Agreed, but anecdotal evidence suggests that even Iomega-supplied upgrade kits can fail, leaving Iomega with an RMA to handle. The IX4, as nice as they are, have different BIOS images between the older non-cloud and newer cloud versions, and sometimes the process to flash the BIOS to the newer version isn't 100%, leaving you with a brick instead of a NAS.
Some folks have shared their Iomega-supplied updates, and non-warranted upgrades were performed successfully, but that sort of thing definitely runs counter to Iomega's official position on it: Don't try and upgrade your IX4. Anonymous Hi, Tony is right, if you call Iomega support, explain the problem and let them know it happened after upgrading to Lion they will give you the upgrade. I was asked to submit a screenshot of my About screen from my Mac and in less than 10 minutes I had a reply from Iomega support with the download links. Why they are not making this available to the general public I can not answer but it was worth the time to download the installer and EMC bootable image file with the Cloud software and then update the firmware. I am now 5 minutes into my Time Machine backup and our SBS 2008 server is setup to see the iSCSI drive I shared out. Thanks again Tony.
SopBrain i, i have a ix2-200 1Tb (2x500Gb) non-cloud converted to cloud. I have installed firmware 3.2.3.9273, but i have a problem, if the NAS not correctly shutdown (example: unplug power), the NAS start wrong with white led blinking in any reboot, and cannot access by http, https or SMB. Only response ping (ICMP) and SSH. The solution that i was find is log by SSH and execute: shutdown -h now, when start the NAS again, its start well. Have the same problem somebody?
In firmware 3.1.14 this didn't happen Regards. Jim, Thank you for this posting. I'm willing to give it a shot with my ix2-200d, but also conveniently have a drive failure at the same time. This leaves me with the possibility of upgrading the dead 1TB drive in the bay with a 2TB drive, let the unit sync, then replace the working 1TB with a 2TB and let the unit resync again. My question revolves around 3TB drives. Have you heard/seen anything around this unit's in/compatibility with 3TB drives at all? I see questions about it online in places, but no posted answers.
Just curious. Anonymous One more interesting discovery: If there isn't any firmware/dashboard on the hard drives, the device will try to find it from USB drive and it does not require the reset to be pressed BUT there is a significant difference between cloud and non-cloud versions: If there is non-cloud version in the flash memory of the device, new image must be in ' emctools ix2-200dimages' folder in the USB drive, while with cloud version flash the folder name should be ' emctools ix2-200images'. If you are flashing from a version to the other and have empty hard drives, you must change the folder name while the device boots in the middle of the flashing event. That's because the flash memory is flashed with the new version while it boots first time and hard disk preparation needs a second boot. Now you have the different firmware version in the flash memory and the device expects an other folder name on the USB drive. I have updated my old 2x1TB drives successfully to a Cloud version to test before I updated my 2x2TB drives.
So I assumed the process would go just as smoothly as before (since I did it twice on the old ones). Well I was wrong. I formatted my 2TB drives and flashed with USB stick, it loaded, and bottom white light stayed lite, other white remains flashing and blue HDD light continues to flash (as if being read).
This seemed sort of normal with other drive. But then I tried to access via web interface and no luck. One site said I need to do the process over again, so I did. Reformatted the drives again even put the 'ix-200d and ix-200images' folders on the usb stick just to be sure it was loading from the right folder (I had issues before with the 'd' from the previous trial). It loaded up again and same issue. Now I'm just letting is run. I'm not sure what it's doing or if it will stop.
But I did notice that when I took the drives out to reformat them there was only one partition on one and two on another. I'm not sure if it's doing some kind of Raid1 mirror reconstruction or what, but I didn't have this issue with my 2x1TB drives. They were up an running in no time. Does anyone have an idea what I talking about?
Well the thing is is that I've tried a window app too. EXTFsd and I Find and Mount. Extfsd drive manager plugin will see the drive and partitions, but shows them as RAW. So it doesn't recognize them as ext2, ext3, ext4. Says it an unrecognizable partition.
I've even used Ubuntu which is native Linux and it want mount them ither. For some reason the disk has been made unreadle by anything but the NAS, but since I've already upgraded it, I can't drop the old drives back into it because of the Cloud firmware. Is there anyway to bring the NAS back to the factory firmware and if so where can I find it? Decrypted of coarse.
I'm not so certain that the updated BIOS would kill your old drives. The 'firmware' is actually a partition on the drives. Because they're a mirror pair, you can insert just one of the old drives (and no second), and it should come up, fat & happy. Once it's up, copy the data off. And just trying to mount the drives in Linux isn't enough. You've got to a) have the LVM modules compiled into the kernel and active, and b) use the LVM tools to recognize the independent group, etc., before it can 'get at' the ext3 partition. Again: I'm not a Linux guru or LVM expert, but if you simply pulled the drives out of the working box, the data is there.
So I've come to the conclusion that I'm just going to format my drives and install the Cloud on the larger ones. Not so fortunate! I thought that upgrading to the Cloud on my 2x2TB drives would follow the same process as my test drives, but it didn't. The USB sticks installs the files as it seemed to on the test drives, but no success.
I know you said that the flash only effects the HDD, but I've found that not to be entirely true. Some how there is something written to the actual flash memory of the unit itself. While I was testing my old drives I upgraded to the lastest firmware that Iomega had. I'm not sure if that was smart. So, the ix2-boot.tgz (decrypted) file that I'm using to load the Cloud is older than the version I upgraded to. So I'm wondering if I create a new tarball with the current firmware if it will fix the problem. The issue is, I can't access my IX2 at all and you show creating a tarball using it.
I have Ubuntu on my Mac. Can you tell me how to create the above tarball using just a Linux distro? If this doesn't work, then my Ix2 is bricked and it's garbage! I've tried just putting in one drive, but the white light just keeps on flashing. And it never starts up. I tried it several times evento restarted it because that's what your post said if something goes wrong. Just to replace the drives with the old ones.
Is there're a workaround for that or something im doing wrong. Because I got like 150gb I was trying to copy my data via sat-usb and not have to do it wirelessly, which will take forever and leave room for data corruption because loss if signal. I could jack directly in to router.
I don't want to use Copy Jobs, because last time I did that it locked me from accessing the files because of some kind of permissions but im the Admin. Don't know why it did that. Google sinhala.
First, the Cloud Edition is, itself, more resource-intensive than the previous. Start by editing all services and make sure anything you don't NEED is disabled. Second, the 'Green Disks' are a marketing gimmick that makes sense in very, very few applications. These disks have variable rotational speeds (max at around 5900 RPM) and are very quick to 'spin down' on their own accord rather than at instruction from the OS. The intention is to conserve as much power as possible by 'intelligently' evaluating performance vs power. In my opinion, they mostly fail at this. Third, even without the 'green' algorithm at play, the two models may have different performance characteristics: there may be an obvious technical limitation in the new drives that would make their lower performance predictable.
I took a slightly different approach that seems to worked about 90%. Pulled both drives, then put one drive into a SATA to USB adapter.
Mounted the filesystem under Knoppix (it's a software RAID volume), and then copied the unencrypted images over to the images directory. Placed the altered drive back and fired it up with just the one.
The webpage says that the 'Device is starting up.' And the progress bar gets to about 95%, then sits there. Every 3 seconds or so, there's some drive activity, but that's it. I've also tried adding a blank disk into the other slot, but no luck. As soon as I get the pieces together, I'm planning on connecting to the serial header to try to see where it's breaking. Any ideas aside from that?
Hi, I am stuck in the middle of the process. I carefully followed the steps, but the shell script hangs just after being launched. Since I am very new to unix, I can't figure out what is wrong.
Please find below a copy of the Mac OS terminal from which I execute the ssh command. As one can see the communication between my Mac laptop and the ix2-200 does work fine as the first commands of the tutorial seem to work fine. Note: the share created for this process is named 'upgrade' and the file containing the script has been copied into word, saved as a txt file and named 'upg.sh'. The only edit of the script file has been the name of the up-to-date firmware file.
Both the firmware (ix2-200-3.2.6.21659.tgz) and the 'upg.sh' file have been copied into the 'upgrade' directory of the ix2-200. Some important lessons learned during this process. The ix200 non-cloud 2.x version will NOT support drives bigger than 2.1GB. I actually rebuilt the system with 2.x and it installed on the drives and rebuilt the array, but the flashing light error NEVER cleared. The UI shows that it recognizes the 3GB drives, but every reboot it will rebuild the drives. When you look at the drives on a Linux machine, you will see an 800GB partition which reflects the misread block size. You also cannot install the 3.x software from 2.x when 3GB drives are installed!
You MUST put it (at least temporarily) a pair of drives smaller than 1TB to get through the FIRST upgrade boot which updates the BIOS When the BIOS upgrades it looks for the ix200 directory instead of the ix200d directory! So you need to rename the directory after the first reboot (BIOS upgrade) for the OS installation to proceed. Once the BIOS is upgraded on the first boot, the 3TB and larger drives can be used. For the record, my upgrade worked with a 'JD Secure' 2.0GB Lexar USB stick.
. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 User Guide D31581301.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Table of Contents Table of Contents How to Get Help About the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Drive Components Connecting the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Connecting the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Regulatory Information Safety Information Troubleshooting Routers Enabling the DMZ. Deleting Backup Shares for the Macs Cloud Services Overview Amazon S3 Enabling the Amazon S3 Feature Backing up Files to the Amazon S3 Cloud Restoring Files from the Amazon S3 Cloud Avamar 新增備份的 伺服器 Avamar Facebook Flickr Iomega Personal Cloud Overview. Creating an Iomega Personal Cloud Account Adding Iomega Personal Cloud Members Inviting members to join your Personal Cloud Joining Your Iomega Personal Cloud to an Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Disconnecting and deleting a Personal Cloud Managing Members on Your Iomega Personal Cloud. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Languages Support Device Identification Configuring Active Directory Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains UPS Management Security Overview Enabling Security Disabling security Using Security: How to log in User credentials Users Overview Manage Users Add and Modify Users Changing User Information. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. How to Get Help Iomega is committed to providing excellent customer support. To meet this goal, Iomega offers a variety of support options designed to meet the needs of a wide range of users.
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QuikTransfer Button: Initiates a QuikTransfer backup job. USB Connector: Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers. The Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 is capable of sharing 3 USB printers and 3 USB storage devices with other systems on your network. Default Settings IP Address: If no DHCP server is found on your network the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 will get a self-assigned IP address in the 169.254.x.x range. Device Name: The default name for your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 is 'ix2-200-XXXXXX' (where XXXXXX is a unique string of letters and numbers). Mac Users: Shares on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be available in the Network Drives section. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Iomega, the stylized logo, and all Iomega brand blocks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. If necessary, consult an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. Changes or modifications to the electronics or enclosure of this product must be expressly approved by Iomega; otherwise, the user's authority to operate this product might be voided by the FCC. Always use the appropriate power supply plug clip for your country.
Do not use the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 near water. Do not spill liquid on or into the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Do not place the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 on an unstable surface. If you configured your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 using DHCP you may not be able to reconnect to it via Remote Access after a reboot.
DHCP will automatically get an IP address from the server whenever the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 restarts. This is a very simple way to configure the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 but can cause problems with your router's port forwarding settings. Use Static DHCP: Some routers allow you to assign Static IP addresses through the DHCP system based on the MAC address of the device.
This ensures that the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 will always get the same IP address and your port forwarding settings will always be correct. Static DHCP allows you to leave your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 in DHCP mode.
Your sole and exclusive remedy for a covered defect is repair or replacement of the defective product, at Iomega's sole option and expense (shipping may be charged), and Iomega may use new or refurbished parts or products to do so. If Iomega is unable to repair or replace a defective product, your alternate exclusive remedy shall be a refund of the original purchase price. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. The Home page content is configured using the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console.
If you are using Remote Access, the Home page is the landing page to access your device. You can access the Home page of your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 by entering the device name or IP address directly in your browser. Shares, and media server capabilities. It also displays the overall state of your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. There are a number of ways to access the features of the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console. You can select one of the predefined categories, use the All Features page that lists every feature alphabetically, or search for a feature by keyword. Setup The Setup page opens when you first access the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console from the Home Page or the Iomega Storage Manager.
On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Shares Overview The Shares page displays a table that contains folders, connected drives, and any cloud storage to which your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console is connected. The Properties column displays the features that are enabled for each Share.
The Content Viewer is a graphical file browser that lets you view and manage content in the Shares on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. The Content Viewer is divided into two panes. The left pane lists the Shares on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 and allows you to delete or add a Share. If you select a Share that contains pictures, you can start a slideshow of the pictures in that Share.
Check Allow users to change file level security to allow file and folder permissions to be set through other programs, such as Windows Explorer, independent of the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Setting this option allows users to put additional access restrictions on individual files and folders. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Deleting Shares 1. From the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, click Shares. To delete an existing Share, click to expand the Share. In the Information section, click Delete to delete the Share.
In the Delete Share confirmation pop-up window, click Yes. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Shares Properties The Shares page displays properties for the Share's different functions. The Properties column displays the features that are enabled for each Share.
The following list identifies the Shares page icons: identifies a Share with Media Sharing enabled. How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder Email Distribution lets you email your files to friends and family right from your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console. Use Email Distribution to share files with an email list.
Facebook is a social network to connect with friends and family. You can configure a Share as a Facebook Active Folder so that photos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Facebook account. To configure a Share as a Facebook Active Folder, access Shares from the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, select a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it.
Flickr is a photo sharing network to share photos with friends and family. You can configure a Share as a Flickr Active Folder so that images and albums added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Flickr account. To configure a Share as a Flickr Active Folder, access Shares from the Iomega StorCenter ix2- 200 Console, select a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it. The resized photos are saved to a folder on the Share named by the photo size you choose, such as 800x600. To configure a Share as a Photo Resize Active Folder, access Shares from the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, select a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it. Torrent downloads allow you to share files using a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. With Torrent Download, you can download files using the torrent protocol to your device and then those files can be uploaded by other torrent users.
To configure a Share as a Torrent Active Folder, access Shares from the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, select a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it. YouTube is a social site to share video content. You can configure a Share as a YouTube Active Folder so that videos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your YouTube account. To configure a Share as a YouTube Active Folder, access Shares from the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, select a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it. While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. Because the system will respond that the data has been written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache, should the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 lose power any data that did not get completely written to drive will be lost forever. A confirmation dialog will display.
Click Yes to remove the external storage. When the external storage has been removed from the External Storage table, it is safe to remove and you may unplug it from the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. When the external storage is. Overview The iSCSI page allows you to create iSCSI drives in your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 and then allows the Iomega Storage Manager to communicate with the drives over a network. ISCSI is useful for transmitting large blocks of data over a network at a high speed.
To add an iSCSI drive, click Add an iSCSI drive on the iSCSI page. Enter a name for the iSCSI drive. How you name your iSCSI drive will depend on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 meeting one of the following conditions: If the iSCSI/Volume Name field displays by itself, enter a name for both. Deleting iSCSI Drives To delete an iSCSI drive: 1. From the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, click iSCSI. To delete an existing iSCSI drive, click the iSCSI name to expand the iSCSI drive.
In the iSCSI Information section, click Delete to delete the iSCSI drive. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Protocols The Protocols page lists the protocols supported by the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Apple File Sharing The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) enables Apple file sharing, which is the preferred method for Mac users to access Shares. AFP is on by default. To enable AFP, click the switch on.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Bluetooth Once a Bluetooth adapter is detected, files can be uploaded to a configurable destination Share on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 from a Bluetooth device. Configuring Bluetooth settings 1. To enable Bluetooth, click the switch on. Once Bluetooth Transfer is enabled, check the Enable security checkbox to require Bluetooth users to supply a unique PIN that they have defined before allowing them to transfer files to the destination Share on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
When you turn FTP on, you can send files to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 using FTP. To have all users, including root, map as guest, select Treat client users as guest (allsquash). All files are owned by user guest, and all users accessing the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 have the same access rights. If you have enabled Active Directory on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, only this option is available for mapping client computers. Server Settings When you turn on this protocol, you can enable the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 as an rsync server. When the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 is an rsync server, it can be used as a source and/or destination device for rsync Copy Jobs.
Because of the fast and efficient nature of rsync, an rsync Copy Job can be faster than a Windows File Sharing Copy Job. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides information about the state of the device to various management tools. SNMP should be disabled unless you are specifically providing information to a management system that requires this information. Configuring SNMP settings 1.
TFTP On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. When you turn TFTP on, you can send files to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 using FTP. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Windows DFS Windows DFS (Distributed File System) organizes Shares and files on a network, such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, even if the Shares reside on many devices. Configuring WebDAV with Remote Access For remote access with WebDAV, you must manually configure your router to forward the port numbers you defined for HTTP and HTTPS to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
Refer to your router's documentation to learn how to set these values. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Windows File Sharing Windows File Sharing allows you to work in Workgroup mode, using Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console to create users and manage access. To enable Windows File Sharing, click the switch on. On the QuikTransfer page, you can set the default destination Share for any automatically created QuikTransfer Copy Jobs. QuikTransfer automatically copies all files from any USB external storage device plugged into your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to the destination Share when the QuikTransfer button on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 is pressed. Torrent downloads allow you to share files using a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. With Torrent Download enabled, you can download files using the torrent protocol to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 and then those files can be uploaded by other torrent users.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Adding torrent jobs 1. Open the Shares page. Expand the Share that is enabled as a Torrent Active Folder. Any Share can be enabled as a Torrent Active Folder. For information on enabling a Torrent Active Folder, refer to Torrent Active Folders. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Deleting torrent jobs 1. On the Torrent Download page, select a torrent you want to delete.
Click the under the Action column to delete the torrent. Click Yes to delete the torrent.
Configuring your router for torrent downloads You must manually configure your router to forward a specific port to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Most routers refer to this as port forwarding or application access and it is recommended that you refer to your router's documentation to learn how to set these values. Copy Jobs is a feature that copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or immediately by the user. An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive, but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Managing Copy Jobs From the Copy Jobs page, you can add, start, stop, delete, or monitor Copy Jobs. After you have added Copy Jobs, the Copy Jobs page displays a list of Copy Jobs. The information section includes the name of the Copy Job, date and time it last ran, and its next scheduled time. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Adding Copy Jobs The page describes how to: Add and Modify Copy Jobs Setting From Information Setting To Information Setting a Schedule Adding and Modifying Copy Jobs 1. On the Copy Jobs page, click.
A Copy Job is added to the top of the list and the Information section displays. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 2. In the Schedule section, select Enable Schedule for Copy Job. Select the days you want the Copy Job to run, or select All Days to run the Copy Job every day. Click to select a start time. Click Done to save your time selection.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Modifying Copy Jobs 1. In the list on the Copy Jobs page, find the Copy Job from the list you want to modify and click it to expand the Information section. Refer to Adding a Copy Job. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Deleting Copy Jobs 1. Click from the Actions column of the table to delete the Copy Job. The Delete Copy Job pop-up window opens. If you are sure that you want to delete the Copy Job, click Yes.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Mozy Backup The Mozy online backup service allows you to create a Mozy account, connect your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to the account, and back up Shares and folders to the Mozy cloud service. Enabling Mozy Account Information 1. Time Machine is a backup utility for Mac computers running Apple OSX 10.5 or later. It can back up and restore all files on Mac computers. Enable Time Machine on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to allow Mac computers to back up to it. When you enable Time Machine, you choose a destination Share on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 where the backups are stored. Cloud Services offer connections to virtual storage from your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
Using cloud storage is easily scalable, and does not require installing extra software. You can create a Personal Cloud on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, and add members to that Personal Cloud, or you can use a subscription service as a backup for your content. Enter a valid access key, secret key, and bucket name from your Amazon S3 account information. You create a bucket at account setup, or you can enter a new bucket for your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
Your content lives in this bucket on your Amazon S3 account. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Avamar Avamar 為備份及復原伺服器軟體,其可使用刪除重複項來去除重複的資料複本,藉此減少所需的儲存空間。 例如,您的 Iomega StorCenter px12-350r 可能有 1 MB 100 MB Avamar 封電子郵件訊息,這些電子郵件訊息均有相同的 附件。 如果備份所有電子郵件,則會備份相同的附件 次,因此需要 儲存空間。 利用 及刪除重複資料功能,實際只會儲存一個附件複本,因此可將 100 MB 的儲存空間有效地減少為 1 MB 。 新增備份的 新增備份的 伺服器 伺服器 Avamar Avamar 在「 」頁面上,點按以開啟開關。 「 Avamar 設定」快顯視窗就會開啟。. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Facebook Facebook is a social network to connect with friends and family. You can configure a Share as a Facebook Active Folder so that photos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Facebook account. To configure a Share as a Facebook Active Folder, access the Shares feature, select a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Flickr Flickr is a photo sharing network to share photos with friends and family. You can configure a Share as a Flickr Active Folder so that photos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Flickr account. StorCenter ix2-200 is shared with any member computer you invite to join the Personal Cloud.
A Personal Cloud allows you to securely connect computers and storage devices across the internet as if they are on a common home network. After you set up a Personal Cloud on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, you can then invite members to join that Personal Cloud. Personal Cloud from the Iomega Storage Manager on that computer. If you have content on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 that you do not want to share with members of your Personal Cloud, you may want to secure your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 before creating your Personal Cloud. After creating an Iomega Personal Cloud account, you add members to the Personal Cloud. Members are the individual computers or Iomega storage devices that can join the Personal Cloud, such as 'my work computer' or 'Dad's Iomega storage device'.
Each member computer or Iomega storage device must get its own unique access code. As an administrator, you may receive an invitation to join your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to a Personal Cloud. This online help topic describes how to join a Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to a Personal Cloud. You can join your computer to a Iomega Storage Manager using the Personal Cloud. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Managing Members on Your Iomega Personal Cloud As an Iomega Personal Cloud administrator, you can manage membership on your Personal Cloud.
Connected members can be disconnected, or you can completely delete a member from the Personal Cloud. Personal Cloud is that you can create Copy Jobs that can transfer data from one Iomega storage device to another through the Personal Cloud. As you add a member Iomega device to your Personal Cloud, a Copy Jobs icon displays next to that member device in the Membership table. If you click that Copy Jobs button, the Copy Jobs page opens to help you configure a Copy Job between your Iomega storage device and another member's Iomega storage device. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 YouTube YouTube is a social site to share video content. You can set an Active Folder to automatically upload your videos to your YouTube account.
You can configure a Share as a YouTube Active Folder so that videos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your YouTube account. Setup The Setup page opens when you first access the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console from the Home Page or the Iomega Storage Manager.
On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Date and Time Date and Time displays the current time set on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. When an Active Directory Domain is in use, the storage device synchronizes time with the domain controller. To change time zones, select a Time Zone from the drop-down menu, and then select how time will be set for the device: Internet Time Server By default, Automatically synchronize with an internet time server and Use the default time server are selected.
Email Server (SMTP) — enter the address of your SMTP server. Sender Email Address — enter an email address for the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to use as the From address when it creates messages. Email Login — enter the username used to log into the email account you entered above. Power Down Drives Click the Power Down Drives drop-down menu to select how much idle time should be allowed to elapse before the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 powers down the drives.
Drives automatically power back up when the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 accesses them. You may notice a slight delay when the drives are accessed. Factory Reset Factory Reset returns the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to its original state. This feature is useful if you give your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to someone else. Factory Reset provides three options for returning your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to its original state: Preserve users and Shares —.
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While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. Because the system will respond that the data has been written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache, should the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 lose power any data that did not get completely written to drive will be lost forever.
This is because cache memory is volatile. Add Software. In the Add Software pop-up window, if an update is available, there will be a link to download the appropriate update for your Iomega StorCenter ix2- 200. Click the link, follow the instructions on the download site page, and download the software update to your local computer. Home Page Settings The Home Page Settings page allows you to customize the look of the Home Page on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
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You can name the Home Page and choose to display a picture slideshow and Shares on it. You can also optionally choose to turn the Home Page on or off. Share names and permissions. Configuration information is saved to a file, and you can save as many versions of the file as you want. After backing up the configuration, you can restore it to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 at any time.
You can also apply the configuration backup to other Iomega StorCenter devices of the same model, effectively using the configuration as a template. Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 by expanding the Information section for a NIC and selecting a jumbo frame size from the Jumbo Frame drop-down menu. Valid jumbo frame sizes are 4,000 or 9,000 bytes.
If you do not want jumbo frame support, select None from the Jumbo Frame drop-down menu. (DHCP) checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC. The following are settings you can change in the Information section: IP Address — the static IP address of the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. An unused IP address from within the range used by the LAN should be used. Automatically configure the router — Prior to enabling remote access, ensure that your router is UPnP enabled. If you have more than one router on your network, you must only have one router used as a DHCP Server. Refer to your router documentation for more information.
Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 attempts to automatically configure your router. Basic option: Completing the enable remote access process 1. Enter the following information in the pop-up window to create a web address for your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 and define an email address: Sub-domain Name — Enter a unique sub-domain name in the first text box. The following procedure describes how to access your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 remotely. Open a web browser and type your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 unique web address, which can be found on the Remote Access page. The Home page of the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 displays.
Administrator users can log in. Non-administrator users can access only the content available from the Home page. Media Server The Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 has a built-in media server that, when turned on, can scan for media content in specific folders that have media sharing enabled. Any media content contained in these specific folders will be scanned by the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 media server and be accessible to any user on your network with a media player.
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Video Surveillance The Video Surveillance page lets you add and configure cameras connected to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, view live video, and see video alerts. The page has three primary links: Add Video Camera — Manually adds a video camera to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 if no video cameras are automatically discovered. Refer to Adding a Video Camera.
RTSP Port 3. Select a Destination Folder for the video camera recordings. The recorded video files are saved to this folder, and the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 automatically organizes your saved video recordings into folders by video camera name. Within each video camera name folder are other folders that organize your video camera's recordings by date.
The Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) allows pictures to be automatically copied from a USB camera connected directly to the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. When Picture Transfer is turned on, and your camera is connected to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, the pictures are copied to the configured destination folder. To attach a printer, simply plug a supported printer's USB cable to a USB port on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
Once attached, the printer will appear in the table. When the cable is unplugged, the printer will be removed from the table. The Control Panel displays commands for the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200: Blink the lights To help identify a specific Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 when there is more than one device configured on your network, blink the lights on the front of the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 by clicking: Restart Restart the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Event Log The Event Log page displays only the 1000 most recent events logged to the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. A complete event log, however, is available for download. The following icons indicate the severity of each status message: INFORMATION Identifies that a change has been made to the state of your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, usually by a user, such as attaching a peripheral. The Languages page allows you to change the language used in email notification messages.
The language used by the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser. You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser's preferred language settings. Support The Support feature opens the Iomega web site where you can learn more information about your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. The Support page provides access to a variety of content for learning more about using and supporting your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Refer to the. Shares, and joining any Personal Cloud of which the device is a member. Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains, you can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
If your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 is connected to a UPS battery backup unit, it is listed on this page. The battery status of the backup unit is also indicated, displaying how much of a charge is left in the battery. To monitor the battery status of your UPS unit, connect your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to it with a USB cable. Security Overview Security is a feature you can enable on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to secure Shares, create users, and allow some features to be enabled. When you create users, you limit access to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to specific users.
With security turned on, only administrator users can view or change settings on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200, including creating or deleting users and Shares. When you create users, you limit access to your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 to specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to specific users.
Using Security: How to log in If Active Directory Domain is enabled and configured and you have set up your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 and enabled security, you will use your domain user administrator username and password to log in to the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. An administrator can add additional users or groups from your domain controller. Non-administrator users can be added to limit access to Share content. Additional administrator users can be added to provide other users with the ability to configure the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. The table displays the Usernames and Descriptive Name of each user.
Click in a row of the table to view or modify details about a user. Navigate to the Users page. Before you can create or modify users, you must have security enabled on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-200.
If security is already enabled, you are ready to manage users. If not, a pop-up window is provided to enable security and create an administrator user to manage your secured Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Deleting Users To delete a user: 1. From the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, click Users. To delete an existing user, click the username to expand the user. In the User Information section, click Delete to delete the user. To reset the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 press the small recessed button on the back.
The Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 will restart and all administrator users will revert to non-administrator users. Groups Overview Groups consist of one or more users, and administrators can grant each group rights to Shares on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Users can belong to more than one group. The Groups page enables administrators the ability to create one or more groups, and grant each group rights to Shares on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Click Apply to save your changes.
If NFS is enabled, the GID field is visible. The GID value must be the same on both the Linux client and the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 for the client to access files.
To modify the GID, type a new GID value. Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Deleting Groups To delete a group: 1. From the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, click Groups. To delete an existing group, click to expand the group. In the Information section, click Delete to delete the group.
On the Users and Groups page, administrator users can import users and groups from an Active Directory server and grant them access rights to Shares on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. The Users and Groups page is visible when you enable Active Directory on the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Click Apply to save your changes. If NFS is enabled, the GID field is visible. The GID value must be the same on both the Linux client and the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 for the client to access files. To modify the GID, type a new GID value.
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups To delete a user or a group: 1. From the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Console, click Users and Groups. To delete an existing user or group, click to expand that user or group.
In the Information section, click Delete. Deleting a user or group does not delete any Shares to which the user or group has access. Click the checkbox to select if you want to Delete all Shares that only this user can access. Sirs, I boughta STORAGE CENTER ix2 Network Storage. The question is: How long does it take to backup files, v.g., xxMB will normally take yyHours. Razon: I`m running a backup from my notebook files WINDOWS 7) aproxim.
240GB and after 18h it has not copied all tem, remaining 25% of the amount. Also I`m running a backup from my wife`s Mac Note Pro files - aproxim. 90GB and after more than 15hours its not finished - it backup only only 41GB; is that normal? Sincerely yours, Oto Roberto Bormann Is this normal?
Last year, I bought an, a simple box which can hold 2 hard disks for network attached storage. Since then, the company was bought by, which does the support now. It was a pretty cheap deal, and came included with two 3 TB Seagate disks for having 6 TB of storage, or 3 TB in RAID 1. The product also cames in a “cloud” edition, which has some additional software tweaks, but is essentially the same hardware. Unfortunately, the out-of-the-box firmware has some serious issues.
Here are some tips / remarks:. Upgrade the firmware as soon as you get this thing out of the box, and preferably before you connect it to the internet. Mine came out of the box with a 3.x version of the firmware. In order to upgrade to the newest (4.x) firmware, you’ve got to upgrade using ix2-ng-4.0.2.9960.tgz before updating to 4.1.114.3342 (the latest version at time of writing). Firmware can be found. It’s a pretty hefty download (+200 Mb) and upgrading firmware can take a while (uploading the tarball to the device, extracting, installing, rebooting). Be prepared to wait.
Kudos to Lenovo for keeping this device up to date with latest patches for SSL and services running on it – not a lot of vendors doing this. Configure access control: By default, the NAS allows any computer connected to your network to grab files. That’s generally a bad idea. Disable the built-in media server: Last time I tested, the delivered media server in the firmware was an older version with a huge bug: if it encounters any file on the system with the.mp4 extension (a popular media format), the indexer will fail, and indexing will begin again. I only noticed this after a few months.
I thought the blinking blue led was indicating RAID check activity, and shrugged it off, but it was actively torturing my hard disks. This led to the machine running very hot and a hard disk failure after 4 months already. This might have been fixed in more recent firmware versions, but I would suggest not taking the gamble.
Pretty pissed that this got into released firmware. If you’ve got a constant blinking blue light for days, find out what’s causing it. SSH access: In order to get SSH access to this Linux box (yes, it runs a fairly old kernel: Linux 2.6.31.8 armv5tel), you need to enable diagnostics mode in the firmware.
This is very vaguely explained in the documentation, but since 4.x you can set root password using the web interface. Dramatical murder reconnect english patch. If your SSH connection still fails after setting this up, try logging in using soho+(yourpassword). So if your password is apples, log in using sohoapples. This is a leftover from the 3.x firmware. If you want to do more with the box (have some standard tools, top, bash, nano, vim) you can install, a script allowing to install software and configure a shell.
All info on the funplug homepage. This thing has a pretty slow CPU, so response time can be long, especially when it’s already doing something (syncing RAID, ). Disable any services you don’t need. This is /proc/cpuinfo: Processor: Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l) BogoMIPS: 1589.24 Features: swp half thumb fastmult edsp CPU implementer: 0x56 CPU architecture: 5TE CPU variant: 0x2 CPU part: 0x131 CPU revision: 1 Hardware: Feroceon-KW Revision: 0000 Serial: 000000 After all the tweaking, the box now runs quietly, backing up my data over ssh. Hi Jeroen, Have had the iomega ix2 for a few years now, works ok but really slow. Does the job though. To begin with I a total novice where tech is concerned so here goes my issue: The way to access the unit is two ways right!?- “The Lenovo storage manager app on PC and the web portal”.
Until recently the web portal was totally accessible so could manage stuff, very slow but as mentioned above got the job done. Since yesterday this portal does not exist. It has just disappeared!
I cannot manage the unit from the app as it only shows the shares and provides access to the folders. Any solutions or thoughts appreciated.
Do you want to put bigger disks in your Iomega ix2-200? Did you do a bad flash, bricking your ix2-200 in the process (symptom: the White Blinking LED of Death or WBLoD) and do you want to recover it? Or did you buy this little NAS without it ever working (also the infamous WBLoD)? If the answer is 'yes' to any of these questions, this guide is for you. IntroductionThe is a cheap stand-alone NAS which runs a combination of an unknown internal OS on its mainboard and Linux from the HDDs. The only thing the internal OS does is boot Linux from the first partition (which is a little over 2 GB and always in RAID1) of both disks.
After Linux is started, you can configure the second partition (which uses the rest of the disk space) of both disks in JBOD or RAID1 for Shared Storage, iSCSI, etc. By using a web interface. A flaw of the ix2-200 is that Linux is loaded from the HDDs. If something happens to both disks, the internal OS cannot boot Linux and there is no way to recover the OS on a fresh pair of disks. Symptoms of not being able to boot Linux are that after boot up the disks will spin up, but will never be read. The power light will just keep blinking and nothing will happen. Unfortunately, the which Iomega offers for download seems to be encrypted.
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Fortunately, by using the data from the original disks and some trial-and-error, I extracted the Linux OS and put it on a new single disk which can be used to boot the ix2-200 and rebuild a new RAID1-set. Know that the new disk has to be prepared in Linux for RAID1 usage, otherwise the internal OS of the ix2-200 won't accept it. I decided to put what I learned in this guide (including the extracted Linux OS from the currently available firmware: version 2.1.25.229), since seem to have trouble with this NAS. This guide was made using a desktop PC, and a SATA-to-USB adapter to prepare the first disk for the ix2-200. You can also directly use the SATA controller on your motherboard if it is supported by Knoppix. If you are going to try this, make sure that no other disks (PATA, SATA or USB) are connected.
This will make sure that the right disk is prepared and that not one of your system's disks is wiped by accident. Note that I cannot provide the GPL licensed code for the files I provide here, since Iomega doesn't provide it either.
The only thing I'm doing is providing the same binaries that Iomega is offering, although mine are in a usable format. I'm still trying to get the sources from them. Warning: This guide is made for the ix2-200, not the ix2!
As far as I know, these are two completely different machines. The instructions could work for your ix2 if you would have the original Linux OS files for it and use 1 GB of space for the first partition. However, this was not tested. Final warning: Of course, you do everything at your own risk. Also, according to Iomega you will void your warranty. I wonder how they are ever going to check this when someone would put the original disks back before starting an RMA. The guide.
Download and to /tmp. In Knoppix, you can use the web browser to do this. Open the Terminal Emulator and use the following commands: code: 1 2 3 4 5. Su root cd /tmp 7z x ix2-200-2.1.25.229-files.7z.001 tar xvvf ix2-200-2.1.25.229-files.tar rm -f ix2-200-2.1.25.229-files.
The needed files are now decompressed and ready to be put on disk. The next step is to prepare the disk. If you are using a USB-to-SATA adapter, you can connect it to the computer after the disk is powered on. Use the command ' dmesg' to find out which device-ID it gets.
For this guide, we will assume the disk gets device-ID ' sda'. In the console which is still open, start ' fdisk /dev/sda'. Use the ' p' command to check if the disk has any partitions. If it does, remove the partition table with ' o'. Use the ' n' command to create a new partition.
Make it a ' p'rimary partition, number ' 1', starting at cylinder ' 1' and make sure the last cylinder is ' 254'. Check the configuration of the new partition with the ' p' command.
If the Device Id isn't 83, use the ' t' command to make it hex code ' 83'. Use ' w' to write the changes to disk and exit fdisk. The partition should first be prepared for RAID-usage. Use the following command to make it part of a (broken) RAID1-set: code: 1.
Mount /dev/md0 /mnt/ cp -rf /tmp/ix2-200-2.1.25.229-files/. /mnt/ sync umount /mnt/.
You are now done with the first disk. Before moving on, make sure that the partition table of your second disk for the ix2-200 is empty.
You can do this by connecting it to your computer and by repeating steps 3, 4 and 6 of this guide (if you restarted Knoppix, make sure you use ' su root' before running fdisk). You can now boot your computer back into your regular OS.
Make sure you have a web browser ready, because we're going to reconfigure the Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. Install only the first disk into the ix2-200 and power it on. Make sure that the network cable is connected to your network and wait for it to boot up. You know when it's done when the LED with the exclamation mark (!) next to it is starting to blink red after a minute or two.
The ix2-200 will have requested a DHCP address from your router. Look in your router's DHCP configuration/log which device requested the last address by looking at the most recent timestamp and/or the MAC address, which should begin with '00:D0:B8'. This guide assumes the IP is '192.168.1.11'. Use a web browser to go to. The Setup wizard will start. Walk through the wizard. After you have finished the wizard, go to the Dashboard.
The StorCenter will show a red circle with a white cross and the error message 'The Iomega StorCenter device failed and some data loss may have occurred'. This is the reason for the blinking red LED at the front. Don't worry, this is normal in this scenario. Shut down the ix2-200, install the second disk and turn it on again.
It will get the same IP again after the white LED next to the exclamation mark is on. Go to the Dashboard in your web browser again. If the Status only reads 'Data Protection is being reconstructed', then the IX2-200 will have made the second partition and you are done. Enjoy your (new disks inside your) ix2-200. However, read the following step if the Status also reports that two disks with existing data have been found and if this message does not disappear after a minute. If you get the message that two disks have been found with existing data with a blue circle with a white 'i' in it next to the message, do not click the message to initialize the disks.
If you would do this, the ix2-200 would erase the two disks entirely, including the first partition of which the internal OS starts Linux. This would effectively brick the ix2-200 and force you to start over with this guide. Instead of initializing the disks, go to Settings - Disks - Manage Disks - Erase Disks. Enable the check box at the top, select Quick Erase and click Apply. The ix2-200 will reboot after 30 seconds and show the Setup wizard again after 3-4 minutes. Finish the wizard again.
After returning to the dashboard, the only Status message will be 'Data Protection is being reconstructed'. The IX2-200 just made the second partition. You are done. Data construction can take one hour for every 250 GB of disk space of the RAID1-set. In the meantime, you can start adding and using Shared Storage, adding users and editing other configuration options. If you shut down or restart the ix2-200, the reconstruction of the RAID1-set will resume from the point where it stopped.
If you want SSH access to the Linux OS, go to and snoop around. The username is 'root'. The password is 'soho' + the password you use for the web-interface. If no password is needed for the web-interface, the password of root is 'soho'. If the password of the web-interface would be 'abc123' the password of root would be 'sohoabc123'. Anonymous comments are not allowed. If you want to talk about the ix2-200 and this guide and you are not a member of Tweakers.net, you can always start a discussion in the of Iomega.
03-'10 02-'10. The strange part here is that i completely fail to see the point of running linux from one one or both of your hdd's. How hard 'read expensive' can it be to add about 4gb of flash memory on a so called dom disk. look for example to the price of the cheapest 4gb usb-stick and remember that those are RETAIL prices. Note that in some-cases it could still be worth some to initiallise swap space on the hdd's. But embedded linux in its bascics can perfectly run on just ram. Minus 10 points for iomega in my count ow ant btw, another 1k pennalty for not releasing the sourcecode.this all in a scale of 1 - 100.
'The only thing the internal OS does is starting Linux from the first partition' - start Wrong. 'Something is booting Linux' or 'Something is boot Linux'?
WRONG, 'Something is booting Linux' or '(what) Something does is boot Linux'? The ' does' in the sentence is what makes the diffence between start or starting. 'before starting an RMA.' 'ar ahm ee' starts with a vowel. Well that depends on how you read it, indeed phonetic RMA starts with an but usually I read the entire meaning if i see an acronym (making it a). So that's okay either way. But the first really is 'start' and not 'starting'.
First off, thanks for taking time to share your knowledge with us! Really appreciated! I'm looking to get a NAS, this particular NAS is one which got my attention, not only is it fast, it's affordable, good basic hardware and tweak-able, but how tweak-able, I just can't find any answer to my questions, maybe you do have the answer.;) Questions: 1: with root access, is it possible to install an NZB download program like getnzb or sabnzbd+?
2: after changing disks like you describe, is it possible to use two different sized disks, OS partition is RAID1, rest of the space is configured as JBOD, or a second secured RAID1 with the free unassigned space as JBOD? If this is possible then this NAS is really the sweet spot. Questions: 1: with root access, is it possible to install an NZB download program like getnzb or sabnzbd+?Eventually: yes. However, some changes should be made to the OS to make it more customizable (extra drivers would REALLY help) and acceptable to other software. First of all, it should be possible to recreate the used kernel so extra drivers can be added (not that this is needed for a normal program). Secondly, the most logical way to install programs on this machine would be using Debian's APT repositories. However, I haven't tested whether the ix2-200 accepts 'regular' ARM-compiled programs.
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This would make an interesting MP3 player, though. 2: after changing disks like you describe, is it possible to use two different sized disks, OS partition is RAID1, rest of the space is configured as JBOD, or a second secured RAID1 with the free unassigned space as JBOD?It is possible to put the second partition of each disk in JBOD, but I only tested this with two similar disks. I also tested two different sized disks in RAID1 and the second partition would be as big as the smallest disk would allow (which makes sense). The first partition is always RAID1 (otherwise, the ix2-200 will not boot). You cannot split the second partition for different uses (one part RAID1, another part JBOD). Comment edited on Thursday 11 February 2010 14:07. Ok, it is potentially a very interesting NAS if nzb dl is possible, but for now it isn't.
This could be figured out when you get the source files. As you described in your tutorial this specific OS partition is needed and spanning the raid 1 over these two disks is essential when one of the drive's is failing. But what about the rest of the disk space, I want a part of the disk to be RAID 1 for documents/foto's and the rest as JBOD for movies and so on, beside the OS partition. Besides what you described in your tutorial, Is it possible to copy the OS partition to a new larger disk and so on replace the original disk delivered with the NAS, after the disk is recognised by the iomega NAS, add a second disk which will then get the RAID-1 OS copy? But what about the rest of the disk space, I want a part of the disk to be RAID 1 for documents/foto's and the rest as JBOD for movies and so on, beside the OS partitionThis would mean having a third partition: something which is not manageable with the original firmware. The management interface isn't prepared for that. Technically, it would be possible to create and manage this with a custom firmware.
But wouldn't it be easier to just use the second partition in RAID1 and add extra USB drives for non-redundant storage? The ix2-200 supports this out-of-the-box.
It wouldn't be JBOD, but at least you can use extra disk space with just one NAS. Besides what you described in your tutorial, Is it possible to copy the OS partition to a new larger disk and so on replace the original disk delivered with the NAS, after the disk is recognised by the iomega NAS, add a second disk which will then get the RAID-1 OS copy?That's possible. You can prepare one larger disk using my tutorial and add the second disk after the first boot and shut down. I haven't tested this, but it should be possible to buy the 1TB version (2x500GB) and replace the disks with 2x1TB or 2x2TB. Comment edited on Thursday 11 February 2010 14:46.
Not sure which web interface password do you refer to. I have created 3 users, including user admin, with each their own password that can access the NAS via the web. Any help please?If I'm correct, it should be the password of the admin-account. If the admin password would be 'abc123', the password for root should be 'sohoabc123'. I haven't tested this thoroughly and used the information about SSH access from site for the ix2. If it still doesn't work, could you change the passwords of your users temporarily to something you can tell me and get me the 'root'-line from the file '/etc/shadow' from the first ext2 partition? Comment edited on Thursday 11 February 2010 15:52.
Hello, I am a newbie on tweakers. Had a question. I have an ix2-200, worked nice for one month and then start to hang, no response from the network interface and no reboot using the reset button. Had to powercycle to box four times now. Any suggestions, similar experience? Network settings are checked, cabling is ok.
The switch is a fritz.box 7170. Had made dump files which are send to iomega but i am not impressed by this product. There are many, many erros in the log. I am not expecting a solution from Iomega soon.
First off, thank you so much for this post. I have a ix2-200 and I want to swap out the Seagate LP 5,900 rpm drives with 7,200 rpm drives for a little better performance. I'm using a matched pair of Hitachi 1TB drives. I followed your directions and made it through step 15 without any problems. However, when I started the unit with new drive it just sat there with the blinking light of death.
Just for completeness, I repeated the steps with the second drive and it worked! I got the flashing red light above a solid white one. I checked my router, found the DHCP lease for the appropriate MAC address, and entered it in my browser. Again, success. I even got two emails from the device with subjects Problems with 'ix2-NAS' device (100) Problems with 'ix2-NAS' device (101) So I did not just imagine things. Next, I shut the device down from the web interface, installed the second drive (with the matching Linux partition) and went to bed expecting the array to be rebuilt when I checked in in the morning. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
It was just sitting there with the blinking light of death again. I've tried every permutation I can think of to get back to at least one drive working, but so far without luck. I do see the device requesting a DHCP lease, though I cannot browse or SSH to the address. I don't believe both drives are bad, since I can repartition and use them on other systems.
Do I need some sort of good luck charm or secret incantation to get this to work? Okay, so I'll answer my own question.
I had taken the Seagate drives from the ix2-200 and swapped them with a pair of drives from an external SimpleTech duo pro drive - the Hitachi 7,200 rpm drives. So I took one of the original Seagate drives and, following the instructions above, replaced the Linux partition and files. And it worked perfectly. At that point, I thought maybe I could insert a Hitachi drive, let the mirror rebuild, and then swap the other Hitachi for the original Seagate leaving me with mirrored 7,200 rpm drives. When I inserted the Hitachi, it didn't show up.
It still didn't show up. I thought maybe one SATA channel had gone bad, so I inserted the second Seagate drive. It showed up. Bottom line: not all drives have firmware that will work with the ix2-200. So I'm back to the original, factory-equivalent unit. Live and learn, I guess.
Thanks again Zep Man for unbricking my unit. Hi, I am having a problem with the ix2-2oo unit - it does not power down. Without any help from the Iomega Support, who are completely clueless and useless, I have managed to isolate the problem to the following: If I disable all the services and functions AND I unplug the network cable, the unit does power down. This implies it has something to do with network services. I suspect it is the Windows CIFS Sharing Service (Samba Service) as you can not disable this service.
Using SSH access to the unit, I have tried to play around and shut down the Windows Sharing Service, but i don't know enough about Linux and Debian. I know I need to shut down the smbd and nmbd services, but somehow they are re-started of I don't succeed in killing them. Can anybody with some Linux / Debian experience help? I bought today an ix2-200.
And I fell over your wonderful instruction by accident as I searched for infos about partitioning. 1st I was little bit shocked, as you write about Linux etc. I never used Linux (Rec.: Undoubtfuly its an excellent open source) as I use since 20 years Microsoft (with all the suffering of system crashes;-) ). Actually I have a Vista system and already XP professional and same Windows NT 4.0 have been very stable systems. So I wanted to avoid learning something new like Linux. I bought this ix2-200 because it was a good prize for a home office solution, same with the idea, that I wanted exchange one of the 1 TB hard discs into a 2 TB big one.
It was told to me from the technical staff of the computer shop that this should be not any problem to do this switch even the warantee would not be lost (maybe a typical German law situation). Now here I am. With following question and little bit unsafe about what to do: Can I exchange one of the internal 1 TB of ix2-200 with the 2 TB Western Digital (WD Caviar Green SATA)?
- I want the big one only as backup storage. Nothing more. Just mirroring all existing datas from my mashines and different existing internal and external hard discs. The smaller internal 1 TB I want use for regular storage of two mashines (Vista Laptop, XP Computer).
And connect another 1 TB mobile HD with the ix2-200 USB so the internal big 2TB would do only automated data backupping of 2x 1TB (one ix2-200 internal + 1 external mobile). But now I hesitate. It looks much more difficult to do this step,? - What do you think about? So fare, hope hearing soon as actually I have no backupping and its little bit scary without such a safeteness. Warm regards from Hamburg/North Germany - SM2010. Thank you very much for that post.
I followed the instructions, swapping to a pair of Seagate Barracuda 1TB on a brand-new Storage Box (as this version is not on stock at distribution right in time). Unfortunatelly, I could not manage to bring up the iX2-200 to normal operation, due to the message '2 new drives with existing data found'. After running settings - disk - quick erase as you described and restarting the mirroring of the Data Volume gets started again. It finishes up after some hours, lookup SSH ( cat /proc/mdstat ) tells about success operations Personalities: linear raid0 raid1 raid6 raid5 raid4 md1: active raid1 sdb21 sda20 974722192 blocks super 1.0 2/2 UU md0: active raid1 sda10 sdb12 2040215 blocks super 1.1 2/2 UU unused devices: root@storage-2:/# but the errormessage because of two new disks with different data is displayed though and remirroring is started over and over again on each reboot.
Hope for a hint. And I am ashaming for my bad english language skills. THANK YOU very much for this posting! After dropping (yes! It fell off the shelf - about 3 feet to concrete floor) the NAS unit, both the installed drives were fubar'd and I thought the box was lost. We ordered 2 new replacement drives and then ran into the problem of the WBLoD - install drives and nothing!!!
So I have followed all your steps and have got down to #18 - '2 new drives with existing data have been found'. I have tried the 'Erase Disk' option a number of times (the Quick erase restarts the interface but the Secure Erase just sits and sits - even left it overnite). So now am stuck with two drives that I cannot use in the NAS until it gets past the problem. I have enabled SSH access but am stuck as to what I should look for, or what I should do to try and solve the problem.
FYI - before the machine dropped I had upgraded it to the latest firmware as well - could there be a conflict between the flash component and what is on the HD? ANY and ALL responses would be appreciated. UPDATE to my POST of Nov 21/10 - I discovered that the 'existing data' files may be as a result of the default setting for 'metadata' under Knopix. In Step 7 of the instructions (creating the RAID area) I used the -verbose command during one run and was asked if I wanted to create the 'meta data files'. Apparently not all systems will understand what these are and what to do with them. So the next time around I used the -metadata=1.0 option (to not create the files) and BINGO. Everything worked as expected!!!
I have the system back up and running and even did a BIOS update to latest. So far so good!! Thanks and hope this helps the next 'Iomega' crash victim. Well, well, well.
I followed the all process, the NAS is running and accessible with the first drive BUT i have an error message telling me (in french) that the device failed and that data may have been lost. Almost all the options in the parameters are inaccessible except of the disk management. That tells me the same error message and that the space available on the disk 0kb!!!
Inserting the second drive did not change anything to the situation, neither trying to delete/erase the drives. The NAS reboots again and again, or shows the 'white light of death' (+ the red one) until I plug out the AC power cord and plug it in again, and then the NAS reboots and show me the start-up wizard again. And always the error/failure message.
I must say (but i think it's irrelevant) that my disks are 2 Samsung Spinpoint 1T0 and i'm working on my Mac in a virtualized Ubuntu distibution. So, i got the idea to check the differences (in structure: partition table, etc.) btw the new hard disk (before insertion in the NAS) and the one of the original drives. I noticed that on the original disk there's a second partition (tagged as 'raid') after the 2,1 Go one that holds the firmware. On the new disk, the extra space (998Go) is 'unallocated'.
So i decided to create a second partition (as i suspect the NAS to fail doing this job itself) My complete sequence in the terminal was the following (from a blank disk. The process described here above worked fine with one disk (the second partition (dedicated for storage) was accessible and writable on my Mac). But every time I have introduced the second (blank disk), the NAS failed to reconstruct itself the raid arrays. So, i bought a second SATA-USB adapter.
Plugged the 2 drives at the same time on my MacBook Pro, mounted the adapter in the virtual machine running ubuntu. I must have tried every post in this blog. I still can't get past the '2 Drives with existing data have been Added'. I have replaced the seagate drives and re-used them for something else, I have installed 2 off 2TB WD Black caviar drives and am pulling my hair out. Every time I try to install as per the post, I get the error message and can see from the ssh that the device is creating the MD1, for which it takes 6 to 8 hours so I wait till that is completed, but the error remains. I have tried deleting the disks from with the webapp and by writing them to zero with dd /dev/zero dd/dev/sda when connecting them to a linux machine.
Any more thoughts or things to try would be much appreciated. I also tried this but it does absolutely nothing. Is there a set sequence I have to follow to get the usb to boot and re-initialise. Thanks in anticipation. Seems to be updated maybe it works now. I had same new drive error, tried to zero out them and even wrote zero-superblock with no go, then started again from disk 1 (like in this guide) and instead blanking the disk 2, i made the first primary partition on it with start at cylinder 1 and made it bigger than the disk 1 with last cylinder being 500 then made it raid1 and mkfs.ext2 /dev/md0, then stopped md0 and fdisk removed the partition so disk2 was 'empty'. Then booted from d1 and shutdown put disk2 in booted again and it allowed me finally to change protection mode to jbod without sayin raid101 error then did the quick erase and then changed it back to raid1 protection mode.
Comment edited on Friday 15 July 2011 05:15. Has anybody tried with using the cloud edition firmware downloaded from iomega support site into non cloud ix2-200 if it works?? Will it erase the drives or keep old data?? This would also add os x lion compatibility. I'd test it but dont have extra drives to try with.OMG! That USB init method worked. But I did not use Cloud FW, because my device is vanilla ix-200.
Guys, I will create you a guide the will be uber-n00b-friendly. Now I have to sleep because I have spent my last 3 days with this problem. By T.net user joakimlaine, Sunday 14 August 2011 20:55 Has anybody tried with using the cloud edition firmware downloaded from iomega support site into non cloud ix2-200 if it works?? Will it erase the drives or keep old data?? This would also add os x lion compatibility. I'd test it but dont have extra drives to try with. Yes, I did this yesterday and can confirm that it does work.
I moved from ix2-200 firmware 2.1.38.xxxxx to the very latest firmware for the ix2-200 Cloud edition, 3.1.12.47838. One caveat that I didn't see listed: backup all of your data before you perform this. I tested on both drives in a few different methods. One drive i cleared all data and started fresh. The other I tried to update this on the fly. I lost all data on the drive I tried to do it on the fly with.
To make it real easy: CopyJobs, backup all of drive to a external drive. Update drive firmware, let device rebuild it's redundancy and then CopyJobs from external drive back to the nas. It'll take a while, but is super easy to do. Access the SSH with: Have fun.
It appears that many of you know a lot about the ix2-200 filesystem. Hoping you can help me.
Here is what happened. In an attempt to get an external 3TB drive mounted as read/write, I edited the /etc/fstab file. Rebooted and got the white flashing LED of death. Took the drives out and attached them to my PC and booted from a Linux rescue CD.
Got the partitions mounted and looked through them. Found a 4gb and a 16gb on md0. I could not find the /etc directory anywhere. Is it somehow hidden or part of an image?
All I need to do is edit one file, but I can't locate it. Do any of you gurus know how I can get to the fstab file to edit it? Hi, My father in law crashed his Iomega ix2-200. And then tried to fix it himself. Now I'm left with two completely blank (he retrieved the disks of the NAS and formatted them in a pc, removing the partitions in the progress.) SO I'm trying to use this guide to reset the NAS Os on the disks. But I'm stuck on step 5: Use the 'n' command to create a new partition. Make it a 'p'rimary partition, number '1', starting at cylinder '1' and make sure the last cylinder is '254'.
Check the configuration of the new partition with the 'p' command. If the Device Id isn't 83, use the 't' command to make it hex code '83'.
When using Knoppix 7.2 fdisk /dev/sda, units are in sectors and not in cylinders. I can also not set the starting point to 1, since the default (and minimum value) for the sector is 2048. Can someone please help me fix this?
Iomega StorCenter/EMC Lifeline Remote Access Posted Site A vulnerability exists for Iomega network storage devices with EMC Lifeline firmware that can potentially be exploited to gain unauthorized access to remote shares in certain circumstances. If remote access (including port-forwarding) is enabled on affected Iomega devices, all created shares (including shares on connected USB devices) could potentially be accessed by unauthorized remote users or systems due to access control issues. Tags , advisories MD5 e5a37745c6f6ec2bb8bd03a3078e2784.
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