User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
- Additional Documentation
- Supported ReadyNAS Systems
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Browsers
- Diskless Systems
- Basic Installation
- Upgrade Pre-6.2 ReadyNAS Firmware for Use With ReadyCLOUD
- Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD
- Local Setup Wizard
- Admin Page
- Access the Local Admin Page
- Register Your System
- Five Levels of Protection
- The ReadyNAS Community
- Safe Mode
- 2. Volume Configuration
- Basic Volume and RAID Concepts
- ReadyTIER, Tiers, Data, and Metadata
- Manage Volumes
- Change RAID Mode
- View the Status of a Volume
- Configure the Checksum Function
- Format Disks
- Create and Encrypt a Volume
- Delete a Volume
- Name a USB Drive
- Expand Storage Capacity
- Add Protection to a Volume
- Add Protection to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Delete a RAID Group
- Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume
- Add a Tier to a Volume
- Enable or Disable Quotas on Volumes
- Maintain Volumes
- 3. Shares
- 4. LUNs
- 5. Snapshots
- 6. Users and Groups
- 7. Use Cloud Services
- 8. System Settings
- 9. System Power
- 10. Install and Manage Apps
- 11. System Monitoring
- 12. System Maintenance
- 13. Backup and Recovery
The share or LUN settings pop-up menu opens.
5. Click the gear icon in the pop-up menu.
6. Select the Snapshots button.
7.
Change the settings as explained in the following table.
DescriptionItem
Choose Smart or Custom.Snapshot Management
The available options depend on whether you choose
Smart or Custom Snapshot Management.
Smart:
•
Menu of Never, Hourly, Daily, or Weekly.
Custom:
•
View and control of when snapshots are taken (click
the gear icon to change) and the snapshot retention
policy.
Snapshot Schedule
Select the Allow Snapshot Access check box to allow
snapshot access to anyone with permission to access
the share.
Allow Snapshot Access
8. Click the OK button.
Your settings are saved and the pop-up menu closes.
Manually Take a Snapshot
You can manually take snapshots from the Shares page and the Browse page. The
following procedure describes how to take snapshots from the Shares page.
To manually take a snapshot of a share or LUN:
1. Log in to your ReadyNAS.
2. Select Shares > Shares.
A list of shares and LUNs on each volume displays.
3. Select the share or LUN.
Software Manual127Snapshots
ReadyNAS OS 6.10