Buffalo TeraStation 3010, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Advanced Features
Transferring Another TeraStation’s Settings
You can transfer saved settings from another series TeraStation to your TeraStation. The following settings can be
transferred:
• Shared folders which are created from “File Sharing” > “Folder Setup”
• Access restrictions
• Users
• Groups
Note:
This feature currently supports the following TeraStation series as of August 2019. The latest compatibility
information will be on the Buffalo website .
• TS-X series firmware version 1.58 or later
• TS3000 series
• TS4000 series
• TS5000 series
• TS3010 series
• TS3020 series
• TS5010 series
Creating a Config File (.nas_config)
Procedure for TS-X Series
To transfer settings from TS-X series TeraStations, it will use the “NS-SHFT” software to create a config file. The NS-
SHFT can be downloaded from the
Buffalo website .
For the procedure on creating the config file, refer to the NS-SHFT user guide.
Procedure for TeraStations Other Than TS-X Series
Follow the procedure below to create a config file on a TeraStation that is not part of TS-X series TeraStations.
1
Refer to the user manual of the TeraStation whose settings will be saved to a USB drive.
2
Access the “usbdisk x ” shared folder while connecting the USB drive to the TeraStation whose settings were
saved in the previous step. The “x” in the folder name represents the USB port number you connected the drive
to.
3
Copy and paste the .nas_config file to the desired location on your computer.
Transferring Settings
Follow the procedure below to transfer settings from another series TeraStation.
1
Before transferring access restrictions with Active Directory domain users, make sure the migration target
TeraStations are joined to the same domain controller. To have the unit join the domain network, refer to the
procedure on the
“Active Directory” section in chapter 3.
If you didn’t configure access restrictions with Active Directory domain users, skip to the next step.
2
From Settings, click Management .