against data loss if two disks fail The tradeoff is that the disk that is used for dual redundancy protection cannot be used for storage space gt To implement dual redundancy 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings screen displays RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance iSCSI RAID Configuration Configuration RAID Level X RAIDZ 4 disks Status Redundant Next added drive Will be used to expand volume Will be used to add dual redundancy 2 Select the Will be used to add dual redundancy radio button 3 Click the Apply button The next disk you add will be used to implement dual redundancy Remove a Disk from a Volume If you remove a disk from a volume the volume is still available but in a nonredundant state If a disk failure occurs after you remove a disk from a volume this v
46. IDar to reconnect to the device System rebooting Mon May 10 13 55 23 POT 2010 System is up Mon May 10 13 55 12 POT 2010 Successfully enabled root SSH access The root password is now the same as your admin password Mon May 10 13 54 28 POT 2010 Rebooting device lay 10 13 54 28 POT 2010 Please close this browser session and use RAIDar to reconnect to the device System rebooting 2 Optional Click the Download All Logs link A zip file of all logs files is downloaded to your browser s default download location 3 Optional Click the Clear logs button The log entries shown on the screen are cleared Your log files remain intact Monitor Maintain and Optimize 113 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 Maintain Use FrontView to update the firmware on your system manage power usage and manage UPS devices Firmware Firmware is the software that operates your ReadyNAS storage system It is written directly to your system s read only memory NETGEAR periodically releases firmware updates to improve your storage system Because firmware is stored in read only memory updating the firmware requires a special process The firmware on your ReadyNAS system is called RAIDiator and your system uses the 4 2 version of RAIDiator Updates are numbered chronologically for example e RAI Diator 4 2 16 e RAlDiator 4 2 17 You can update the firmware on your ReadyNAS system remotely from the NETGEAR website or manua
47. If you select Unicode for above language setting you can optionally use Unicode for user group and share names This option cannot be disabled once you enable this option Please note that HTTP WebDAYV cannot use user names using Unicode Also some other restrictions may apply C Allow Unicode for user group and share names If your FTP client uses a different character encoding than your ReadyNAS s character encoding specified above the FTF server on ReadyNAS can convert it when you check the box below C Enable character encoding conversion for FIP clients 2 Select a language from the drop down list NETGEAR recommends choosing a language based on the region where the device is being used System Settings 83 3 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Optional For greater flexibility in regions where English is not spoken select the Allow Unicode for user group and share names check box A WARNING You cannot undo this option HTTP and WebDAV access do not work with Unicode user names Optional To convert the ReadyNAS character encoding specified in Unicode to the character encoding used by your FTP client select the Enable character encoding conversion for FTP clients check box Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Administrator Password The ReadyNAS storage system s administrator is the only user who can access FrontView The administrator can access any file on the ReadyNAS system includi
48. NG Do not click the browser Refresh button during the update process After the download completes you are prompted to reboot the system 4 Reboot your system If you enabled email alerts your ReadyNAS system sends a message when the firmware update is complete Update Firmware Locally lf you keep your ReadyNAS system in a place that does not have Internet access for example at a remote vacation cabin you must update your firmware locally Monitor Maintain and Optimize 115 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To update firmware locally Using a computer that has Internet access download the latest firmware for your system from http readynas com downloads to a USB drive or other transfer medium 2 Select System gt Update from the FrontView main menu 1 The Update screen displays Select the Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an update image from your system or Factory Default if you wish to destructively clear the device Local Settings Factory Default Click Check for Update to check if a remote update image is available Check for Update Note If you have not registered your ReadyNAS system you are prompted to register it For more information see Register Your System on page 9 If you want to update your system now click the Register button To continue with the firmware update process click the Later button The Update sc
49. Please be aware that some email providers may filter alert emails as spam be sure to check the appropriate folder Contacts Settings SNMP Email Provider Password Click here to view advanced options System Settings 80 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 2 Enter an email address in one of the Alert Contact fields You can also edit an existing alert contact or delete it by clearing the field 3 Select your email service provider from the Email Provider drop down list lf your email service provider is not listed click the button to customize the outgoing mail server STMP settings for your provider The screen expands to display advanced options In the event of device or enclosure failure quota violation low disk space and other system events requiring attention email alerts will be sent Please be aware that some email providers may filter alert emails as spam be sure to check the appropriate folder Contacts Settings SNMP Alert Contact O O Email Provider Password Click here to hide advanced options SMTP port Use TLS Enter the details for your email service provider These are often available on the Internet or you can contact your email service provider for the information 4 Enter your email address in the User field and password in the Password field Your storage system uses these credentials to authenticate with your email service provider s outgoing mail server so
50. ReadyNAS Replicate Description ReadyNAS Replicate is a simple cost effective data Reedymeas Protection solution designed for the ReadyNAS that helps minimize Kampi downtime and avoid disaster by easily recovering data files complete systems or even virtual environments in minutes The solution can be deployed on any business class ReadyNAS devices and allows data or complete systems of one ReadyNAS to be backed up to and restored from another Managing these tasks is accomplished through a centralized web portal where you can easily create and monitor backup and restore tasks that operate across your ReadyNAS devices from multiple locations More Author NETGEAR Inc 2 Optional To install an add on click the Install button A download progress bar displays and you are notified when the installation process completes Some add ons require you to reboot your ReadyNAS system to complete the installation The new add on is listed on the Installed screen System Settings 98 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Install Previously Downloaded Add Ons If you download add ons directly to your ReadyNAS system without using the FrontView interface you must use FrontView to install them gt To install previously downloaded add ons 1 Select Add ons gt Add New from the FrontView main menu 2 Browse to the add on you want to upload 3 Click the Upload and verify image button In a moment you are prompted to confirm the uploa
51. ReadyNAS system Note If you are accessing your files from a network that is outside of your LAN you must configure port forwarding on your router For more information see your router user manual gt To access a share using a web browser 1 Ensure that the HTTP file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 Launch a web browser Navigate to the ReadyNAS system and share you want to access using the following syntax http lt hostname gt shares chostnames is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default hostname if you did not change it For a secure encrypted connection replace http with https You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system Shares 50 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 4 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 Your shares are displayed in a web page Access Shares Using a Windows Device You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network attached Windows based device To access a share using a network attached Windows device 1 Ensure that the CIFS file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 Enter lt hostname gt in the Windows Explor
52. S for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Highlight your ReadyNAS system and click the Setup button RAIDar opens your default browser and prompts you to log in to the storage system Connect to 10 0 0 4 E3 The server 10 0 0 4 at Control Panel requires a username and password User name fs admin w Password TITTELIT Remember my password aa Log in to the unit using the default login credentials e Default user name admin e Default password netgear1 Both user name and password are case sensitive The first time you connect to your ReadyNAS system a Setup Wizard displays to guide you through initial configuration This wizard also displays the first time you log in to your system after you perform a factory default reboot For more information about factory default reboots see the appropriate hardware manual for your storage system Any other time you log in to your unit FrontView displays Getting Started 13 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Setup Wizard When you launch FrontView for the first time FrontView launches in Wizard mode FrontView also launches in Wizard mode the first time you use your storage system after a factory default reboot NETGEAR recommends using the Setup Wizard the first time you use your storage system The Setup Wizard guides you step by step through the configuration process assisting you in quickly integrating your ReadyNAS storage system into your network Follow the Setup Wizard s p
53. SCSI target is used in backup and recovery jobs gt To add a LUN to an iSCSI targets 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings Screen displays 2 Click the iSCSI tab The iSCSI target service screen displays 3 Scroll down to the section of the screen that shows your iSCSI targets Capacity Status E Target fluffy G ET IK LUN O 50 GB La Lad System Settings 104 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 4 In the row for the target that you want to manage click the LUN button to assign another LUN to this target The Add LUN dialog box displays Target Name fluffy LUN Ei LUN Description L Capacity 1GB Max 439 GB Access Control Disabled Enable if LUM willbe accessed by more than one host 5 Complete the fields as follows e Target Name Required e LUN Description Optional e Capacity Required e Access Control Optional 6 Click the Apply button The LUN is created and the iSCSI target service screen refreshes showing the newly created LUN in the iSCSI target The first LUN that you create is always LUN 0 and it cannot be assigned a different number System Settings 105 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Modify an iSCSI Target You can use FrontView to modify an iSCSI target on your ReadyNAS system or to modify a LUN within an iSCSI Target You cannot change the number assigned to LUN 0 gt To modify an
54. Shares 53 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 4 Enter a user ID and password and click the Connect button 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 9 calls your ReadyNAS shares volumes bp nas 00 10 40 Select the volumes you wish to mount ARIS See LES WS Ey ELEN EEN EE Ed papag backu p a w EEE Cancel 5 Select a volume share and click the OK button Finder displays the volume contents in a window Access Shares Using a Linux or Unix Device You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network attached Linux or Unix device Note Your ReadyNAS system does not support NIS because it is unable to correlate NIS information with CIFS user accounts In mixed environments where you want CIFS and NFS integration manually specify the user ID and group ID of the user and group accounts to match your NIS or other Linux or Unix server settings Your ReadyNAS system can import a comma delimited file containing the user and group information to coordinate Linux or Unix login settings See Create User Accounts in Batches on page 65 for more information Shares 54 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To access a share using a network attached Linux or Unix device 1 Ensure that the NFS file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For m
55. When a jumbo frame capable switch is used and client systems have jumbo frame capable network controllers you can enable this option Make sure the client network driver is set up for Jumbo frame support 3 Select the Enable jumbo frames check box 4 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Monitor Maintain and Optimize 125 Backup and Recovery lf your data is important enough to store it is important enough to back up Data can be lost due to a number of events including natural disaster for example fire or flood theft improper data deletion and hard drive failure By regularly backing up your data you can recover your data if any of these happen to you Businesses sometimes use backup data to comply with data retention regulations and to archive information before making major changes to their IT environments such as batch updates to databases Both home and business users should back up important data that might be lost due to a natural disaster or the loss of a device that stores data This chapter includes the following sections e Basic Backup Concepts e Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System e Recover Data to Your ReadyNAS System e Back Up Data Stored on a Network Attached Device e Recover Data to a Network Attached Device e Manage Backup Jobs e ReadyNAS Vault e Time Machine 126 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Basic Backup Concepts A backup is a copy of data that you use if your primary
56. addons and htto readynas com community_addons Manage Add Ons You can use FrontView to view and manage add ons that are currently installed on your ReadyNAS storage system Your ReadyNAS storage systems has the ReadyNAS Remote add on preinstalled This add on allows secure remote access to shares on your ReadyNAS without complicated router or VPN setup After you access your shares from a PC using Windows File Explorer or from a Mac using Finder you can easily drag and drop files within your LAN For more information see Access Shares Using ReadyNAS Remote on page 57 System Settings 97 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manage installed add ons 1 Select Add ons gt Installed from the FrontView main menu A screen displays listing all add ons currently installed on your unit 2 Optional To learn more about an installed add on click the link in the add on description A detailed description of the add on displays 3 Optional To remove an add on select the check box for the add on you want to remove click the Remove button and follow the prompts Browse and Install Add ons You can use FrontView to browse for and install add ons that are available through NETGEAR and to install add ons that you downloaded from other sources gt To browse for and install available add ons 1 Select Add ons gt Available from the FrontView main menu A screen displays showing all add ons available through NETGEAR Name
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58. ailure C Enable disk spin down after minutes of inactivity 2 Inthe ReadyNAS Power Saving Option pane select the Enable disk spin down after check box 3 Using the drop down list specify the number of minutes of inactivity that triggers disk spin down 4 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Enable the Power Timer You can configure your ReadyNAS system to power itself on and off automatically according to a schedule Note that if you schedule this device to power off data transfers will be interrupted and pending backup jobs will not run Not all ReadyNAS systems support this feature If your system does not the Power On option does not display in the Action list Monitor Maintain and Optimize 118 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 gt To enable the power timer 1 Select System gt Power from the FrontView main menu The Power screen displays Scroll down to the Power Timer pane Power Timer This device can power itself on and off automatically on a schedule Note that if you schedule this device to power off data transfers will be interrupted and pending backup jobs will not run Also note that some devices will not support scheduled power ON and you will not see this option in the Action list C Enable power timer Action Time Action Time Select the Enable power timer check box The drop down lists become active Use the drop down lists to configure when your ReadyNAS system powers i
59. al During the factory reboot process you have a 10 minute window to choose a RAID configuration RAlDar sends a prompt to click the Setup button during this 10 minute time frame Launch RAIDar highlight your storage system and click the Setup button The ReadyNAS Volume Setup screen displays NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDar Welcome to the ReadyNAS Volume Setup The ReadyNAS is currently not configured with a volume Please select From the options below to change the default settings and click Next to start the initialization Select the desired volume setting O Expandable Yolume X RAID Your volume will be automatically configured using X RAID which provides the easiest way to expand your volume in the Future This is the recommended setting For most environment Flexible Yolume Flex RAID Your volume will be automatically configured using a standard RAID level depending on the number of disks in the Ready NA5 You can override the default RAID level by selecting the desired option below Select the desired RAID level auto Erase volume Disk Configuration 29 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 If you do not select a format within 10 minutes your system reboots in the same mode that it was previously using Select the Flexible Volume Flex RAID radio button Select a RAID level from the Select the desired RAID level drop down menu If you select Auto your ReadyNAS system automat
60. and Recovery 141 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 c Optional Select the Remove files from backup destination check box Select this check box if you want to erase the destination path contents before the backup Is performed A WARNING When using this option ensure that you have correctly identified your backup source and backup destination If you reverse them you might permanently delete your source files NETGEAR recommends not enabling this option unless your destination device is very low on storage space Best practice is to experiment with this option using a test share to make sure that you understand how it works d Optional Select the Change ownership of backup files check box Your ReadyNAS system attempts to maintain original file ownership whenever possible However you can automatically change the ownership of the backed up files to match the ownership of the share This allows anyone who can access the backup share to have full access to the backed up files e Optional Select the Wake on LAN check box and enter the MAC address of your ReadyNAS system Use this option whenever your destination device is set to power down automatically If you do not set this option and the destination device is powered down when the backup job is scheduled to begin the backup job might not happen If your destination device is set to power down automatically you must also configure the destination device to accept wake
61. and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email Primary Group Password Quota MB 5 35 Donna donna herdomain rs w lt steve hisdomain c Steve Ss wW Ss a LA lt NOOD Donna JC ll 2 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Preferences The Default User Account Parameters screen displays Set default parameters for new accounts Default group for new users users w Private home shares for users Enabled Default home volume for new users Export home shares over NFS Disabled w Make home shares available over FTP Disabled Recycle Bin for private home shares Disabled w Remove Recycle Bin files older than this many days Limit Recycle Bin to this many MB pe a CJ Allow users to chang
62. ation on ReadyNAS support for Time Machine Enable Time Machine support Capacity for Time Machine will be limited by the lesser of available disk space and the capacity value below Please note that AFP Service is required and will be automatically enabled if not already User Name Password Capacity e a GB Max 8 2 Click the Enable Time Machine support check box 3 Enter ReadyNAS in the User Name field 4 Create a password and enter it in the Password field Backup and Recovery 154 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 5 Enter the maximum amount of space on your ReadyNAS storage system that you want to devote to Time Machine backups in the Capacity field If Time Machine backups exceed this quota the ReadyNAS system deletes older versions of Time Machine backups to bring Time Machine backups within this quota 6 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved 7 Launch Time Machine and click the Choose Backup Disk button A pop window displays that lists available disks including your ReadyNAS system Time Machine Pasion Had ReadyNAS nas EA 04 35 Time A Set Up Time Capsule Cancel Use for Backup _ OFF appeared in the past Kal Show Time Machine status in the menu bar i l Click the lock to prevent further changes P 8 Select your ReadyNAS system and click the Use for Backup button A dialog box displays prompting you to provide login credentials Time Machine
63. ation settings For more information see Network Settings on page 88 System Settings 94 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To make your ReadyNAS system a DHCP server 1 Select Network gt WINS from the FrontView main menu If you already have DHCP service a message displays telling you that this feature is not available your ReadyNAS system If you do not currently have a DHCP service on your network a DHCP details screen displays DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol service provides a way for individual computers on the IP network to automatically obtain an IP address along with other network parameters to help reduce network administration iw Enable DHCP service Starting IF Address 192 168 5 1 Ending IP Address 192 168 606 167 Lease Time min 15 2 Select the Enable DHCP service check box 3 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Streaming Services Streaming services allow you to send multimedia content directly from the ReadyNAS to a device that plays the multimedia content without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on Your ReadyNAS system supports the following streaming services e ReadyDLNA ReadyDLNA provides media streaming service to standalone networked home media adapters and networked DVD players that are Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA standard compliant The ReadyNAS comes with a reserved media share that is advertised and recognized by the players C
64. ation that accompanies the application Shares 56 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Access Shares Using ReadyNAS Remote ReadyNAS Remote is a web based add on service that allows you to drag and drop files between your ReadyNAS system and your PC or Mac using the CIFS file sharing protocol All file permissions and share security settings are retained as if you were on your LAN All data is encrypted so that it is transmitted securely ReadyNAS Remote uses an add on on your ReadyNAS system and a small software program for your Mac or PC For more information about installing and managing add ons on your ReadyNAS system see Add Ons on page 97 Enable ReadyNAS Remote The ReadyNAS Remote add on is preinstalled on your ReadyNAS storage system Before you can access shares using ReadyNAS Remote add on you must enable the add on your ReadyNAS system To enable ReadyNAS Remote 1 Select Add ons gt Installed from the FrontView main menu A screen displays listing all add ons currently installed on your ReadyNAS system 2 Scroll down to the ReadyNAS Remote pane C ReadyNAS Remote allows secure remote access to shares on the ReadyNAS O without complicated router or VPN setup Access from Windows and Mac are over File Explorer and Finder so you can easily drag amp drop files like you would normally do in your LAN environment To use ReadyNAS Remote you will need to enable this option here and install a small client on your PC or Ma
65. blic access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU Vwxyz All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers User Email Primary Group Password Quota MB donna herdomain steve hisdomain c ers 3 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Import User List You are prompted to browse for your user file 4 Click the Browse button A dialog box opens 5 Navigate to the file and click the Open button The users are added to your ReadyNAS system Users and Groups 66 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Edit User Accounts Use FrontView to edit a user s name email address primary group assignment password or quota gt To edit a user s settings 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a pri
66. c For more information on ReadyNAS Remote click here Manage ReadyNAS Remote Remove 3 Select the ReadyNAS Remote check box and click the Save button 4 Click the Manage ReadyNAS Remote button The Remote Access window displays 5 Use the interface to grant users permission to access your ReadyNAS system with ReadyNAS Remote add on 6 Click the Apply Settings button 7 Click the here link in the ReadyNAS Remote description An online tutorial about ReadyNAS Remote displays Shares 57 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 8 Scroll down to the links for the ReadyNAS Remote client software versions 9 Click the link for the appropriate version for your Mac or PC 10 Follow the prompts to download the ReadyNAS Remote client software to your computer Install ReadyNAS Remote Client Software Before you can access shares using ReadyNAS Remote you must install the ReadyNAS Remote client software on your Mac or PC gt To install the ReadyNAS Remote client software on your computer 1 Install the ReadyNAS Remote client software A wizard guides you through the installation process When you complete the installation you are prompted to create a ReadyNAS Remote account 2 Follow the wizard s prompts to create a free ReadyNAS Remote account 3 4 First Name AJ Z Last Name Sallette T User ID sallette Or For ex john smith j smith jsmith01 D O Password er L z Re enter Password p T Email sallett
67. cal hard disk device Create an iSCSI Target Each iSCSI target you create automatically creates a LUN O within the new iSCSI target LUN 0 is required on each iSCSI target You can create additional LUNs numbered from 1 to 254 for each target You can allocate space to each LUN individually You can access each LUN as a different connection For more information see Add a LUN to an iSCSI Target on page 104 You can configure each iSCSI target to require CHAP authentication CHAP authentication requires anyone accessing LUNs on iSCSI targets on which it is enabled to provide login credentials gt To create an iSCSI target 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings Screen displays 2 Click the iSCSI tab 3 The iSCSI target service screen displays iSCSI target service The iSCSI target service enables you to create one or more iSCSI target volumes on the ReadyNAS Unlike network file services where you access files in network share folders the SCSI target presents itself as a virtual block device and can be treated like a locally attached disk to the client system acting as the iSCSI initiator Windows for instance could run FAT32 or NTFS on the iSCSI target device and treat the device as though it was locally attached Click here for more information C Enable iSCSI support Use ISNS Internet Storage Naming Server System Settings 102 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 4 Click
68. cate If you attach multiple storage devices and want to determine which device corresponds to the device listing the Locate option causes the device LED to blink if the device is present System Settings 100 4 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 e Format FAT32 This option formats the device as a FAT 32 file system FAT32 format is easily recognizable by most newer Windows Linux and Unix operating systems FAT32 imposes a 4 GB limitation per file e Format EXT3 This option formats the device as an EXT3 file system Select this option if you will be accessing the USB device mainly from Linux systems or network storage devices The advantage of EXT3 over FAT32 is that file ownership and mode information can be retained using this format which FAT32 does not support You can add support for EXT3 to the Windows and OS X operating systems EXT3 does not impose a file size limitation Click the Go button Copy USB Content Upon Connection You can configure your ReadyNAS system to copy the content of a USB flash device to a specified share whenever a USB flash device is connected to it Files are copied to a unique timestamp folder to prevent existing data from being overwritten This is useful for uploading pictures from digital cameras and music from MP3 players without a PC To configure USB flash drive auto copy upon connection L Do pw Select Volumes gt USB Storage from the FrontView main menu The USB Storage s
69. ce Warning This will delete all files and folders in the backup destination After backup is complete change ownership of files in the backup destination to the share owner if the destination is a ReadyNAS share Warning Do not use this option if any files or directories should retain their current ownership E Send Wake on LAN packet to the remote system before performing the backup Wake on LAN MAC address Backup and Recovery 145 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 a From the Schedule a full backup drop down list select Every Time b From the On backup completion send drop down list select what type of logs to send when the recovery job completes You can send a log that lists only errors encountered during recovery full logs consisting of file listings can be large or status and errors status refers to completion status Log email messages are restricted to approximately 10 000 lines For more information about viewing full logs see View a Backup Log on page 150 c Ensure that the Remove files from backup destination check box is clear Selecting this check box erases the destination path contents before the backup is performed which NETGEAR does not recommend for recovery jobs A WARNING If using this option ensure that you have correctly identified your backup source and backup destination If you reverse them you might permanently delete your source files NETGEAR recommends not enabling this option unle
70. changes are saved Users and Groups 75 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Delete a Group Use FrontView to delete a group Before you can delete a group you must first ensure that the group has no users assigned to it as follows e Reassign users in that group to a different group For more information see Edit User Accounts on page 67 e Delete users in that group For more information see Delete User Accounts on page 68 gt To delete a group 1 Ensure that all users in the group that you want to delete are reassigned to another group or deleted 2 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR sTU vwxyz All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB Donna Steve Us
71. component for sharing data over a network A unique IP address is assigned to every network connected device IP addresses come in System Settings 88 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 two varieties static and dynamic Static IP addresses do not change but dynamic IP addresses do change Unlike MAC addresses IP addresses are not assigned by the device s manufacturer Static IP addresses are assigned by your ISP Internet service provider or network administrator Dynamic IP addresses are assigned by a DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol server In most cases the DHCP server belongs to an ISP but a router or other device like your ReadyNAS storage system can also act as a DHCP Server You can configure how your ReadyNAS storage system negotiates speed and duplex settings Speed refers to the rate at which data is transferred across the network Duplex mode refers to how communications between two devices on a network are handled Full duplex means that communications from one device to another can happen in both directions at the same time Half duplex mode means that communication can go in only one direction at a time For example in full duplex mode Device A can receive information from Device B at the same time that Device B is receiving information from Device A In half duplex mode Device B cannot send information to Device A while Device A is sending information to Device B You can also configure the maximum size of packets t
72. copy is deleted or damaged The process of storing primary data on a second device is called backing up The process of restoring backed up data to the device where the primary copy is kept is called recovery A full backup makes a copy of all of the data stored on the primary system Your first backup of a primary system is always a full backup job The length of time a full backup takes depends on the amount of stored data An incremental backup copies only the data that has changed since your last backup process An incremental backup job takes much less time than a full backup job Note RAID configuration of disks is not a substitute for backing up data RAID configuration protects you only from data loss in the event that a disk fails For more information about the protection that RAID configuration offers see RA D on page 17 Backup and Recovery Roles A backup source is the place that data that is being backed up is primarily stored A backup destination is the place where the backed up data is stored If you need to recover your data the backup target becomes the recovery job source Your ReadyNAS system can manage backup and recovery processes for many devices on your network For example you can back up data that is stored on your ReadyNAS storage system to other devices for example a USB drive Backup and Recovery 127 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Figure 4 shows the roles that devices play when you back up data that i
73. count Select Anonymous to waive this requirement Allow upload resumes Allows users to finish uploading a file to the FTP share if the connection is interrupted If this option is disabled if the connection is dropped before the file is completely transferred the file upload must start over from the beginning Passive port range Required to enable remote access to your ReadyNAS system over the Internet Adjust the port range to the maximum number of concurrent sessions you expect to run at one time If you expect frequent concurrent access from many users double this number as each FTP user consumes a passive port Masquerade as Adjusts the hostname that the FTP server reports to an FTP client If you are enabling access HTTP file sharing protocol note the following Redirect default Web access to this share Select a share from this drop down list if you want to automatically redirect http lt ReadyNAS_IP_address gt to that share This is useful if you do not want to expose your default share listing to outsiders To redirect to a share create an index file such as index htm or index html in your target share and enable the HTTP protocol for read only access to that share Login authentication on this share Specifies whether or not authentication is required if users are browsing to the user created web content on this share If you are enabling the HTTPS file sharing protocol note the following HTTPS cannot be disabled Fr
74. creen displays showing information about any USB storage devices that are currently connected to your ReadyNAS system Scroll down to the USB Flash Device Option pane USB Flash Device Option O When a USB flash device is detected automatically copy the content to Share media 7 Path Pictures Copy as owner admin Select the When a USB flash device is detected automatically copy the content to check box Select a share from the Share drop down menu Enter a path in the Path field Enter a user name or admin in the Copy as owner field Click the Apply button Your settings are saved System Settings 101 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 ISCSI Targets ISCSI is a storage networking standard that uses the Small Computer System Interface SCSI to transfer data across a LAN It is typically used in environments that use applications that require block level access to a storage system For example database programs and virtualization programs often require block level storage access Most other file sharing protocols for example CIFS NFS and AFP access storage systems at the file level To use iSCSI you must dedicate space on your ReadyNAS storage system by creating an iSCSI target that has one or more logical unit numbers LUNs assigned to it ALUN is a division of space within an iSCSI target You use an iSCSI initiator on your server PC or Mac to connect to the LUN and make use of the connection just as you would a lo
75. ctive than this When new files are created over CIFS set file permission as follows Group rights are permission for members of the file owner s group Everyone refers to all other users not in the file owner s group Group rights Everyone rights eS When new folders are created over CIFS set folder permission as follows Group rights are permission for members of the folder owner s group Everyone refers to all other users not in the folder owner s group Group rights Everyone rights CU harte These settings vary by protocol This example describes the Advanced Permission options for the CIFS file sharing protocols Shares 46 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Adjust the settings as needed Automatically set permissions on new files and folders Select this check box to activate the settings in the next panes Clear this check box to dim the settings in those panes Do not allow ACL changes to be more restrictive than this ACL is short for access control lists which are a feature of the CIFS file sharing protocol Select this check box to override any ACL settings Clear this check box to allow users to set more restrictive permissions Groups rights and Everyone rights for new files These drop down lists are dimmed unless you select the Automatically set permissions on new files and folders check box You can choose to set permissions as read write read only or disabled Groups rights and Everyone rights f
76. d 36 0 MB sec RAID Disks ch 1 WDC WO5002ABY5 02B1B0 265 GB 461 GB allocated ch2 WDC WO5002ABY5 02B1B0 485 GB 461 GB allocated Locate ch 3 Seagate ST3750528A5 698 GB 461 GB allocated ch 4 Seagate 5T3750330A5 698 GB 461 GB allocated The volume expansion process can take several hours If you set up email notifications for your system you receive an email message when the expansion process completes Disk Configuration 24 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Reconfigure a Volume in Flex RAID Mode You can reconfigure a Flex RAID volume split it into multiple volumes specify a different RAID level or specify a larger reserved space for snapshots The process involves these high level steps 1 Delete the volume that you want to reconfigure WARNING The process of deleting a volume erases all data stored on that volume That data cannot be recovered 2 Create the replacement volume 3 Specify RAID settings These steps are explained in more detail in the following section gt To reconfigure a Flex RAID volume 1 Ifthe volume that you intend to delete contains any data that you want to keep back up that data For more information see Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System on page 130 2 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings screen displays If your system is configured with multiple volumes click the tab for the volume that you want t
77. d command 4 Confirm the upload command The add on is installed Some add ons require you to reboot your ReadyNAS system to complete the installation USB Storage Devices You can connect USB disk and flash drives to your ReadyNAS system and use FrontView to manage them USB storage devices can be divided into partitions Partitions on the storage devices must be formatted in one of the following file system formats e FAT32 e NTFS EXT2 e EXT3 USB volume name and share access settings are persistent across mounts The ReadyNAS attempts to remember the name as long as a unique ID is associated with the USB device so that the next time the device is connected the same share name or names are available Share access resirictions are saved even after the unit is disconnected Even when access authorization is based on user login files on a USB device are saved with User ID 0 regardless of the user account This allows easy sharing of the USB device with other network storage and PC systems System Settings 99 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Manage USB Storage Devices Use FrontView to manage USB storage devices that are attached to your ReadyNAS system gt To manage USB storage devices 1 3 Choose Volumes gt USB Storage from the FrontView main menu The USB Storage screen displays showing information about any USB storage devices that are currently connected to your ReadyNAS system USB Storage Devices
78. dyNAS system where you backed up your network attached device s data If you have previously created one or more iSCSI targets on your ReadyNAS system you can recover data that you backed up to an iSCSI target For more information about creating and managing iSCSI targets see iSCSI Targets on page 102 3 From the drop down list in the STEP 2 Select a backup destination pane select the network attached device website or FTP site where you want to restore data STEP 2 Select backup destination Specify where you want your backup data saved As with the backup source the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device Select this ReadyNAS or remote i w Host Path Login Password A Depending on how your network is configured these options vary If you select a recovery destination that requires a path use a forward slash to separate directories for example lt share name gt lt folder name gt Do not use a backslash in paths If you select a remote Rsync server you must enter the Rsync server s host name and a path Depending on how the Rsync server is configured you might need to enter a user name and password Whether or not you need to enter login credentials depends on how the Rsync server is configured For more information contact the Rsync server s system administrator Backup and Recovery 144 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 4 lf n
79. e mail com B Remember your the user ID and password you create you need these credentials to access shares A pop up window displays when you successfully register with the ReadyNAS Remote web service pa ReadyNAS Remote salette logged in successtully eee iced 1214PM Shares 58 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Access Shares You can use ReadyNAS Remote to drag and drop files between your computer and your ReadyNAS system even when your computer is not on the same LAN as your ReadyNAS system To access shares using ReadyNAS Remote 1 Ensure that the CIFS file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 Launch the ReadyNAS Remote client software on your PC or Mac Log in to your ReadyNAS Remote account Connect to your ReadyNAS system a YN Your shares open in a File Explorer PC or Finder Mac window You can now drag and drop files between your PC or Mac and your ReadyNAS system as though you were on the ReadyNAS LAN Shares 59 Users and Groups This chapter describes how to create and manage user and group accounts It contains the following sections e Basic User and Group Concepts e User Accounts e Groups 60 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Basic User and Group Concepts Users are the people to whom you grant access to your storage system When you want to allow someone to access your ReadyNAS system y
80. e Devices e ISCSI Targets 78 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 System Configuration Use FrontView to manage the configuration of your ReadyNAS storage system Clock To enable your ReadyNAS system to correctly time stamp your files you must ensure that your ReadyNAS system s time and date settings are accurate gt To set system time and date 1 Select System gt Clock from the main menu A screen displaying clock settings displays Accurate clock setting is required to ensure proper file timestamps Select Timezone Timezone GMT 08 00 Pacific Time us A Canada H Tijuana PI Select Current Time Date Time NTP Option You can use a local or public NTP Network Time Protocol server to update the clock automatically Deselect the checkbox if you wish to set the time manually above Synchronize clock with the following NTP server s NTP Server 1 time e netgear com NTP Server 2 time h netgear com 2 From the Timezone drop down list select the correct time zone for your location System Settings 79 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Select the correct time by doing one of the following e Select the Synchronize clock with the following NTP servers check box and ensure that details about at least one NTP server are present When you select this check box the fields in the Select Current Time pane dim You can choose to keep the default
81. e My Computer address bar O pill NAS 0A 93 CD lt hostname gt is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default hostname if you did not change it You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system 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 Windows Explorer displays the contents of all available shares on your ReadyNAS system Access Shares Using a Mac OS X Device You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network attached OS X device gt To access a share using a network attached OS X device 1 Ensure that the AFP or CIFS file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 In Finder select Go gt Connect to Server The Connect to Server dialog box displays Shares 51 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Connect to your ReadyNAS system as follows e If you are using the AFP file sharing protocol enter the following command in the Server Address field afp lt hostname gt e If you are using the CIFS file sharing protocol enter the following command in the Server Address field smb lt hostname gt In both cases lt hostname gt is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default hostname if you did not change it
82. e entire target and all LUNS within it are deleted This is because LUN 0 is required for any iSCSI target WARNING When you delete a LUN you permanently erase all data stored on that LUN This procedure describes how to delete LUNs other than LUN 0 System Settings 107 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To delete a LUN LE 5 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings Screen displays Click the iSCSI tab The iSCSI target service screen displays Scroll down to the section of the screen that shows your iSCSI targets Capacity Status E Target fluffy G ljun lbg LUN D 50 GB or hey LUM 1 50 GB Ko In the row for the LUN that you want to delete click a delete icon WARNING Do not click the delete icon for LUN 0 If you do you start the process of deleting the entire iSCSI target The Delete iSCSI LUN dialog box displays Delete iSCSI LUN Deletion of the iSCSI LUN device will wipe out all the data residing on it If YOU are sure you want to do this please type DELETE LUN and click Apply Target Name fluffy LOUM 1 Confirmation Cancel Enter DELETE LUN in the Confirmation field and click the Apply button The LUN is deleted and all data stored on the LUN is erased System Settings 108 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 Delete an iSCSI Target To delete an entire iSCSI target delete the target s LUN 0 WARNIN
83. e of data protection Full data journaling makes a backup of data before writing the data out to the intended location which provides the extra level of data protection needed to prevent data corruption for RAID volumes at the expense of disk write performance 4 Optional Select the Enable fast USB disk writes check box Enabling this option speeds USB write access by accessing the USB device in asynchronous mode If you enable this option never remove the USB device without correctly unmounting it Incorrectly removing your USB device when this option is enabled can cause data on the USB device to become corrupted 5 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Jumbo Frames You can enable the use of jumbo frames on your ReadyNAS storage system to optimize it for large data transfers Use this option only if your network interface card NIC and your switch support jumbo frames Your ReadyNAS system supports a maximum frame size of 9000 bytes You must use a switch capable of this frame size or larger To enable jumbo frames 1 Select Network gt Interfaces from the FrontView main menu The Network Standard Setting screen displays 2 Scroll down to the Performance Settings pane Performance Settings Use these options to tweak network performance _ Enable jumbo frames Jumbo frames allows combining of multiple packets into one large packet reducing network overhead and increasing large packet transfer performance
84. e their passwords Enabled S 4 Warn user when disk usage is of quota Users and Groups 62 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Use the drop down lists and fields to set default parameters for new users Note the following Default group for new users Determines into which group new user accounts are placed when created If you have not created any groups all users are placed in the users group Private home shares for users Enabling private home shares creates a share for each new user account This share is visible only to that user and the system administrator The share is created the first time a user logs in to the ReadyNAS system Disable private home shares to prevent home shares from being created for each user account Default home volume for new users This setting determines to which volume new users are assigned If you are using X RAID2 mode this option is disabled because X RAID2 has only one volume If you are using Flex RAID and you have only one volume this option is disabled Make home shares available over FTP Enable this option to allow home shares to be accessed using the FTP file sharing protocol Disable this option to prevent home shares from being access using the FIP file sharing protocol Recycle Bin for private home shares This applies only to shares that are accessed using the CIFS file sharing protocol If you enable this you can also determine how long files are held in the Recycle Bin befo
85. eadyNAS storage system to back up data that is stored primarily on another network attached device Figure 8 illustrates the backup process described in this section Figure 8 Backing up data from a laptop computer to a ReadyNAS system 1 Laptop computer serving as backup source 2 ReadyNAS system serving as backup destination 3 Backup process Backup and recovery jobs ReadyNAS Vault and Time Machine require different procedures For more information ReadyNAS Vault on page 153 or Time Machine on page 154 gt To back up data stored on another network attached device 1 Select Backup gt Add a New Backup from the FrontView Main menu The Add a New Backup Job screen displays STEP 1 Select backup source Specify what you want to backup The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device a USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share or located remotely The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares Select this ReadyNAS or remote Host Path Login Password i Backup and Recovery 139 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 From the drop down list in the STEP 1 Select backup source pane select a backup source that is not part of your ReadyNAS system Depending on how your network is configured these options vary Select a USB device that is attached to your ReadyNAS system or a remote location If you select a rem
86. ealth You can view status details for your ReadyNAS system s disks fan temperature and uninterruptible power supply UPS device if your system is connected to a UPS When available normal expected values are provided gt To view system status 1 Select Status gt Health from the FrontView main menu The Health screen displays Device Description Status Diki Seagate ST31000528AS 931 GB 37 C 98F Write cache ON OK FanSYs 595 RPM OK TempCPU 51C 123F Normal 0 80 C 32 176 F Ok Temp5Y5 33C1 91F Normal 0 65 C 32 149 F OK upsi Not present NA 2 Optional In the row for the disk you want to monitor click the SMART button That disk s internal disk log displays SMART Information for Disk 1 Model ST38001345 Serial 3JV3MF55 Firmware 3 05 SMART Attribute Spin Up Time Start Stop Count Reallocated Sector Count Power On Hours Spin Retry Count Power Cycle Count Temperature Celsius Current Pending Sector Offline Uncorrectable UDMA CRC Error Count Multi Zone Error Rate TA Increase Count ATA Error Count Monitor Maintain and Optimize 112 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Optional If your fan seems to be running too much or not enough click the Recalibrate button Note Note this option is not available on all ReadyNAS systems The fan is recalibrated This process takes a few minutes during which the fan spins up and down You can continue to use your ReadyNAS system while the fa
87. ebDAV extension 41 importing group lists 73 importing user lists 65 initial configuration 14 installed add ons 97 98 IP address 89 iSCSI targets 102 104 iTunes 95 J jumbo frames 125 L language 83 launching FrontView 11 12 life support mode 11 Linux device share access 54 locating a disk 20 logical volumes 17 logs backup 150 system 113 lost administrator password 86 160 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 MAC address 88 Mac OS 9 device share access 53 Mac OS X device share access 51 main menu 15 manually starting backup job 150 multimedia content 95 N network settings default gateway 92 DHCP server 90 enabling storage system as WINS server 94 Ethernet 89 hostname 91 IP address 90 MTU 90 speed duplex mode 90 WINS 93 network setup 88 NFS Linux device share access 55 Unix device share access 55 NIS 54 notice of compliance 156 NTP server 79 O online file system consistency check 124 oplock 47 opportunistic locking 47 OS 9 device share access 53 OS X device share access 51 P partitions 99 password changing administrator 84 changing user 69 enabling administrator password recovery 85 recovering administrator password 85 physical volumes 17 port forwarding 50 power management 118 power timer 119 printer connect 87 private home shares 63 product registration 9 161 Q quick start guide 8 quotas setting alerts for users 63 setting for users 65 R RAID Flex R
88. ecessary enter the remote host name the folder path and any login credential required to access that path 5 Optional To ensure that you are able to access the remote backup destination click the Test Connection button A pop up window displays indicating whether you can access the destination 6 From the STEP 3 Choose backup schedule pane clear the Perform backup every check box STEP 3 Choose backup schedule Select when you want the backup performed sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri O Sat Select All Days Clearing this check box forces the recovery procedure to be started manually which ensures that the recovery job does not happen automatically A WARNING To ensure the integrity of the data stored on your primary device never automatically schedule a recovery job 7 Using the drop down lists and check boxes in the Step 4 Choose backup options pane configure backup options STEP 4 Choose backup options Select the desired options when backup is performed A full backup will copy all data from the backup source Incremental backup where only changed data are copied occurs between scheduled full backups unless Ewery time is selected Schedule full backup First time On backup completion send errors only to the alert email address Remove the contents of the backup destination before a full backup is performed This will clean the backup destination of files which were removed in the backup sour
89. ectAll Days e Run backup job automatically Select the Perform backup every check box and use the day check boxes and time drop down lists to create a backup schedule Backups can occur as frequently as every 4 hours You can also set them to run daily or one time each week The time settings determine when the backup job starts Depending on the size of the backup job it might not finish by the later time setting The backup schedule is offset by 5 minutes from the hour e Require backup job to be started manually Clear the Perform backup every check box 7 Using the drop down lists and check boxes in the Step 4 Choose backup options pane configure backup options STEP 4 Choose backup options Select the desired options when backup is performed A full backup will copy all data from the backup source Incremental backup where only changed data are copied occurs between scheduled full backups unless Every time is selected Schedule full backup First time On backup completion send errors only to the alert email address F Remove the contents of the backup destination before a full backup is performed This will clean the backup destination of files which were removed in the backup source Warning This will delete all files and folders in the backup destination After backup is complete change ownership of files in the backup destination to the share owner if the destination is a ReadyNAS share Warning Do not u
90. ecycle Bin Remove files older than 10 days DOJ Limit Recycle Bin to 200 M 4 Select the Enable Recycle Bin check box 5 Enter the maximum number of days to keep files in the Remove files older than field Files that are older than the value you specify here are permanently deleted Shares 44 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 6 Enter a size limit in megabytes for the Recycle Bin in the Limit Recycle Bin to field When the Recycle Bin exceeds this limit files are deleted beginning with the oldest first until the Recycle Bin no longer exceeds this limit 7 Click the Apply button FrontView creates a Recycle Bin folder in this share Retrieve Files from the Recycle Bin When you enable the Recycle Bin on a share FrontView creates a Recycle Bin folder in that share To retrieve files from recycle bin 1 On a computer that is attached to the same LAN as your ReadyNAS system browse to the share containing the Recycle Bin Hocycle Bin File Edt View Favorites Took Hep EG SULZ G8 6 24 bada Reade Bin tom L 354 KB H5 EB L 072 KB LO7A KB L 4a KE LES KB 1 725 KD 5 ol KE Tapa Fede Arid Daw Bobet Acrobat bol Adobe Acrobat Doc Finke Acrobat Dic Adobe Acrobat Dot Babe Arobs Caer fedinbs Acrobat Dnc Adobe Perchal Cox F op Search PE Pallders Data Hoddid 33200 10 33 PM AN5 255 PM G14 2005 2112 FH BAS 3 34 FH 21572005 11 36 AM IT 20S IOS PM AY
91. ee Flex RA D on page 19 In the STEP 3 pane enter the maximum size for this volume in the Desired volume size field STEP 3 Select volume capacity Physical capacity selected 944659 MB Volume overhead R4ID Snapshot Fs 496453 MB Maximum volume size 445226 MB Desired volume size 440226 MB Click the Apply button You are prompted to reboot your system Reboot your system Use RAIDar to reconnect to your ReadyNAS system For more information see RA Dar on page 10 Restore any backed up data to the reconfigured volume For more information see Recover Data to Your ReadyNAS System on page 134 Disk Configuration 26 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Change RAID Modes You can change the RAID mode that your ReadyNAS storage system uses Because this process erases all data if data is stored on your system you must first back it up to another storage device before changing the RAID format The process involves resetting your ReadyNAS storage system to factory default settings and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10 minute delay during boot Change from Flex RAID to X RAID2 You can reconfigure your ReadyNAS system from Flex RAID mode to X RAID2 mode gt To change from Flex RAID to X RAID2 1 If any data is stored on your system back up your data For more information see the Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System on page 130 2 Perform a factory reset reboot WARNING Setting your Read
92. erference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance of 20 cm between the radiator and your body This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter 156 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 FCC Declaration Of Conformity We NETGEAR Inc 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose CA 95134 declare under our sole responsibility that these products comply with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Radio Frequency Interference Warnings amp Instructions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guara
93. ers users t LOPE Il UL JUPE users W 3 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Manage Groups The Groups screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without Manage groups public access You can allow a user to belong to multiple groups by adding the user to the Secondary Members list separated by commas or one user per line ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU VWXYZ All Add Group Name GID Used Quota MB Secondary Members Delete TETE 100 OMB jg Users and Groups 76 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 lf your system has only a few groups they all display on the screen If your system has many groups click the appropriate tab to find the group that you want to delete 4 Select the Delete check box in the row for the group that you want to delete The Delete button becomes active 5 Click the Delete button The group is deleted Export Group Lists You can download the group list on this device into a comma separated values CSV file The file is backed up in the admin user home directory You might want to export a group list to make it easy to transfer groups from one ReadyNAS system to another gt To export a group list 1 Select Security 5 User 4 Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access
94. erver 2 Domain name server 3 Domain name System Settings 92 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 In at least one Domain name server field enter at a DNS server IP address Optional In the Domain name field enter a domain name in the Domain name field Click the Apply button Your settings are saved WINS A WINS Windows Internet Name Service server allows network attached devices like computers and storage systems to be browsed from computers that are not on your LAN Most Macs also support WINS technology This is useful if you use a VPN virtual private network Enable WINS You can enable WINS so that your ReadyNAS system can be browsed by computers and devices on other subnets gt Toenable WINS 1 Select Network gt WINS from the FrontView main menu The WINS screen displays Specify a WINS Server WINS or Windows Internet Name Service enables clients on a different Windows subnet to browse this device If you wish to enable cross subnet browsing enter the IP address of the server providing WINS here WINS server Make this device a WINS Server This device can provide WINS service by enabling the option below Make sure that there are no other WINS server on the network before doing this This option is not available in Domain or Active Directory security modes C Become a WINS server In the WINS server field enter the IP address of a WINS server Click the Apply button
95. ettings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator e If you allowed anonymous access when you enabled the FIP file sharing protocol log in as anonymous and use your email address for the password Access Shares Using Rsync You can use Rsync to access any shares that are enabled for the Rsync file sharing protocol Instead of browsing shares as you do with some other file sharing protocols with Rsync you copy files from your ReadyNAS system to another computer that supports the Rsync file sharing protocol If you previously copied these files Rsync only copies the differences between the source files and the destination files making the transfer much quicker than using other file sharing protocols The first time you copy files using the Rsync file sharing protocol you see no performance difference gt To access shares using Rsync 1 Ensure that the Rsync file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS storage system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 On a network attached device that supports the Rsync file sharing protocol launch a terminal program or an Rsync client Enter any required credentials for the share For more information about Rsync share access credentials see Fine Tuning Share Access on page 38 For more information about Rsync terminal program commands see htto rsync samba org For more information about using an Rsync client application see the document
96. ew or the Setup Wizard or by accessing the NETGEAR Product Registration website directly gt To register your system using the NETGEAR Product Registration website 1 Locate the serial number on the label of your product 2 Using a browser visit htto www NETGEAR com register The product registration web page displays NETGEAR Change Language Products Registration Customer Service Service Offerings Discussion Forums Support Home NETGEAR com Home Service Portal hs NETGEAR Product Registration Thank you for buying a NETGEAR product By registering your product we can help you have a better experience using our products First time istrati Returni There are several benefits to registering your NETGEAR products If you already registered a product with NETGEAR log in to your which includes accoun Access to telephone support for your NETGEAR products COA Nap T DNA o Special offers from NETGEAR only for registered customers Password An online list of all of your registered NETGEAR products Paman Activate your support contractis If you have never registered a NETGEAR product click the Continue button If you have registered a NETGEAR product in the past enter your email address and password and click the Log in button 3 Follow the prompts to register your ReadyNAS system Diskless Units If you have a diskless ReadyNAS storage system you must first install and format at least o
97. full backup is performed This will clean the backup destination of files which were removed in the backup source Warning This will delete all files and folders in the backup destination After backup is complete change ownership of files in the backup destination to the share owner if the destination is a ReadyNAS share Warning Do not use this option if any files or directories should retain their current ownership m Send Wake on LAN packet to the remote system before performing the backup Wake on LAN MAC address a From the Schedule a full backup drop down list select Every Time b From the On backup completion send drop down list select what type of logs to send when the recovery job completes You can send a log that lists only errors encountered during recovery full logs consisting of file listings can be large or status and errors status refers to completion status Log email messages are restricted to approximately 10 000 lines For more information about viewing full logs see View a Backup Log on page 150 c Ensure that the Remove files from backup destination check box is clear Selecting this check box erases the destination path contents before the backup is performed which NETGEAR does not recommend for recovery jobs N WARNING When using this option ensure that you have correctly identified your backup source and backup destination If you reverse them you might permanently delete your source file
98. hat are sent across a network This setting is called MTU maximum transmission unit A large MTU can help speed data transmission in some circumstances 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 In most environments your ReadyNAS storage system s default network settings allow you to connect and communicate with your ReadyNAS storage system over your local area network and the Internet However you can adjust these settings to accommodate your needs gt Toconfigure Ethernet settings 1 Select Network gt Interfaces from the FrontView main menu The Network Standard Setting screen displays Standard Setting Enter the IP address for this network interface If your network utilizes a DHCP server to hand out IP addresses select the DHCP option for your IP assignment method Otherwise enter the IP address netmask and gateway values accordingly MAC address 00 22 3F 49 EE BE Status online 100 Mbit Full Duplex IP assignment Use values from a DHCP server w IP address Subnet mask Speed Duplex mode Auto negotiation MTU System Settings 89 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 2 Select a method for assigning an IP address You can select from two options in the IP assignment drop
99. hat you want to backup The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device a USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share or located remotely The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares Select this ReadyNAS or remote Host Path Mara Login a Password JU Backup and Recovery 130 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 2 From the drop down list in the STEP 1 Select backup source pane select a backup source from your ReadyNAS system Depending on how your ReadyNAS system is configured these options vary If you have previously created one or more iSCSI targets on your ReadyNAS system you can choose an iSCSI target as your backup source For more information about creating and managing iSCSI targets see ISCSI Targets on page 102 3 From the drop down menu in the STEP 2 Select a backup destination pane select a backup destination that is not part of your ReadyNAS system STEP 2 Select backup destination Specify where you want your backup data saved As with the backup source the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device Select this ReadyNAS or remote Host Path Login Password Depending on how your network is configured these options vary Select USB device that is attached to your ReadyNAS system or a remote location 4 If necessary enter the remote host name the fo
100. he HTTP S tab Share Name media Default Access Read write A Share Access Restrictions Share access for the file protocol can be restricted using the access listis below Separate entries with comma E Hosts allowed access Users allowed access Groups allowed access W Enable WebDAV support Shares 41 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 5 Choose Read only or Read write from the Default Access drop down list Click the Enable WebDAV support check box 7 Click the Apply button WebDAV support is enabled Delete a Share Use FrontView to delete a share WARNING Deleting a share also deletes all of the data within that share gt To delete a share 1 Choose Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Share Name Description CIFS AFP HTTPS we B E mg E E Bm E E E E 7 A E E 2 Inthe row of the share that you want to delete select the Delete column check box 3 Click the Delete button You are prompted to confirm the delete command 4 Click the OK button The share and all of its contents are deleted Shares 42 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Hide a Share The CIFS protocol allows you to hide a share from user
101. he following procedure the remote ReadyNAS system is the system that has the UPS directly connected to it The local ReadyNAS system is the system that does not have a UPS directly connected to it Monitor Maintain and Optimize 120 gt ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 To configure remote UPS low battery shutdown 1 Ensure that the remote ReadyNAS system is configured to allow remote UPS monitoring a Onthe remote ReadyNAS system select System gt Power from the FrontView main menu b Scroll down to the UPS Configuration pane Click the Enable network sharing of attached UPS check box d Choose an access restriction option as follows e Leave the Hosts allowed access field blank to allow any system on you LAN to share this UPS e Enter the IP address of the local ReadyNAS system in the Hosts allowed access field to restrict sharing of this UPS to only that ReadyNAS system e Click the Apply button On your local ReadyNAS system select System gt Power from the FrontView main menu The Power screen displays Scroll down to the UPS Configuration pane UPS Configuration This device is not physically monitoring a UPS You may choose to monitor a UPS connected to a remote ReadyNAS On receiving a low battery event this ReadyNAS will shutdown gracefully Enable monitoring of UPS physically attached to a remote ReadyNAS Remote IP address Monitor UPS over SNMP SNMP UPS address Use MIB Auta Op
102. his protocol Read only Users can read files on this share using this protocol but cannot edit or create files on this share using this protocol Read write Users can read edit and create files on this share using this protocol Read only with Unless otherwise specified users can only read files on this share using exceptions this protocol At least one of the following exceptions exists e Access to this share using this protocol is read only and allowed only for specified hosts e Access to this share using this protocol is read only except for one or more users or groups that are granted read write permission e Access to this share using this protocol is disabled except for one or more users or groups that are granted read only privilege Read write with Unless otherwise specified users can read edit and create files on this exceptions share using this protocol At least one of the following exceptions exists e Access to this share using this protocol is read only and allowed only for specified hosts e Access to this share using this protocol is read only except for one or more users or groups that are granted read write permission e Access to this share using this protocol is disabled except for one or more users or groups that are granted read only privilege Shares 34 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Manage File Sharing Protocols You can use FrontView to enable file sharing protocols for your entire ReadyNAS system
103. ically chooses a RAID level based on the number of disks that are installed in your system as follows Number of installed disks RAID level automatically chosen napa Click the Next button You are prompted to confirm the volume creation command Click the OK button The volume is formatted This can take quite a while depending on the size of your hard disk drives Optional Restore your any backed up data to the reformatted disks For more information see Recover Data to Your ReadyNAS System on page 134 Disk Configuration 30 Shares This chapter describes how to create manage and access shares on your storage system This chapter includes the following topics e Basic Share Concepts e Manage File Sharing Protocols e Create Shares e Manage Shares e Access Shares Remotely 31 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Basic Share Concepts The volume or volumes on your ReadyNAS storage system are divided into shares which are similar to folders or directories Data Organization Shares are the way that you group your data You might want to group your data by type for example e Photos e Music e Videos e Documents Another option is to group your data by user e Tom e Rick e Mary Organizations might choose to group data by department e Accounting e Sales e Personnel You can combine these schemes or come up with your own scheme Your ReadyNAS storage system comes with two shares already c
104. iguration RAID Level 5 3 disks Status Redundant RAID Disks ch 1 WDC WO5002ABY5 0281B0 465 GB 461 GB allocated ch2 WOC WO5002ABY5 0281B0 465 GB 461 GB allocated Locate chb Seagate ST3750528A5 698 GB 461 GB allocated Locate Available Disks Add To Volume Make Hot Spare Ch 4 Seagate ST3750330A5 698 GB 694 GB free F O Disk Configuration 23 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 In the Available Disks pane select the Add To Volume check box for the disk where you want to expand the volume A pop up window displays advising you that the disk will be used for volume expansion after you reboot your system Click the OK button The pop up window closes Click the Apply button A pop up window displays advising you to reboot your system Click the OK button The pop up window closes Select System gt Shutdown The Shutdown Options screen displays Select the Shutdown and reboot device radio button and click Apply After your system restarts a pop up window displays advising you that the volume expansion process is under way Ensure that your system is not interrupted during this process Click the OK button The pop up window closes The RAID Configuration pane advises you of the progress of the volume expansion process RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance iSCSI RAID Configuration pefrgoration RAID Level 5 4 disks Status Restriping 1 complete Time to finish 3 hr 35 min Spee
105. ile Level Access on page 48 e Manually configure file permissions from their computer For more information see the documentation that accompanied your operating system gt To delete a user 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU VWXYZ All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers User Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB donna herdomain users Le bl yl 1 o JJ o E o If your system has only a few users they all appear on the screen If your system has many users click the appropriate tab to find the user that you want to delete 2 Select the Delete check box in the row for the user that you want to delete The Delete button becomes active 3 Click the Delete button The user is dele
106. in menu 2 Scroll down to the Backup Button Setup pane Backup Button Setup You can program the Backup button on the front of this device to execute one or more backup jobs that you have defined above The jobs will be executed in the order that you specify here when the Backup button is pressed If no jobs are selected for the button depressing the button will backup the content of the backup share to the storage device connected to the front USB port 2 Run Order Job i None HH 3 Use the drop down lists to set the order of the backup jobs tied to the Backup button 4 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved ReadyNAS Vault You can back up data to the web using ReadyNAS Vault which enables you to create continuous and scheduled backup jobs of your ReadyNAS data to a secure online data center You pay a fee for this service based on the amount of space you use You can access the data that you backup to ReadyNAS Vault data wherever you have Internet access gt To use the ReadyNAS Vault service 1 Choose Backup gt ReadyNAS Vault from the FrontView main menu The ReadyNAS Vault screen displays ReadyNAS Vault ReadyNAS Vault allows continuous and scheduled backups of your ReadyNAS data to a secure online Vault For convenience the backup data can be managed and accessed wherever you have Internet access For more information on ReadyNAS Vault please click here FE Enable ReadyNAS Vault support Login
107. ination If you reverse them you might permanently delete your source files NETGEAR recommends not enabling this option unless your destination device is very low on storage space Best practice is to experiment with this option using a test share to make sure that you understand how it works d Optional Select the Change ownership of backup files check box Your ReadyNAS system attempts to maintain original file ownership whenever possible However you can automatically change the ownership of the backed up files to match the ownership of the share This allows anyone who can access the backup share to have full access to the backed up files e Optional Select the Wake on LAN check box and enter the MAC address of destination device Use this option whenever the destination device is set to power down automatically If you do not set this option and the device is powered down when the backup job is scheduled to begin the backup job might not happen If your destination device is set to power down automatically you must also configure the destination device to accept wake on LAN notifications If you do not configure the destination to accept wake on LAN notifications and it is powered down when the backup job is scheduled to begin the backup job might fail 8 Click the Apply button Your backup job settings are saved and this backup job displays in the backup schedule For more information about viewing scheduled backup job
108. ination before a full backup is performed This will clean the backup destination of files which were removed in the backup source Warning This will delete all files and folders in the backup destination After backup is complete change ownership of files in the backup destination to the share owner if the destination is a ReadyNAS share Warning Do not use this option if any files or directories should retain their current ownership E Send Wake on LAN packet to the remote system before performing the backup Wake on LAN MAC address a From the Schedule a full backup drop down list select an option The first full backup is performed at the next scheduled occurrence of the backup depending on the schedule you specify The next full backup is performed at the interval you choose calculated from this first backup Incremental backups are performed between the full backup cycles Backups of a website or FTP site only have the option to do a full backup every time b Using the On backup completion send drop down list select what type of logs to send when the backup job completes You can send a log that lists only errors encountered during backup full backup logs consisting of file listings can be large or status and errors status refers to completion status Backup log email messages are restricted to approximately 10 000 lines For more information about viewing full backup logs see Manage Backup Jobs on page 147 Backup
109. ing options are provided to override the default settings for shares and should be used with caution Share folder owner nobody Share folder group nogroup Share folder owner rights adarte Share folder group rights LRead write ie IT TTTT PA Paas Share folder everyone rights Read write w Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders in this share to the above settings This option is useful in cases where you are changing security levels and need to workaround file access problems Grant rename and delete privileges to non owner of files NETGEAR recommends not changing the Share folder owner Share folder group Share folder owner rights Share folder group rights or Share folder everyone rights settings Changes that you make to these settings can affect ownership and permissions and can be difficult to reverse The Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders option performs a one time change to your existing files and folders to reflect the settings in the pane above Depending on the size of the share this can take a while to finish The Grant rename and delete privilege to non owners check box allows others to modify shares that they do not own In a collaborative environment you might want to enable this option In a more security conscious environment disable this option 5 Optional Scroll down to the Advanced Share Utilities pane and adjust the setting as needed
110. inting and AFP services OS X has built in Bonjour support and you can download Bonjour for Windows from Apple s website e UPnP Universal Plug n Play Allows UPnP enabled clients to discover your ReadyNAS system on your LAN Other discovery services are available as add ons For more information about finding installing and managing add ons for your ReadyNAS storage system see Add Ons on page 97 System Settings 96 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manage discovery services 1 Select Services gt Discovery Services from the FrontView main menu The Discovery Services screen displays Bonjour service allows Mac OS X and Windows clients running Bonjour to automatically detect services advertised by the ReadyNAS Advertise FrontView over Bonjour Advertise printers over Bonjour Advertise AFP service over Bonjour UPnP allows other UPnP enabled devices on the network to automatically detect the ReadyNAS 2 Select check boxes for any discovery services that you want to enable 3 Clear check boxes for any discovery services that you want to disable 4 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Add Ons Add ons are applications for your ReadyNAS storage system You can add a wide variety of features and services for your ReadyNAS system by installing add ons developed by NETGEAR NETGEAR s partners and community developers To view and download additional ReadyNAS add ons visit hito readynas com
111. ion from the Speed Duplex mode drop down list NETGEAR recommends that you use the Auto negotiation option However if you have a managed switch that works best when the devices are forced to a particular speed or mode you can select either the full duplex or half duplex setting 4 Set an MTU maximum transmission unit size Speed Duplex mode BEAN w MTU 1500 Choose an option from the MTU drop down list NETGEAR recommends that you use the default setting of 1500 however in some network environments changing the default MTU value can fix throughput problems 5 Click the Apply button Your settings are saved System Settings 90 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Hostname Your ReadyNAS storage system uses the hostname to advertise itself on your network When you review your network using RAIDar your PC your Mac or any other interface you can recognize your storage system by its hostname The default hostname is nas followed by the last 3 bytes of the system s primary MAC address You can change the hostname to one that is easier to remember and recognize To change the hostname 1 Select Network gt Global Settings from the main list The Global Settings screen displays Hostname The hostname for this device can be used in place of the IP address when accessing this device over CIFS SMB This name will also be used in various alerts that this device will send out Hostname nas BC 55 5E 2
112. iscovering your storage system 12 disk configuration changing from Flex RAID to X RAID2 27 changing from X RAID2 to Flex RAID 29 dual redundancy 22 expanding a Flex RAID volume 23 hot spare 21 locating a disk 20 managing 20 reconfiguring a Flex RAID volume 25 removing a disk from a volume 22 disk health 112 disk scrubbing with auto parity fix 123 disk write cache 124 diskless units 9 DNS 92 dual redundancy 22 dynamic IP address 89 E editing backup job 147 email alerts managing 80 Ethernet 89 expanding a Flex RAID volume 23 explicit FTPS mode 55 exporting group lists 77 exporting user lists 70 EF fan recalibrating 113 fast USB disk writes 124 file level access 48 file sharing protocols definition 33 managing 35 supported 33 firmware automatic updates 117 update settings 117 updating locally 115 updating remotely 114 Flex RAID changing to X RAID2 27 definition 19 expanding a volume 23 RAID levels 19 reconfiguring a volume 25 FrontView access rights icons 34 launching 11 12 main menu 15 status bar 15 FTP enabling for home shares 63 share access 55 FTPS explicit mode 55 share access 55 full data journaling 124 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 G gateway 91 groups creating 71 creating in batches 73 creating manually 72 deleting 76 editing settings 75 exporting group lists 77 importing group lists 73 managing 75 H hardware manual 8 hidden shares 43 hostname 91 hot spare 21 HTTP W
113. istrator user name and password to the factory defaults Factory default user name admin Factor default password netgear1 gt To recover your administrator password using an OS reinstall reboot Perform an OS reinstall reboot on your storage system The process for performing an OS reinstall reset reboot varies by storage system For more information about how to perform a factory reset reboot see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual System Settings 86 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Printer Queue Service You can connect a printer to your ReadyNAS system and share it across your local area network Your ReadyNAS system supports single function USB printers gt Toconnect a printer 1 Connect a USB cable from a single function USB printer to a USB port on your ReadyNAS system For more information about the USB ports on your ReadyNAS system see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual Power on the printer Select Printer gt Printer Queue Service from the FrontView main menu The Printer screen displays showing the printer you connected The following USB printers are connected The printers appear as print shares to Windows and Mac users Alternatively if you have elected to advertise Printers over Bonjour in Discovery Services you can use Bonjour to discover and setup the printeris over IPP Internet Printing Protocol Queued print jobs will be dis
114. jobs or the partial backup logs of jobs that are in progress In addition to backup logs your ReadyNAS system also maintains system logs For more information see System Logs on page 113 Backup and Recovery 150 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 gt To view backup logs 1 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr Backup 5 Ready m Delete 192 168 1 4 documentation Th 23 View log Clear log Delete If you have created at least one backup job the Backup Schedule screen lists all backup jobs Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 lf you have not created any backup jobs a message displays in this screen telling you that your ReadyNAS system has no backup jobs 2 Click the View log link in the row for the backup job whose log you want to view The backup log displays cup finished Mon Aug 7 19 09 20 POT 2006 tared Job 001 Protocol cifs Source 192 168 6 157 Competittion datas Nestination Backup fiob 001 data5 Book1 pril7 inv xls gt Backup Book1_april7_inv xls Pob 001 data5 Book1 april7 ord xls gt Backup Book1_april7_ord xls fiob 001 data5 Book1 a pril7 bck xls gt Backup Book1 april7 bck xls ob 001 data5 B0ook1 aprill4 inv xls gt Backup Book1 aprill4 inv xls
115. lder path and any login credentials required to access that path If you select a backup destination that requires a path use a forward slash to separate directories for example lt share name gt lt folder name gt Do not use a backslash in paths If you select a a USB device that is connected to your ReadyNAS system you can leave the path blank to put the data at the top level of the USB device s directory or enter a folder path to place the backed up data in a specific folder If you select a remote Rsync server you must enter the Rsync server s host name and a path Depending on how the Rsync server is configured you might need to enter a user name and password Whether or not you need to enter login credentials depends on how the Rsync server is configured For more information contact the Rsync server s system administrator 5 Optional To ensure that you are able to access the remote backup destination click the Test connection button A pop up window displays indicating whether you can access the destination Backup and Recovery 131 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 6 From the STEP 3 Choose backup schedule pane determine whether this backup job will run automatically or whether it must be started manually as follows STEP 3 Choose backup schedule Select when you want the backup performed Perform backup every 24 wi hours between 00 05 and 23 05 w F Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri sat Sel
116. lerts 3 Select or clear any check boxes in the Other Alert Settings pane as follows e Select the Power off NAS when a disk fails or no longer responds check box to gracefully power off the ReadyNAS if a disk failure or disk remove event is detected e Select the Power off NAS when disk temperature exceeds safe level check box to gracefully power off the ReadyNAS when the disk temperature exceeds the nominal range 4 Click the Apply button System Settings 82 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Language To ensure that your ReadyNAS storage system correctly displays file names configure your system to use the appropriate character set For example selecting Japanese allows the ReadyNAS to support files with Japanese names in Windows Explorer Note This setting does not control the language used in the FrontView interface To change the language in FrontView adjust your browser s language option gt Toconfigure language settings 1 Select System gt Language from the main menu The Language Setting screen displays Language Setting Select the the language that will be predominantly used by users of this device This setting is important to ensure proper filename listing in shares and proper handling of email messages Please note that this option does not affect the web browser language display of this management system use the browser or operating system language setting to do this English Unicode
117. lly from a local drive The update process changes only the firmware it does not modify your data NETGEAR recommends that you back up your data especially data that cannot be replaced before you perform a firmware update Update Firmware Remotely If your ReadyNAS system has Internet access this remote method is easiest gt To update firmware remotely 1 Select System gt Update from the FrontView main menu The Update screen displays Select the Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an update image from your system or Factory Default if you wish to destructively clear the device Local Settings Factory Default Click Check for Update to check if a remote update image is available Check for Update Monitor Maintain and Optimize 114 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Note If you have not registered your ReadyNAS system you are prompted to register it For more information see Register Your System on page 9 If you want to update your system now click the Register button To continue with the firmware update process click the Later button The Update screen displays 2 Click the Check for Update button If no firmware update is available you are notified that your system has the most current firmware If a firmware update is available you are prompted to update your system 3 Ifa firmware update is available click the Perform System Update button A WARNI
118. m and launch FrontView 1 2 3 Install the appropriate version of RAIDar on a computer that is connected to the same local area network LAN as your ReadyNAS storage system If you are using Windows XP before SP2 disable the Internet connection firewall Launch the RAIDar utility RAIDar displays a window that lists the ReadyNAS system or systems on your network and provides details about the status of each system it discovers MAC Address Model Host Name IP Address 00 22 3F A9 EB 84 ReadyNAS NVX nas A9 EB 84 10 0 0 2 The default IP configuration is set to DHCP which is how home routers assign IP addresses by default lf you are not using DHCP on your router or if it is not working properly your storage system cannot get an IP address In that case your system uses 192 168 168 168 If this happens you must make a direct connection between your storage system and your computer To establish this connection follow your operating system s instructions for assigning a static IP address to your computer in the 192 168 168 subnet If your ReadyNAS system is not detected check the following and click Rescan to try again e Make sure the ReadyNAS device is turned on and is connected to your network e Make sure your client PC running RAIDar is on the same subnet as the ReadyNAS device e Ifyou are running RAIDar on Windows XP before SP2 disable the Internet connection firewall Getting Started 12 ReadyNA
119. m s user accounts in a comma separated value CSV file The file is also backed up in the administrator s home directory You might want to export a group list to make it easy to transfer groups from one ReadyNAS system to another Users and Groups 70 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To export a user list 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JkL MNO POR STU vwxyz an Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB donna herdomain steve hisdomain c Ha CI Donna Steve i HIULIEIE users t TUPE 1 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Export user list The Export User List screen displays 2 Click the Download User List link You are p
120. mary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz all Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email Primary Group Password Quota MB rs users 35 J donna herdomain Donna Steve steve hisdomain c z users ULERY NOOD ao JUDE users If your system has only a few users they all display on the screen If your system has many users click the appropriate tab to find the user whose settings you want to edit 2 Edit the settings for the user as needed 3 Click the Apply button Your changes are saved Users and Groups 67 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Delete User Accounts When you delete a user the home share assigned to that user is deleted Any files that user owns that are in other shares remain but do not have an owner assigned which can be fixed in one of two ways e Edit the advanced share permissions in FrontView For more information see Manage F
121. mes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Description CIFS AFP HTTP S UI 3 ilg T T gu cL 7 T a gu mT aaa Note the icons in the protocol columns to the right of each share description These icons indicate the access rights for each protocol for that share For more information about these icons see Access Rights on page 34 Fine Tuning Share Access Use FrontView to fine tune how shares can be accessed You can set protocols and privileges for each share For example you might want to enable the FTP file sharing protocol for one share but disable it for another Shares 38 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To fine tune share access 1 Select Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Share Name Description CIFS AFF HTTPS o o D Note the icons in the protocol columns to the right of each share description These icons indicate the access rights for each protocol for that share For more information about these icons see Access Rights on page 34 2 Click a
122. message displays in this screen telling you that your ReadyNAS system has no backup jobs 2 Click the Delete button in the row for the job that you want to permanently remove You are prompted to confirm the delete command 3 Confirm the deletion The backup job is deleted Backup and Recovery 149 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Manually Start a Backup Job You can manually start a backup job that you did not put in the automatic scheduling queue when you created it or you can manually start a job that you put in the automatic scheduling queue but that you want to force to run immediately To manually start a backup job 1 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr O Ready Arr Backup p SAN reg CA 192 168 1 4 documentation Tape aha o View log Clear log G0 Delete If you have created at least one backup job the Backup Schedule screen lists all backup jobs Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 If you have not created any backup jobs a message displays in this screen telling you that your ReadyNAS system has no backup jobs 2 Click the Go button in the row for the backup job that you want to manually start The backup job starts View a Backup Log You can use FrontView to view the full logs of completed backup
123. n access rights icon in the row for the share whose access you want to adjust The Share Access Restrictions screen for that share displays CIFS AFP HTTP 5 Advanced Options Share Name Brochures Default Access Read write v Share Access Restrictions Share access for the file protocol can be restricted using the access list s below Separate entries with comma Hosts allowed access 192 168 6 101 192 1568 6 102 aaa Read only groups Write enabled users Write enabled users Fed Write enabled groups eng C Allow guest access 3 Click the tab for the protocol for which you want to adjust settings on this share Shares 39 4 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Optional Enter any access restrictions that you want to enforce This example shows share access restrictions for the CIFS and Rsync file sharing protocols Share access restriction options vary by protocol e CIFS options e Hosts Allowed Access Select this check box and enter the IP addresses of any hosts allowed to access this share using this protocol If you do not select this check box and enter at least one IP address no hosts are barred from accessing this share using this protocol e Read only users Select this check box and enter the names of any users that are allowed read only access this share using this protocol If you do not select this check box and enter at least one user name
124. n is recalibrated System Logs System logs provide information about the status of various system management tasks including a timestamp These logs are used primarily to troubleshoot problems If you call NETGEAR technical support the representative might ask you to send your system logs In addition to system logs your ReadyNAS storage system also maintains backup logs For more information see View a Backup Log on page 150 gt To manage system logs 1 Select Status gt Logs from the FrontView main menu The Logs screen displays Clear logs Download All Logs Severity Date Message Tue May 25 15 37 13 POT 2010 Finance added with default access Please review the share access restrictions in the Share Listing page to fine tune any default settings Tue May 25 15 37 13 POT 2010 Drawings added with default access Please review the share access restrictions in the Share Listing page to fine tune any default settings e May 25 15 37 13 POT 2010 Brochures added with default access Please review the share access restrictions in the Share Listing page to fine tune any default settings Tue May 25 14 34 02 POT 2010 Blinking disk 1 Mon May 24 10 15 04 POT 2010 System is up Mon May 24 10 14 59 POT 2010 Your ReadyNAS device has been updated with a new firmware image RAIDiator x86 4 2 11 Mon May 24 10 13 01 POT 2010 Rebooting device Mon May 24 10 13 01 POT 2010 Please close this browser session and use RA
125. ne disk before you can use RAIDar or FrontView For more information see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual You must use supported disks in your ReadyNAS system For a list of supported disks see hitp www readynas com hard disk hcl Getting Started 9 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 RAIDar RAIDar is a software application that you use to discover ReadyNAS storage systems on your network RAIDar is included on the Resource CD that came with your unit It includes versions for Windows Mac and Linux operating systems It is also available at htto readynas con start RAIDar displays several LED icons to help you determine the status of your system as shown in Figure 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 MAC Address Model Host Name IP Address 00 22 3F A9 EB 84 ReadyNAS NVX nas A9 EB 84 10 0 0 2 Figure 1 RAIDar LED icons 1 Overall status 2 Volume status 3 Disk status 4 UPS status 5 Fan status 6 Temperature Table 1 provides a description of each LED icon Table 1 RAIDar LED icon descriptions Nodiskordevioeis attached No disk or device is attached e The device is operating normally e The device failed or needs attention This disk is a spare disk on standby If a disk fails this disk takes over automatically ka Blinking This disk is currently resyncing Getting Started 10 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Table 1 RAIDar LED icon descriptions Continued LED
126. ng private home shares For those reasons it is important to safeguard the administrator password and to change it regularly to protect your data Change the Administrator Password Be sure to choose an administrator password that is different from the default password and keep it in a safe place Anyone who obtains this password can change settings or erase data stored on your ReadyNAS system gt To change the administrator password 1 Select Security gt Admin Password from the main menu An administrator password screen displays Enter a new password in the New Admin Password field and re enter the new password in the Retype Admin Password field Click the Apply button System Settings 84 gt ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Enable Administrator Password Recovery If you lose or forget your administrator password NETGEAR can reset it for you if you previously enabled administrator password recovery If you do not enable administrator password recovery you must perform an OS reinstall reboot on your ReadyNAS system to reset the administrator password to the factory default password To enable administrator password recovery 1 Select Security gt Admin Password from the main menu An administrator password screen displays To change the admin password you will need to additionally specify a password recovery question the expected answer and an email address In case you forget the admin password you can
127. no users are barred from read only access to this share using this protocol e Read only groups Select this check box and enter the names of any groups that are allowed read only access this share using this protocol If you do not select this check box and enter at least one group name no groups are barred from read only access to this share using this protocol e Write enabled users Select this check box and enter the names of any users who are allowed write enabled access to this share using this protocol If you do not select this check box and enter at least group name no groups are barred from write enabled access to this share using this protocol e Write enabled group Select this check box and enter the names of any groups who are allowed write enabled access to this share using this protocol If you do not select this check box and enter at least group name no groups are barred from write enabled access to this share using this protocol e Allow guest access Select this check box to allow people who do not have user accounts to access your system e Rsync options e Hosts Allowed Access Select this check box and enter the IP addresses of any hosts allowed to access this share using this protocol If you do not select this check box and enter at least one IP address no hosts are barred from accessing this share using this protocol e Enable Password Protect Select this check box and create at least
128. not warned when disk usage approaches the quota User ID Optional If you do not create a user ID your ReadyNAS system assigns one Group association Optional Password Required Disk quota Optional If you do not enter a quota your ReadyNAS system places no limits on the amount of space this user can consume 4 Click the Apply button The user or users are added to your ReadyNAS system Create User Accounts in Batches You can create many user accounts at one time by uploading a comma separated value CSV file to your ReadyNAS system The file must use the following format name password1 group1 email1 uid1 quota1 name2 password2 group2 email2 uid2 quota2 name3 password3 group3 email3 uid3 quota3 Note the following Spaces around commas are ignored The name and password fields are required If a listed group account does not exist it is automatically created Email notification is not sent to the user if the field is omitted or left blank UID is automatically generated if not specified Empty fields are replaced with account defaults Users and Groups 65 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt Tocreate many user accounts at one time 1 On your computer create a CSV file listing users you want to create 2 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without pu
129. ntee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following methods e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an electrical outlet on a circuit different from that which the radio receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications made to the product unless expressly approved by NETGEAR Inc could void the user s right to operate the equipment Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations These digital apparatus ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Ultra 4 Ultra 6 Ultra 2 Plus Ultra 4 Plus Ultra 6 Plus Pro Pioneer and NVX Pioneer do not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Notification of Compliance 157 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 European Union These products comply with essential requirements of EU EMC Directive 2004 108 EC and Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC as supported by applying the following test methods and standards EN55022 2006 A1 2007 EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 200
130. o delete frre Add Vobung o Dak E orld RAID ad smia Mot RAID Configuration Corie ao eyed Sophias kada EAIO Gi min PLAZA i a Ferove Locate nit wi I i Kemeve Locate O min DORLAN x Kemawe Locate D F E Ji UH a Eiig Liite In this example the ReadyNAS system has just one volume Volume C 3 Click the Delete Volume button 4 A dialog box displays asking you to confirm the delete volume command Explorer User Prompt x Script Prompt To proceed tape DELETE VOLUME DELETE VOLUME Disk Configuration 25 10 11 12 13 14 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Enter DELETE VOLUME in the field and click the OK button The volume ts deleted Click the Add Volume tab The Add Volume screen displays STEP 1 Select disks to include in the new volume b Available Hot Spare Channel 1 WDC WD500246Y 5 025150 465 GE 472329 MB Channel 2 WDC WO5002ABY5 0261B0 465 GB 472329 MB In the STEP 1 pane select the check boxes for the disks you want to include in the new volume Optional Select the Hot Spare check box for any disk that you want to specify as a hot spare For more information see Make a Disk a Hot Spare on page 21 In the STEP 2 pane using the Select RAID level drop down list assign a RAID level to this volume STEP 2 Select RAID level and snapshot space Select RAID level a For more information about RAID levels s
131. ob Destination When Status Every 24 hr paaa Backup an Ready En 192 168 1 4 documentation mba View log Clear log Go Delete If you have created at least one backup job the Backup Schedule screen lists all backup jobs Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 If you have not created any backup jobs a message displays in this screen telling you that your ReadyNAS system has no backup jobs Clear the Enable check box next to the job that you want to remove from the automatic scheduling queue Disabling the job does not delete the job but removes it from the automatic scheduling queue Click the Apply button The job is no longer in the automatic scheduling queue The backup job must now be manually started Backup and Recovery 148 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 Delete a Backup Job Deleting a backup job permanently removes it from your ReadyNAS system gt To delete a backup job 1 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr z ba aer Backup p O Ready En 192 168 1 4 documentation Th ed View log Clear log G0 Delete J If you have created at least one backup job the Backup Schedule screen lists all backup jobs Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 lf you have not created any backup jobs a
132. ocols that you want to disable Click the Apply button Your changes are saved Create Shares By default new shares have the CIFS protocol enabled with read write permissions gt Tocreate a share 1 From the main menu select Shares gt Add Shares lf you have more than one volume configured on your ReadyNAS system FrontView prompts you to select the volume where you want to create the share The Add Shares screen displays Enter the share names and descriptions you wish to add Deselect the Public Access checkbox If you wish to enable user authentication for access to this share via CIFS and AFP protocols Name Description Public Access Marketing Collateral Enter a share name and an optional description for each share you want to create Select or clear the Public Access check box for each share Enabling public access means that anyone on your local area network with or without a user account on the ReadyNAS can access the share Click the Apply button The share or shares are created Shares 37 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Manage Shares You can adjust file sharing protocols and settings on shares The options that are available vary by file sharing protocol View Shares Use FrontView to view shares that exist on your ReadyNAS system gt To view shares Select Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolu
133. olume becomes unusable This is useful to test performance in a degraded volume This procedure is only appropriate for controlled test environments A WARNING Do not remove a disk from a volume in a live production environment Depending on how your ReadyNAS system is configured you risk losing data when removing a disk from a volume This procedure applies only to ReadyNAS systems that are configured in Flex RAID mode Disk Configuration 22 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt Toremove a disk from a volume 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings screen displays RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance iSCSI RAID Configuration Configuration RAID Level 1 2 disks Status Redundant RAID Disks chi be WDS002ABY 5 026150 465 GE 461 GB allocated ch 2 woe wos0024875 0261 Bo 465 GE 461 GB allocated Available Disks Add To Volume Make Hot Spare ch 3 Seagate ST375052845 698 GB 694 GB free O 2 In the row for the disk you want to remove click the Remove button You are prompted to confirm the remove command 3 Click the OK button The disk is removed from the volume Expand a Flex RAID Volume You can expand volumes that are formatted in Flex RAID mode without losing data gt To expand Flex RAID volumes 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings The Volume Settings screen displays RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance iSCSI Conf
134. on LAN notifications If you do not configure the destination to accept wake on LAN notifications and it is powered down when the backup job is scheduled to begin the backup job might fail 8 Click the Apply button Your backup job settings are saved and this backup job displays in the backup schedule For more information about viewing scheduled backup jobs see Manage Backup Jobs on page 14 7 If you set a backup schedule for this job in step 6 your backup job starts at the date and time you specified If you did not set a schedule for this job in step 6 you must manually start the backup job by pushing the Backup button on your ReadyNAS unit or by manually starting the backup job using FrontView For more information about the location of the Backup button on your system see the appropriate hardware manual For more information about using FrontView to manually start a backup job see Manually Start a Backup Job on page 150 Backup and Recovery 142 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Before trusting your backup job to a schedule it is a good practice to manually perform the backup to make sure that access to the remote backup source or destination is granted and that the backup job can be done within the backup frequency you selected You can do this after you save the backup job Recover Data to a Network Attached Device You can use FrontView to restore data that you previously backed up to your ReadyNAS device to another netwo
135. ontView requires it Field details e Port 1 Cannot be modified it is reserved for your ReadyNAS system e Port 2 Modify to allow HTTPS connections over a port other than the standard 443 Changing the default HTTPS port requires enabling port forwarding of the port you choose on the router See the port forwarding instructions provided with your router e SSL key host Configures the hostname used for your ReadyNAS system to generate its SSL certificate and then create a new SSL certificate NETGEAR recommends that you update this field to match the current IP address of your ReadyNAS system and then generate a new SSL certificate to avoid future certificate errors from your web browser In this scenario it is best to have a fixed IP configuration for your ReadyNAS system so that the certificate remains valid Also if the WAN IP address configuration is DHCP NETGEAR recommends that you use a Dynamic DNS service to access the ReadyNAS through a persistent fully qualified domain name provided by a DDNS service provider rather than through an IP address Shares 36 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 If you are enabling the Rsync file sharing protocol you can require a user name and password from anyone trying to access a share using the Rsync file sharing protocol These requirements are established at the share level For more information see step 4 in the Fine Tuning Share Access procedure Clear check boxes for any file sharing prot
136. opy your media files to the Videos Music and Pictures folders in that share to display them on your player If you wish you can specify a different media path where your files reside e iTunes Streaming Server iTunes Streaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files straight from your ReadyNAS system Click the setup link for more detailed configuration options System Settings 95 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manage streaming services 1 Select Services gt Streaming Services from the FrontView main menu The Streaming Services screen displays ReadyDLNA enables playback of videos music and pictures from DLNA UPnP Av network media players Share Folder Content Types Automatically update database Enable Tivo support Click here for more info C iTunes Streaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files from the ReadyNAS 2 Select check boxes for any streaming services that you want to enable 3 Clear check boxes for any streaming services that you want to disable Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Discovery Services Discovery services are protocols that allow network enabled devices like computers or your ReadyNAS storage system discover each other across networks Your ReadyNAS storage system supports these discovery service protocols e Bonjour Enables discovery of various services on your ReadyNAS system and provides a way to connect to FrontView IPP pr
137. or new folders These drop down lists are dimmed unless you select the Automatically set permissions on new files and folders check box You can choose to set permissions as read write read only or disabled Enable oplocks for this share Select this check box to enable opportunistic locking Opportunistic Locking Opportunistic locking oplocks can enhance CIFS performance by allowing files residing on this ReadyNAS to be cached locally on the Windows client eliminating network latency when files are repeatedly accessed Enable oplocks for this share Opportunistic locking often referred to as oplock is available only on the CIFS protocol Opportunistic locking improves CIFS performance by allowing files on your ReadyNAS system to be temporarily stored cached locally on the Windows based computer with the file or files opened thus eliminating network latency when the files are constantly accessed When another computer attempts to open the same file or files the cached data is written to the ReadyNAS system and the oplock is released 5 Click the Apply button Your changes are saved Shares 47 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Manage File Level Access You can use FrontView to manage file level access NETGEAR recommends that only advanced users with detailed knowledge about how these options work change these settings WARNING Changes that you make to file level access can affect ownership and permissions
138. ore information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 2 Using a terminal program enter the following command mount sReadyNAS IP_address gt lt share_name gt lt share_name gt Note the following e lt ReadyNAS_IP_address gt is the IP address of your ReadyNAS system e share names is the name of the share you want to access For example if your ReadyNAS system s IP address is 192 168 2 102 and you want to mount the backup share enter mount 192 168 2 102 backup backup in your terminal program Access Shares Using FTP and FTPS You can use FTP and FT PS to access any shares that are enabled for the FTP and FIPS 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 Shares 55 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To access a share using FTP 1 Ensure that the FTP file sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system For more information see Manage File Sharing Protocols on page 35 Launch an FTP client or a terminal program Log in to your ReadyNAS system as follows e If you required user FTP access when you enabled the FTP file sharing protocol log in using user or administrator credentials for your ReadyNAS system If you log in as a user your access Is limited by the s
139. ote Rsync server you must enter the Rsync server s host name and a path Depending on how the Rsync server is configured you might need to enter a user name and password Whether or not you need to enter login credentials depends on how the Rsync server is configured For more information contact the Rsync server s system administrator If necessary enter the remote host name the folder path and any login credential required to access that path Optional To ensure that you are able to access the remote backup destination click the Test connection button A pop up window displays indicating whether you can access the destination From the drop down list in the STEP 2 Select a backup destination pane select a backup destination that is part of your ReadyNAS system STEP 2 Select backup destination Specify where you want your backup data saved As with the backup source the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device Select this ReadyNAS or remote __ Host Path moe Login Password Depending on how your ReadyNAS system is configured these options vary Select a share a volume or multiple volumes If you have previously created one or more iSCSI targets on your ReadyNAS system you can choose an iSCSI target as your backup destination For more information about creating and managing iSCSI targets see iSCSI Targets on page 102 From the STEP 3 Choose
140. ou create a user account for that person The ReadyNAS storage system administrator sets up user accounts and decides which shares each user is permitted to access If your ReadyNAS storage system is being used at home you might decide that each member of the family should have a user account but that only the parents can access financial data stored on your system You might decide that all accounts can access photos and music stored on the system You can set the appropriate permissions for each user The ReadyNAS system administrator can set up groups to make it easier to manage large numbers of users For example if your ReadyNAS storage system is being used in a business you might decide that every employee should have a user account However you might decide that only users in the accounting department can access information in the accounting share but that all users can access data stored in the company benefits share You can create a group for each department and place all users in the appropriate group or groups User Accounts Use FrontView to create manage and delete user accounts on your ReadyNAS storage system Set Default User Account Parameters Use FrontView to set default parameters for new user accounts Users and Groups 61 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To set default account preferences 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User
141. ox Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Monitor Maintain and Optimize 122 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 Volume Maintenance Volume maintenance helps you enforce high availability It also helps you detect disk errors gt To perform volume maintenance 1 3 Select Volumes gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The RAID Configuration screen displays Click the Volume Maintenance tab You must have at least two disks installed in your ReadyNAS system for this tab to display The Volume Maintenance screen displays Disk space 192 MB 096 of 4584 GB used Additional 10 GB reserved for snapshots RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance iSCSI Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix can detect and correct potential data corruption by actively searching disks for unreadable and mismatched blocks This procedure should be scheduled for off peak usage periods MW F Scrub disks and fix parity Every week at 00 00 3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Online File System Consistency Check Online Filesystem Consistency Checks can be used to detect filesystem problems without making the data volume inaccessible If filesystem issues are found an offline filesystem check will be required This procedure should be scheduled for off peak usage periods E Check file system consistency Every week at 00 00 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Optional Select
142. p Job from the Automatic Scheduling Queue 148 Delete a Backup Job eee eee 149 Manually Start a Backup Job 2820p anaa 150 View A Baer MOG 226548 tae AKN sees d Fee eee tye aes 150 Clear a Backup Log ci aaa paaa nA GARDEN KAG be eeeeheociad ea 152 Configure the Backup Button a 152 ReadyNAS Vault aa paa kao ese de eae KAG KA eee eee ee eee es 153 Time Machine 22 0 0 0c ee eee eee 154 Appendix A Notification of Compliance Index Getting Started This NETGEAR ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Software Manual describes how to configure and manage your ReadyNAS storage system Your ReadyNAS storage system relies on the following software applications e RAlDar Use this setup utility to find your ReadyNAS system on your local area network and launch FrontView e FrontView Use this browser based interface to configure and manage your ReadyNAS system This chapter includes the following topics e Quick Start Guide e Additional Documentation e Register Your System e Diskless Units e RAlDar e Setup Wizard ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 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 NETGEAR recommends that you read this manual to make the best use of your storage system To quickly start using your system review the
143. played along with an option to delete the jobis Printer Description Job Status User File Name Size Delete Print Job psc_1200_ser Hewlett Packard psc 1200 series No print jobs queued System Shutdown Use FrontView to gracefully shut down your ReadyNAS storage system When you reboot your system you must close the browser window and use RAIDar to reconnect to FrontView gt To gracefully shut down your system 1 Select System gt Shutdown from the FrontView main menu The Shutdown Options screen displays Choose a shutdown option e Select the Shutdown and turn off device radio button to shut down your system e Select the Shutdown and reboot device radio button to shut down your system and automatically reboot it Optional Select the Perform volume scan on next boot check box You do not need to select this option unless you suspect data integrity problems This can take more than an hour depending on your disk capacity and content Optional Select the Check and fix quotas on next boot check box You do not need to select this option unless you suspect quota problems This can take more than an hour depending on your disk capacity and content System Settings 87 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 5 Click the Apply button Your system shuts down and if you selected the reboot option reboots 6 Close the FrontView browser window 7 When you reboot use RAIDar to reconnect to your ReadyNAS system Fo
144. ple disks installed in your ReadyNAS system you might want to use the Disk LEDs to identify which disk maps to which information in FrontView gt To locate a disk 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings screen displays RAID Settings iSCSI RAID Configuration Configuration RAID Level X RAID2 Single disk Status Unprotected A disk failure will render this volume dead RAID Disks Bb Ch 1 Seagate 5T31000528AS5 931 GB 927 GB allocated Locate 2 Click the Locate button in the row for the disk you want to identify That disk s LED blinks for 15 seconds For more information about the disk LEDs on your system see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual Disk Configuration 20 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Make a Disk a Hot Spare A hot spare disk remains in standby mode and automatically replaces data from a failed disk from the volume If your volume is configured as RAID 1 or RAID 5 and your system at least one disk more than the minimum for that RAID level installed you can specify one disk to function as a hot spare gt To make a disk a hot spare 1 Select Volume gt Volume Settings from the FrontView main menu The Volume Settings screen displays RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance iSCSI RAID Configuration Configuration RAID Level 1 2 disks Status Redundant RAID Disks chi woe woso024875 028 Bo 465
145. public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz alll Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers User Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB O XX C CI Cid Na O E Wo Select Import Group List from the drop down list in the upper right corner You are prompted to browse for your user file Click the Browse button A dialog box opens Navigate to the file and click the Open button The groups are added to your ReadyNAS system Users and Groups 74 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Edit Groups Use FrontView to edit a group s name or quota or to add users to a group as secondary group members gt To edit a group s settings 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each
146. r Your Administrator Password Using NETGEAR s Password Recovery Tool This procedure is an option only if you enabled password recovery by providing a password recovery question answer and email address as described in Enable Administrator Password Recovery on page 85 If you lost your password but did not enable administrator password recovery see Recover Your Administrator Password Using an OS Reinstall Reboot on page 86 gt To recover your administrator password using NETGEAR s password recovery tool 1 Using a web browser visit https lt ReadyNAS_IP_address gt password_recovery cReadyNAS IP addresss is the IP address of your ReadyNAS system The ReadyNAS password recovery screen displays Password Recovery Enter the password recovery amall address and answer the question below If the input is correct the admin password will be reset and the new password will be sent to the admin email address on file Password recovery question what s your nephew s middle name Password Fecoyvery answer Keenan Reset password and email Enter the email address and password recovery answer you enabled on your ReadyNAS storage system and click the Reset password and email button NETGEAR resets your administrator password and sends an email message with the new password to you Recover Your Administrator Password Using an OS Reinstall Reboot This process does not remove data from the system but resets the admin
147. r a status LED to display device information or click a LED light or the date and time data to open the related FrontView screen Getting Started 15 Disk Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the disks in your ReadyNAS storage system It contains the following sections e Basic Disk Configuration Concepts e Manage Disk Configuration 16 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Basic Disk Configuration Concepts To get the most out of your ReadyNAS storage system it is helpful to understand some disk configuration concepts Understanding these concepts is the first step to making good decisions about how to configure manage and use your ReadyNAS storage system You can configure your storage system s hard disks in a variety of ways The most common way to configure disks is using one of the many RAID technologies RAID RAID is short for redundant array of independent disks RAID is a storage technology that balances data protection system performance and storage space by determining how the storage system distributes data Many different ways of distributing data have been standardized into various RAID levels Each RAID level offers a tradeoff of data protection system performance and storage space For example one RAID level might improve data protection but reduce storage space Another RAID level might increase storage space but also reduce system performance Your ReadyNAS storage system supports X RAID2 a
148. r more information see RA Dar on page 10 Network Settings 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 A typical network setup that includes a ReadyNAS system resembles this illustration You can use FrontView to adjust your ReadyNAS system s network settings Ethernet Your ReadyNAS storage system uses Ethernet technology to transfer information on your local area network Ethernet technology divides data into smaller pieces called packets or frames before transmitting it on your network Ethernet technology includes methods to check for data transmission errors Every device that uses Ethernet technology has a unique MAC media access control address that is used to identify the source device and the destination device MAC addresses are assigned when a device is manufactured Your ReadyNAS storage system s MAC address is listed on a sticker on the bottom of the system It is also listed in the FrontView interface on the Network Standard Setting screen Access it by selecting Network gt Interfaces from the FrontView main menu IP Internet Protocol addresses are another key
149. re they are permanently deleted and how large the Recycle Bin can grow Allow users to change their passwords If you enable this feature users can change their own passwords If you disable it the ReadyNAS system administrator must change user passwords For more information see Change User Passwords on page 69 Warn user when disk usage is Select a percentage from the drop down list When a user s files reach this percentage of quota an email alert is sent to the user if you provided an email address for that user and established a quota for that user Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Create User Accounts You can create user accounts manually or in large batches Manually Create User Accounts You can manually create up to five user accounts at one time To create more than five user accounts at one time you can import a comma separated value CSV file For more information see Create User Accounts in Batches on page 65 Users and Groups 63 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To manually create a user account 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without Manage users public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user SS a to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota
150. reated e backup e media If you want you can delete or rename these shares You can create other shares to organize your data Shares 32 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 File Sharing Protocols Shares can be accessed over a network Network access to data stored on your ReadyNAS system is managed by file sharing protocols which handle the transfer of data You can access a share on your ReadyNAS from other network attached devices for example a laptop or a tablet if the share is enabled for a file sharing protocol that the network attached device supports You can enable a share to support more than one fire sharing protocol Table 2 lists the file sharing protocols that your ReadyNAS storage system supports Table 2 Supported file sharing protocols CIFS Common Internet File Service NFS Network File Service AFP Apple File Protocol FTP File Transfer Protocol and FTPS FTP with SSL encryption HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol and HTTPS HTTP with SSL encryption Used mainly by Microsoft Windows computers and sometimes by Mac OS X computers this protocol is enabled by default It is sometimes referred to as the SMB Server Message Block file sharing protocol Used by Linux and Unix computers Your ReadyNAS system supports NFS v3 over UDP and TCP Used by Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X computers Your ReadyNAS system supports AFP 3 2 Used by many public file upload and download sites
151. reboots in the same mode that it was previously using 4 Select the Expandable Volume X RAID2 radio button 5 Optional Select the check box below the Expandable Volume X RAID2 radio button This option implements dual redundancy It is available only on 4 bay or 6 bay ReadyNAS systems For more information see Implement Dual Redundancy on page 22 6 Click the Next button You are prompted to confirm the volume creation command 7 Click the OK button The volume is formatted This can take quite a while depending on the size of your hard disk drives 8 Optional Restore any backed up data to the reformatted disks For more information see Recover Data to Your ReadyNAS System on page 134 Disk Configuration 28 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Change from X RAID2 to Flex RAID You can reconfigure your system from X RAID2 mode the factory default mode to Flex RAID mode gt To change from X RAID2 to Flex RAID 1 lf any data is stored on your system back up your data For more information see the Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System on page 130 Perform a factory reset reboot WARNING Setting your ReadyNAS system to its factory defaults erases all data and configuration settings The process for performing a factory reset reboot varies by storage system For more information about how to perform a factory reset reboot see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manu
152. reen displays 3 Click the Local tab The Local screen displays Select the Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an update image from your system or Factory Default if you wish to destructively clear the device Remote Local Settings Factory Default Select the firmware or Add on image Upload and verify image 4 Click the Browse button A pop up window displays prompting you to find the firmware file Monitor Maintain and Optimize 116 gt ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 5 Navigate to the file containing the firmware update and click the Open button 6 Click the Upload and verify image button The firmware file uploads to your ReadyNAS system 7 When prompted click the Perform System Update button You are prompted to reboot your ReadyNAS system to complete the firmware installation 8 Reboot your ReadyNAS system If you enabled email alerts your ReadyNAS system sends a message when the firmware update completes Firmware Update Settings You can configure FrontView to automatically check for and download firmware updates To manage firmware update settings 1 Select System gt Update from the FrontView main menu The Update screen displays 2 Click the Settings tab The Settings screen displays Select the Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an Update image from your system or Factory
153. rk attached device Before you can recover data you must first back it up Figure 9 illustrates this process Figure 9 Recovering data from a ReadyNAS system to a laptop computer 1 Laptop computer serving as recovery destination 2 ReadyNAS system serving as recovery source 3 Recovery process A WARNING Although this is a recovery procedure your ReadyNAS system treats it like a backup job This means that you use FrontView screens labeled backup and you reverse the source and destination systems you used when you backed up the data that you are recovering Backup and recovery jobs ReadyNAS Vault and Time Machine require different procedures For more information ReadyNAS Vault on page 153 or Time Machine on page 154 Backup and Recovery 143 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 gt To recover backup data to your ReadyNAS system 1 Select Backup gt Add a New Backup from the FrontView Main menu The Add a New Backup Job screen displays STEP 1 Select backup source Specify what you want to backup The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device fa USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share or located remotely The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares Select this ReadyNAS or remote Host Path Login Password q 2 From the drop down list in the STEP 1 Select backup source pane select the share on your Rea
154. rompted to save the file on your computer 3 Follow the prompts Groups Use FrontView to create manage and delete groups of users on your ReadyNAS storage system Creating groups is optional If you do not create groups of users all users are placed into the group called users Create Groups You can create groups manually or in large batches Users and Groups 71 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Manually Create Groups Use FrontView to manually create up to five group accounts at one time To create more than five group accounts at one time you can import a CSV file For more information see Create Groups in Batches on page 73 gt To manually create a group 1 Select Security gt User amp Group Accounts from the FrontView main menu The User screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of O disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UID
155. rompts to configure the following settings Disk configuration The Setup Wizard configures your system in X RAID2 mode For more information see X RA D2 on page 18 If you want to configure your system in Flex RAID mode you can change the configuration after you complete the Setup Wizard For more information see Change from X RAID2 to Flex RAID on page 29 Time and date For more information see Clock on page 79 Contact email addresses For more information see Email Alert Contacts on page 80 IP addresses For more information see Ethernet on page 88 Hostname For more information see Hostname on page 91 DNS settings For more information see DNS on page 92 Administrator password and password recovery question and answer For more information see Administrator Password on page 84 User and group accounts For more information see Basic User and Group Concepts on page 61 File sharing protocols For more information see File Sharing Protocols on page 33 Streaming services For more information see Streaming Services on page 95 Shares For more information see Basic Share Concepts on page 32 Printers For more information see Printer Queue Service on page 87 Product registration For more information see Register Your System on page 9 To switch to Advanced Control mode click the Switch to Advanced Control button Getting Started 14 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 When you complete the wizard FrontView au
156. s NETGEAR recommends not enabling this option unless your destination device is very low on storage space Backup and Recovery 137 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Best practice is to experiment with this option using a test share to make sure that you understand how it works d Optional Select the Change ownership of backup files check box Your ReadyNAS system attempts to maintain original file ownership whenever possible However you can automatically change the ownership of the backed up files to match the ownership of the share This allows anyone who can access the backup share to have full access to the backed up files 8 Click the Apply button Your backup job settings are saved and this recovery job displays in the backup schedule as a backup job Because you did not assign a schedule to it you must manually start the job 9 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr Se Backup ga O Ready 001 192 168 1 4 documentation vipat mo View log Clear log G0 Delete Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 10 Click the Go button for this recovery job The recovery process begins Backup and Recovery 138 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 Back Up Data Stored on a Network Attached Device You can use your R
157. s This means that anyone using CIFS to browse the volume hosting the hidden share cannot see it in listings Instead users must enter the hidden share s full path name to see it The system administrator can see hidden shares no matter how he or she accesses the ReadyNAS system If you hide a share all other protocols for that share are disabled gt To hide a share 1 Select Share gt Share Listing from the FrontView main menu The Shares on RAID Volumes screen displays Shares on RAID Yolumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares Share Name Description CIFS AFF HTTPS BB E Cc o B z E R D o 2 B z 2 In the row for the share that you want to hide click the CIFS access rights icon The Share Access Restrictions screen for that share and protocol combination displays 3 Scroll down to the Share Display Option pane Share Display Option You can hide this share from browsing by selecting the option below If enabled users will not see the share unless they explicitly specify the share name in the browse path Please note that enabling this option will disable access to the share from other file protocols C Hide this share when a user browses the ReadyNAS for available shares 4 Select the Hide this share when a user browses the ReadyNAS for available shares
158. s see Manage Backup Jobs on page 147 lf you set a backup schedule for this job in step 6 your backup job starts at the date and time you specified Backup and Recovery 133 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 If you did not set a schedule for this job in step 6 you must manually start the backup job by pushing the Backup button on your ReadyNAS unit or by manually starting the backup job using FrontView For more information about the location of the Backup button on your system see the appropriate hardware manual For more information about using FrontView to manually start a backup job see Manually Start a Backup Job on page 150 Before trusting your backup job to a schedule it is a good practice to manually perform the backup to make sure that access to the remote backup source or destination is granted and that the backup job can be done within the backup frequency you selected You can do this after you save the backup job Recover Data to Your ReadyNAS System You can use FrontView to restore data that you previously backed up to another network attached device to your ReadyNAS storage system Before you can recover data you must first back it up For more information about backing up data that you store on your ReadyNAS system see Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System on page 130 Figure 7 illustrates the recovery process described in this section Lo Figure 7 Restoring data from
159. s matching their accounts on other servers Primary Group Password Quota MB 5 sE 35 CJ J Email donna herdomain Donna Steve steve hisdomain c UU Donna i JC ll 2 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Manage Groups The Group screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without Manage groups gt public access You can allow a user to belong to multiple groups by adding the user to the Secondary Members list separated by commas or one user per line ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQR STU VWXYZ All Add Group Name GID Used Quota MB Secondary Members Delete ees 100 OMB fo Users and Groups 72 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Click the Add Group tab The Add Group screen displays The current security mode requires user and group accounts for share access You can allow a user to belong to multiple groups by adding the user to the Secondary Members list separated by commas or one user per line Eres PEERS GHI JKL MNO BE ceil Wey All 4dd Group Enter group accounts you wish to add NFS groups typically will want GIDs matching group accounts on other servers otherwise leave the GID field blank Quota value of O disables disk quota enforcement Group Name GID Quota MB CI Gb JI bp a dg mE You can add up to five groups at a time For each group that you want
160. s stored on your ReadyNAS system to another device and when you return that data to the ReadyNAS system with a recovery process 1 2 Figure 4 Using a device to back up and recover data stored on a ReadyNAS system 1 ReadyNAS storage system serving as backup source and recovery destination 2 USB drive serving as backup destination and recovery source 3 Backup process 4 Recovery process The backup process illustrated in Figure 4 is described in Back Up Data Stored On Your ReadyNAS System on page 130 The recovery process illustrated in Figure 4 is described in Recover Data to Your ReadyNAS System on page 134 You can also use your ReadyNAS storage system to store backed up data from other devices like your laptop Backup and Recovery 128 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 Figure 5 shows the roles that devices play when you back up data that is stored on a device for example a laptop computer to your ReadyNAS system and the roles that devices play when you return that data to that device with a restore process Figure 5 Using a ReadyNAS system to back up and recover data stored on a laptop computer 1 Laptop computer serving as backup source and recovery destination 2 ReadyNAS storage system serving as backup destination and recovery source 3 Backup process 4 Recovery process The backup process illustrated in Figure 5 is described in Back Up Data Stored on
161. s two disks and in a four disk volume the usable storage space is three disks Disk Configuration 18 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Figure 3 illustrates how X RAID2 uses new disks Figure 3 X RAID2 disk usage 1 Initial storage space 2 Data protection 3 Additional storage space With X RAID2 you do not need to know intricate details about RAID to administer your system X RAID2 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 the ReadyNAS while the underlying volume capacity increases Flex RAID NETGEAR s Flex RAID technology allows you to choose from among several industry standard RAID levels RAID 0 This is the simplest RAID level and is misnamed because it does not offer redundancy to protect your data from loss in the event that one of your drives fails RAID 0 distributes data across multiple disks which allows it to offer better performance than disks that do not use RAID formatting The total capacity of your storage system equals the capacity of all of your disk drives RAID 1 This RAID level provides full redundancy of your data because it duplicates data across multiple disks providing full redundancy In RAID 1 exactly the same data is stored on two or more disks at all times RAID 1 protects your data from loss if one disk fails The total capacity of your storage system eq
162. se this option if any files or directories should retain their current ownership Send Wake on LAN packet to the remote system before performing the backup Wake on LAN MAC address a Choose an option from the Schedule a full backup drop down list The first full backup is performed at the next scheduled occurrence of the backup depending on the schedule you specify The next full backup is performed at the interval you choose calculated from this first backup Incremental backups are performed between the full backup cycles When you backup your ReadyNAS system to a website or FTP site you can only doa full backup every time Backup and Recovery 132 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 b Using the On backup completion send drop down list choose what type of logs to send when the backup job completes You can send a log that lists only errors encountered during backup full backup logs consisting of file listings can be large or status and errors status refers to completion status Backup log emails are restricted to approximately 10 000 lines For more information about viewing full backup logs see Manage Backup Jobs on page 147 c Optional Select the Remove files from backup destination check box Select this check box if you want to erase the destination path contents before the backup is performed A WARNING When using this option ensure that you have correctly identified your backup source and backup dest
163. servers or enter up to two NTP servers closer to your location You can find available public NTP servers by searching online e Clear the Synchronize clock with the following NTP servers check box and use the Date and Time drop down lists to manually set the time When you clear this check box the fields in the NTP Option pane dim 4 Click the Apply button Alerts To receive an email message alerting you if a system event that requires your attention occurs provide at least one email address in the ReadyNAS system s contact list For example system events such as a fan failure a hard disk failure a quota violation or low disk space generate email alert messages Your storage system divides system events into two categories mandatory and optional Mandatory events always generate email alert messages You can control which optional system events generate email alert messages Email Alert Contacts You can enter up to three email addresses to receive system alerts It is a good idea to enter a primary email address and a backup email address You can use an email address that is accessible from a smart phone to help you monitor your ReadyNAS system when you are away from it gt To manage email contacts 1 Select System gt Alerts from the main menu The Contacts screen displays In the event of device or enclosure failure quota violation low disk space and other system events requiring attention email alerts will be sent
164. ss your destination device is very low on storage space Best practice is to experiment with this option using a test share to make sure that you understand how it works d Optional Select the Change ownership of backup files check box Your ReadyNAS system attempts to maintain original file ownership whenever possible However you can automatically change the ownership of the backed up files to match the ownership of the share This allows anyone who can access the backup share to have full access to the backed up files 8 Click the Apply button Your backup job settings are saved and this recovery job displays in the backup schedule as a backup job Because you did not assign a schedule to it you must manually start the job Backup and Recovery 146 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 9 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24hr Backup i pe O Ready P CA 192 168 1 4 documentation Th Ka View log Clear log Go Delete Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 10 Click the Go button for this recovery job The recovery process begins Manage Backup Jobs Use FrontView to manage backup jobs and backup logs and to configure how the Backup button on your system operates Edit a Backup Job Use FrontView to edit backup jobs
165. stores your backed up ReadyNAS data If you select a recovery source that requires a path use a forward slash to separate directories for example lt share name gt lt folder name gt Do not use a backslash in paths If you select a remote Rsync server you must enter the Rsync server s host name and a path Depending on how the Rsync server is configured you might need to enter a user name and password Whether or not you need to enter login credentials depends on how the Rsync server is configured For more information contact the Rsync server s system administrator Backup and Recovery 135 3 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 If necessary enter the remote host name the folder path and any login credential required to access that path Optional To ensure that you are able to access the remote backup destination click the Test Connection button A pop up window displays indicating whether you can access the destination From the drop down menu in the STEP 2 Select a backup destination pane select a backup destination that is part of your ReadyNAS system STEP 2 Select backup destination Specify where you want your backup data saved As with the backup source the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device Select this ReadyNAS or remote w Host Path Lagin Password Depending on how your ReadyNAS system is configured these options vary Yo
166. ted Users and Groups 68 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Change User Passwords A user password can be changed by the user to whom the account is assigned if you enabled that feature or it can be changed by the ReadyNAS system administrator For security reasons NETGEAR recommends that users change their passwords on a regular basis User Password Change by User This procedure assumes that you enabled users to change their own passwords For more information see Set Default User Account Parameters on page 61 To change a user password user action 1 Open a web browser and navigate to https lt ReadyNAS_IP_address gt lt ReadyNAS_IP_address gt is the IP address of the ReadyNAS system on which the user has an account 2 Log in to the ReadyNAS system using your user name and existing password Click the Password tab The Change Password screen displays oo Enter your current password in the Current Password field Enter a new password in the New Password field Enter your new password in the Re type new password field Click the Change Password button Se e Your new password is saved User Password Change by Administrator If you do not enable users to change their own passwords the ReadyNAS system administrator is the only person who can change user passwords For more information about enabling users to change their own passwords see Set Default User Account Parameters on page 61 Users and Groups
167. ted to a UPS You may choose to configure the device to be shutdown switched off when the power level reaches a predetermined threshold Also you can control shutdown of other ReadyNAS units which receive power from this UPS Select shutdown on battery low threshold f Enable network sharing of attached Up 105 a 3 Hosts allowed access 152 168 7 0 24 c From the Select shutdown on battery low threshold drop down menu select a battery low threshold This option does not display if you connect a UPS device that is not made by APC d Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Configure Remote UPS Low Battery Shutdown You can monitor a UPS that is not directly connected to your ReadyNAS system in two ways e Monitor a UPS connected to another ReadyNAS system on your LAN If this ReadyNAS system is not connected to a UPS device and you have more than one ReadyNAS system you can enable a UPS connection to another ReadyNAS device If you use this option the ReadyNAS system gracefully shuts down automatically when a low battery condition is detected on a UPS connected to another ReadyNAS This is useful when a UPS is shared by multiple ReadyNAS systems even though only one ReadyNAS system is monitoring the battery status e Monitor a SNMP UPS on your LAN If your ReadyNAS unit is connected to a LAN that has an SNMP UPS you can configure your ReadyNAS system to shut down automatically when a low battery condition is detected In t
168. that you created earlier gt To edit a backup job 1 Select Backup 5 Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr Backup m O Ready ma ETP 002 192 168 1 4 documentation Setween U0 23 View log Clear log G0 Delete J Weekdays If you have created at least one backup job the Backup Schedule screen lists all backup jobs Each job is assigned a number beginning at 001 If you have not created any backup jobs a message displays in this screen telling you that your ReadyNAS system has no backup jobs Backup and Recovery 147 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 Click the job number button for the backup job you want to edit A screen displays listing the details of the backup job These are the same options that are available when you create a backup job Edit the backup job as desired Click the Apply button Your changes are saved Remove a Backup Job from the Automatic Scheduling Queue You can use FrontView to change a job from automatically running to instead require a manual start gt To remove a backup job from the automatic scheduling queue 1 Select Backup gt Backup Jobs from the FrontView main menu The Backup Schedule screen displays Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable J
169. tional Select the Enable monitoring of UPS physically attached to a remote ReadyNAS check box and enter the IP address of the remote ReadyNAS system in the Remote IP address field Optional Select the Monitor UPS over SNMP check box enter the SNMP UPS address and choose an option from the Use MIB drop down list For more information about MIB settings see the documentation that accompanied your SNMP UPS Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Monitor Maintain and Optimize 121 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 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 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 If wake on LAN is enabled in the target device the packet signals the device to power up Your ReadyNAS system supports wake on LAN on the first Ethernet port LAN 1 only To enable wake on LAN 1 Select System gt Power from the FrontView main menu The Power screen displays 2 Scroll down to the Wake on LAN pane Wake on LAN You can power on this device remotely by sending it a WOL Magic Packet if the WOL service is enabled C Enable Wake on LAN service 3 Select the Enable Wake on LAN service check b
170. tomatically switches to Advanced Control mode Figure 2 shows the FrontView home screen in Advanced Control mode 1 ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus Connect with Innovation Refresh I elo J Logout s nas You are in Advanced Control mode In Advanced Control mode you have access to additional options not Security available in the Setup Wizard mode Some of these options can be destructive so care should be taken in Services this mode If you are performing the setup for the first time it is highly recommended that you first follow ag ED the Setup Wizard to completion gt Shares Backup Hostname nas 8A D2 6A gt Printers Model ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus X RAID2 Serial 2K210BOPO00A22 Firmware RAIDiator 4 2 17 gt System gt Status Memory 2024 MB DDR IPv4 address 1 192 168 1 2 IPv4 address 2 Not Connected Volume C Online X RAID2 Single disk 0 of 918 GB used Apph 3 Figure 2 FrontView home screen in Advanced Control mode 1 Main menu 2 Status bar 3 Apply button To return to Wizard mode click the Switch to Wizard Mode button FrontView includes a main menu on the left side of the window that helps you navigate through it The status bar at the bottom of the FrontView screen provides you with a quick overview of your system s status and provides access to the following information e Date and time e Volume e Disks e Fan e Temperature e UPS Hover your cursor ove
171. tself off and powers itself back on Click the Apply button Your settings are saved Connect to a UPS Connecting your ReadyNAS storage system to an uninterruptible power supply UPS device is an easy way to protect against data loss due to power failures If you set up email notifications your ReadyNAS system sends you an email alert message whenever the UPS status changes For example if a power failure forces the UPS into battery mode or when the battery is low you receive an email message When the battery is low your ReadyNAS system automatically shuts down safely gt To connect your ReadyNAS system to a UPS 1 Connect the ReadyNAS power cable to the UPS 2 Connect the UPS USB monitoring cable to a USB port on your ReadyNAS system FrontView detects compatible UPS units automatically and displays information about the UPS on the status bar For a list of compatible UPS units see the hardware compatibility list at htto www readynas com page_id 92 Monitor Maintain and Optimize 119 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Optional Hover your cursor over the status light to display more details 4 Optional If you have an APC brand UPS unit you can configure the low battery threshold at which automatic shut down occurs a Select System gt Power from the FrontView main menu The Power screen displays b Scroll down to the UPS Configuration pane UPS Configuration This device is connec
172. u can restore just a share an entire volume or multiple volumes If you have previously created one or more iSCSI targets on your ReadyNAS system you can restore data to an iSCSI target For more information about creating and managing iSCSI targets see iSCSI Targets on page 102 From the STEP 3 Choose backup schedule pane clear the Perform backup every check box STEP 3 Choose backup schedule Select when you want the backup performed Perform backup every 24 m hours between 00 05 E and 23 05 f v O Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri sat __Select All Days Clearing this check box forces the recovery procedure to be started manually which ensures that the recovery Job does not happen automatically A WARNING To ensure the integrity of the data stored on your primary device never automatically schedule a recovery job Backup and Recovery 136 ReadyNAS for Home RAlDiator 4 2 7 Using the drop down lists and check boxes in the Step 4 Choose backup options pane configure backup options STEP 4 Choose backup options Select the desired options when backup is performed A full backup will copy all data from the backup source Incremental backup where only changed data are copied occurs between scheduled full backups unless Every time is selected Schedule full backup First time pa On backup completion send errors only to the alert email address F Remove the contents of the backup destination before a
173. uals the capacity of your smallest disk RAID 5 Supported on systems with at least four drive bays this RAID level also provides data redundancy but it requires at least three disks RAID 5 uses one disk to protect you from data loss if one disk fails The total capacity of your storage system equals the capacity of all your disks minus the capacity of one disk Disk Configuration 19 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 e RAID 6 Supported on ReadyNAS systems with at least six drive bays this RAID level requires a minimum of four installed disks While very similar to RAID 5 RAID 6 uses two sets of parity data meaning that you are protected against data loss if one or two disks fail The total capacity of your storage system equals the capacity of all your disks minus the capacity of two disks e RAID 10 Supported on systems with at least four drive bays this RAID level duplicates data the way that RAID 1 does but also uses mirroring RAID 10 provides excellent data protection but at the cost of storage capacity RAID 10 requires that an even number of drives are installed in your system and it requires that a minimum of four drives are installed The total capacity of your storage system equals the capacity of your smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives divided by two Manage Disk Configuration You can use FrontView to manage the configuration of the hard disks installed in your system Locate a Disk If you have multi
174. ume that is made up of all installed hard disk drives X RAID2 s single volume architecture has two major advantages e Easy system management e Auto expansion With typical RAID formatting if you want to add disks or replace disks with larger capacity disks you must back up the data to another system add a new disk reformat the RAID volume and restore the data to the new RAID volume With X RAID2 none of those administrative tasks are required Instead with X RAID2 your volume automatically expands to accommodate additional disks or larger capacity disks when you replace smaller capacity disks With X RAID2 you can start out with one hard disk add a second disk for data protection then add more disks for additional capacity and X RAID2 accommodates the new disks automatically You can replace existing disks with larger capacity disks and X RAID 2 automatically accommodates the new disks X RAID2 requires a minimum of two hard disks to provide protection against disk failure If you have a one disk ReadyNAS storage system and want protection from disk failure you need to add a second disk that is at least as large as the first It can be added while the system is running X RAID2 uses the first disk to store data and the second disk to store parity information that allows it to re create data if a disk fails This means that In a two disk system the usable storage space is one disk In a three disk system the usable storage space i
175. user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU vwxyz all Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB steve hisdomain c Donna Steve ULOL users ULERY 2 From the drop down list in the upper right corner select Manage groups The Groups screen displays User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without Manage groups public access You can allow a user to belong to multiple groups by adding the user to the Secondary Members list separated by commas or one user per line ABC DEF GHI L MNO PQR STU VWXYZ All Add Group Name GID Used Quota MB Secondary Members Delete a 100 0MB jo If your system has only a few groups they all display on the screen If your system has many groups click the appropriate tab to find the group that you want to delete 3 Edit the settings for the group as needed 4 Click the Apply button Your
176. word 84 alert email contacts 80 alert event settings 81 alerts 80 changing administrator password 84 clock 79 enabling administrator password recovery 85 language 83 NTP server 79 system events 80 81 time and date 79 time zone 79 system health 112 disk SMART data 112 recalibrating fan 113 system logs 113 system shutdown 87 162 technical support 2 time and date settings 79 Time Machine 154 time zone 79 timestamps share content 50 trademarks 2 troubleshooting cannot enable DHCP service 95 CIFS and NFS integration 54 data corruption 123 daylight saving time 50 DHCP disabled on router 12 DHCP not working on router 12 disk errors 123 dynamic IP address changes too quickly 90 file system problems 124 incorrect IP address 90 IP address typo 90 lost administrator password 86 mismatched blocks 123 port forwarding for web browser share access 50 quota problems 87 RAIDar does not detect ReadyNAS unit 12 reconnecting after losing static IP address 90 static IP address changed 90 throughput 90 unreadable blocks 123 wake on LAN 133 142 wrong disk removed 11 U unicode 84 Unix device share access 54 updating firmware locally 115 updating firmware remotely 114 UPnP 96 UPS 119 USB flash device copying content upon connection 101 USB storage devices 99 USB enabling fast disk writes 124 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 user passwords enabling users to change 63 users allowing users to change passwords 6
177. yNAS system to its factory defaults erases all data and configuration settings The process for performing a factory reset reboot varies by storage system For more information about how to perform a factory reset reboot see the ReadyNAS Ultra Ultra Plus NVX and Pro Series Hardware Manual During the factory reboot process you have a 10 minute window to choose a RAID configuration RAlDar sends a prompt to click the Setup button during this 10 minute time frame Disk Configuration 27 ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4 2 3 Launch RAIDar highlight your storage system and click the Setup button The ReadyNAS Volume Setup screen displays NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDar Welcome to the ReadyNAS Volume Setup The ReadyNAS is currently not configured with a volume Please select From the options below to change the default settings and click Next to start the initialization Select the desired volume setting Your volume will be automatically configured using 4 RAID which provides the easiest way ko expand your volume in the Future This is the recommended setting For most environment Flexible Yolume Flex RAID Your volume will be automatically configured using a standard RAID level depending on the number of disks in the ReadyNAS You can override the default RAID level by selecting the desired option below Select the desired RAID level C Erase volume If you do not select a format within 10 minutes your system

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