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Equipment & Techniques => Computers & Peripherals => Topic started by: alatreille on July 01, 2019, 07:06:17 pm

Title: Synology - Copying data from old DS1513+ to new DS1819+
Post by: alatreille on July 01, 2019, 07:06:17 pm

Hi all,

I recently maxed out the capacity of my DS1513+ so purchased a new box which should allow for future expansion (at least for a couple of years)

I have been reading a number of tutorials to help me copy data from one to the other and I can't seem to get things to work.

I am trying to mount the archive folder from the DS1513+ as a remote folder on the DS1819+ so I can then just copy the data over.

The two boxes don't seem to want to talk to each other.

Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks so much.

Andrew

Title: Re: Synology - Copying data from old DS1513+ to new DS1819+
Post by: Joe Towner on July 01, 2019, 10:45:28 pm

Sure, in the new DS1819+ go under 'File Station' - Go 'Tools' - 'Mount Remote Folder' - 'CIFS Shared Folder' (it's SMB).
Enter the full path - \\192.168.x.x\'Share name' and use the admin account and password.
For 'Mount To' click browse & create a new directory for it in the root of the share - call it like 'old nas'
The point of it is to create a local object to use as a source for a 'copy from' location.

That should mount the folder on your new nas.  Then you can browse to the folder & copy/move to the new drive share.

Let me know if you get stuck.

-Joe

Title: Re: Synology - Copying data from old DS1513+ to new DS1819+
Post by: alatreille on July 02, 2019, 12:06:03 am

Thanks Joe,

Yes,  this is what I tried, though with the NFS option.
Both times I get a dialog box that says:

'Failed to connect to the remote folder.  Please make sure the remote server is accessible via CIFS (NFS) protocol'

Any other thoughts would be awesome.

Thanks again.

Andrew

Title: Re: Synology - Copying data from old DS1513+ to new DS1819+
Post by: Joe Towner on July 02, 2019, 12:33:40 am

Just to make sure you have SMB already turned on and configured.  You should be able to connect to both systems already.

Title: Re: Synology - Copying data from old DS1513+ to new DS1819+
Post by: alatreille on July 02, 2019, 02:40:07 pm

Quote from: Joe Towner on July 02, 2019, 12:33:40 am

Just to make sure you have SMB already turned on and configured.  You should be able to connect to both systems already.

Yup SMB is checked as enabled on both machines.
They refuse to communicate...

Title: Re: Synology - Copying data from old DS1513+ to new DS1819+
Post by: alatreille on July 03, 2019, 03:07:05 pm

Joe:

Thank you so much for your help last night.
Everything is copying over right now. 

Best wishes.

andrew