Mr77 Posted January 27, 2017 Share #1 Posted January 27, 2017 I have a HP N54L micro server bare metal install running xpenology DSM5.2 All is running well. I have 4 drives raided and then another drive which is a separate volume. I am not technically minded and don't have access to windows machine. Ideally I would like to move to Synology hardware as I originally took this on as a project and to see if I would use a NAS. What I would like to know, would it be possible for me to migrate my drives from the HP server to Synology Bay and retain my data? If so how? I'll reiterate I'm not techie. I did do a search but can't see anyone having done this before. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abced Posted January 27, 2017 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2017 Follow migration guide: https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledg ... _and_later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr77 Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted January 27, 2017 Thank. So this would work from bare metal to Synology box? I was worried as don't wanna loose no data. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abced Posted January 28, 2017 Share #4 Posted January 28, 2017 Bare metal = Synology box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sandisxxx Posted January 30, 2017 Share #5 Posted January 30, 2017 Thank. So this would work from bare metal to Synology box? I was worried as don't wanna loose no data. Thanks for the help. No matter what you are going to do, ALWAYS! back up the data. Trust me, you never know what goes wrong.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sbv3000 Posted February 1, 2017 Share #6 Posted February 1, 2017 backup data always I recently moved some drives from an xpe unit to an (old) DS411j - it went badly, I got the 'migration' option and prompt to install the correct DSM, however on reboot the unit 'died' with the blue power light flashing issue. I'm in the process of trying to recover it with serial console ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr77 Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted February 1, 2017 Thanks chaps. I have created a backup from within Xpenology DSM and just awaiting delivery of Synology box. Thus far it has been relatively pain free. Initially I had a concern as data usage was approx 8tb and I didn't have storage that large for backup, but found cloudsync was eating more than half that. So post getting rid of dead data, created a backup which took a night. I'll update you once I have an update. A big thanks to this site and members, I definitely would be lost if it wasn't for you. All your help and patience is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have a HP N54L micro server bare metal install running xpenology DSM5.2
All is running well. I have 4 drives raided and then another drive which is a separate volume.
I am not technically minded and don't have access to windows machine.
Ideally I would like to move to Synology hardware as I originally took this on as a project and to see if I would use a NAS.
What I would like to know, would it be possible for me to migrate my drives from the HP server to Synology Bay and retain my data? If so how?
I'll reiterate I'm not techie. I did do a search but can't see anyone having done this before. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance
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