Migrating from Old NAS

Users can migrate their existing NAS to another NAS model with all the data and configuration retained by simply installing all the hard drives of the original (source) NAS on the new (destination) NAS according to its original hard drive order and restart the NAS.

Due to differing hardware designs, the new NAS will automatically check if a firmware update is required before system migration. After the migration has finished, all of the settings and data will be retained and applied to the new NAS. However, system settings of the source NAS cannot be imported to the destination NAS via "System Administration" > "Backup/Restore Settings". Configure the NAS again if the settings were lost.

Topics covered in this chapter:

1.	NAS models that support system Migration

2.	NAS models that DO NOT support system migration

3.	Disk Volumes Supported for System Migration

4.	Migrating your NAS

NAS Models that Support System Migration

Before migrating to the destination NAS, make sure both the source and destination NAS models are powered off. NAS models that support system migration are listed below.

Source NAS		Destination NAS		Firmware Upgrade Required
Model	Firmware Version	Model	Firmware Version	Firmware Upgrade Required
TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, HS-210	3.8 4.0.x 4.1.x and later	TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, HS-210	3.8.x and older 4.0.2	No
		TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x59U, TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	3.8.x and older 4.0.2
		TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.0.5 4.1.x and later
		TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x69, TS-x70, TVS-x71, TS-x79, TS-x80, TVS-x80, TS-x80U	4.0.5 4.1.x and later
TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x59U	3.8 4.0.x 4.1.x and later	TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, HS-210	3.8.x and older 4.0.2	Yes
		TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x59U, TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	3.8.x and older 4.0.2	No
		TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.0.5 4.1.x and later
		TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x69, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TVS-x71, TVS-x71U, TS-x79, TS-x80, TVS-x80, TS-x80U	4.0.x 4.1.x and later
TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53, TS-x53S Pro	4.1.x and later	TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.0.5 4.1.x and later	No
	4.1.x and later	TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TVS-x71, TVS-x71U, TS-x79, TS-x80, TVS-x80, TS-x80U	4.0.5 4.1.x and later	No
TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U, TS-x80, TS-x80U, TVS-x80	3.8.x and older 4.0.2	TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, HS-210	3.8.x and older 4.0.2	No
		TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x59U, TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	3.8.x and older 4.0.2
		TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.0.5 4.1.x
		TS-x69, TS-x70, TS-x79, TS-x80, TS-x80U	4.0.5
	4.0.5 4.1.x and later	TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TVS-x71, TVS-x71U, TS-x79, TS-x79U, TS-x80, TS-x80U, TVS-ECx80	4.0.5 4.1.x and later
	4.0.5 4.1.x and later	HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.1.2 and later
TS-x31+	4.1.1	TVS-x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+, x31+	4.1.1	No
TS-x31+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TVS-x71U, TVS-x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x31+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	No
HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.1	TVS-x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x53	4.1.1	No
HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TVS-x71U, TVS- x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+,	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	No
TS-x53U, TS-x53 Pro/x53A, IS-453S, TS-x53S Pro	4.1.1	TVS-x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.1	No
TS-x53U, TS-x53 Pro/x53A, IS-453S, TS-x53S Pro	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TS-x71U,TVS- x71, TVS-x63, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	No
TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TVS-x71U, TVS- x71, TVS-x63, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	No
TVS-x71	4.1.1	TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U	4.1.1	No
TVS-x71	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TS-x71U, TVS- x71, TVS-x63, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	No
TVS-x71U	4.1.1	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TVS-x71U, TVS-x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x69, TS-x79, TS-x70	4.1.1	No
TVS-x71U	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	TS-x80, TVS-x80, TVS-x71U, TVS- x71, TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, TS-x53, TS-x51/x51+	4.1.2/4.1.3 and later	No

NAS Models that DO NOT Support System Migration

NAS models that do not support direct migration are listed in the below table. For these NAS models, first initialize the destination NAS and copy your data from the source NAS to the destination NAS (refer to the RTRR or Rsync chapter for details on data backup and replication.)

Source NAS		Destination NAS
Model	Firmware Version	Model	Firmware Version
TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.1.x	TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, HS-210, TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x59U, TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	3.8.x and older 4.0.2
TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	4.0.5 4.1.x	TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, HS-210, TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x59U, TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	3.8.x and older 4.0.2
TS-x69, TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, TS-x79, TS-x79U	4.0.5 4.1.x	TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, TS-x53, SS-x53	4.0.5 4.1.1 and older

Note:

•	The destination NAS should contain enough drive bays to house the hard drives of the source NAS.

•	Users are encouraged to only use drives that are compatible with the NAS before system migration or the data may be inaccessible. For a compatibility list, go to http://www.qnap.com/compatibility.

•	SS-x39 and SS-469 Pro series only support 2.5-inch hard disk drives.

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Encrypted disk volumes cannot be migrated to a NAS that does not support file system encryption. File system encryption is not supported by the TS-110, TS-119, TS-210, HS-210, TS-219, TS-219P, TS-x20, TS-x21, TS-410, TS-419P, TS-410U, TS-419U, TS-119P+, TS-219P+, TS-419P+, TS-112, TS-212, TS-412, TS-419U+, TS-412U, TS-420U and TS-421U.

•	Multimedia Station, Download Station, iTunes Server, and DLNA Media Server features will be removed after migrating non-TS-x79 models to TS-x70U/TS-x79 models. The shared folders Multimedia/Qmultimedia, Download/Qdownload and all the downloaded files will be retained.

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The registered myQNAPcloud name on the source NAS will not be moved to the destination NAS after system migration. To use the same myQNAPcloud name on the destination NAS, change the myQNAPcloud name on the source NAS before system migration and register the same name on the destination NAS after the process is completed. Contact the QNAP technical support department if you encounter any issues during this process.

Disk Volumes Supported for System Migration

Refer to the following table for the relationship between the number of NAS bays and the disk volume supported for system migration.

Destination NAS	Disk volume supported for system migration
1-bay NAS	1-drive single disk volume
2-bay NAS	1 to 2-drive single disk volume, JBOD, RAID 0, 2-drive RAID 1.
4-bay NAS	1 to 4-drive single disk volume, JBOD, RAID 0, 2-drive RAID 1, 3 to 4-drive RAID 5, 4-drive RAID 6, 4-drive RAID 10.
5-bay NAS	1 to 5-drive single disk volume, JBOD, RAID 0, 2-drive RAID 1, 3 to 5-drive RAID 5, 4 to 5-drive RAID 6, 4-drive RAID 10.
6-bay NAS	1 to 6-drive single disk volume, JBOD, RAID 0, 2-drive RAID 1, 3 to 6-drive RAID 5, 4 to 6-drive RAID 6, 4-drive or 6-drive RAID 10.
8-bay NAS	1 to 8-drive single disk volume, JBOD, RAID 0, 2-drive RAID 1, 3 to 8-drive RAID 5, 4 to 8-drive RAID 6, 4-drive, 6-drive, or 8-drive RAID 10.

Migrating your NAS

Follow the steps below to perform system migration:

1.	Turn off the source NAS and unplug the hard drives.

2.	Remove the hard drives from the old trays and install them to the hard drive trays of the new NAS.

3.	Plug the hard drives to the destination NAS (new model). Make sure the hard drives are installed in the original order.

4.	Follow the instructions of the Quick Installation Guide (QIG) to connect the power supply and network cable(s) of the new NAS.

5.	Turn on the new NAS. Login to the web administration interface as an administrator (the default login ID and password of the NAS are both "admin".)

6.	If you are prompted to update the firmware of the new NAS, follow the instructions to download and install the firmware.

7.	Click "Start Migrating". The NAS will restart after system migration. All the data and settings will be retained.

Caution: To avoid system damage or serious injuries, the system migration procedure should be performed by an authorized server manager or IT administrator.

Some system settings will be removed after system migration due to a different system design. Configure the following settings again on the new NAS:

•	Windows AD

•	Some Apps will need to be reinstalled.

url http://www.yourdomain.com/help/index.html?system_migration.htm