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TeraStation WSS 5000R2

User Manual

www.buffalotech.com

35020333-01

2014-01

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Page 1: ...TeraStation WSS 5000R2 User Manual www buffalotech com 35020333 01 2014 01...

Page 2: ...ware 11 Chapter 2 Remote Desktop 12 Opening Windows Storage Server 12 Chapter 3 Windows Update 13 Windows Update 13 Chapter 4 Preinstalled Software 14 RAID Builder 14 Buffalo Dashboard 14 Email Notifi...

Page 3: ...Drive Replacement Examples 28 Chapter 6 Backup 39 Back Up in Windows Storage Server 39 Preparing a Backup Destination 39 Recovering Backup Data 43 Back Up with NovaBACKUP 46 Installation 46 Chapter 7...

Page 4: ...Errors and Status 70 Default Settings 71 Specifications 72 Data Backup 73 Troubleshooting 73 Windows Storage Server Recovery Procedure 74 Notes 75 Compliance Information 76 FCC Statement 76 CE Mark S...

Page 5: ...5 Chapter 1 Installation Diagrams WS5600DR2 WS5400DR2 WS5200DR2...

Page 6: ...links when the connection is active 6 LCD Panel This display shows the status of many TeraStation settings It also displays errors and messages when available 7 Display Button Switches between the dif...

Page 7: ...the included power cable to connect to an UPS surge protector or outlet 20Fan Do not block the fan 21Anti Theft Security Slot Use this slot to secure your TeraStation with a cable lock not included 22...

Page 8: ...Continue With Mac OS double click the disk image WS5000R2 XXX dmg where XXX is the software version from the USB device and double click TeraNavigator Disable your antivirus software firewall before...

Page 9: ...istrator password for the TeraStation it is password by default Note If you change the IP address manually change the DNS settings in Windows Storage Server also 7 Right click on your TeraStation s ic...

Page 10: ...select Install updates automatically then click OK 10Go back to Local Server to set the date and time Under PROPERTIES click the item shown next to Time zone In the Date and Time tab click Change date...

Page 11: ...nd corner of the screen then click the icon 2 Click the icon Shut down 3 Select the reason why you want to shut down then click Continue When all the LEDs on the front of the TeraStation turn off the...

Page 12: ...If Remote Desktop Connection Software doesn t start on a Mac exit and re launch NAS Navigator2 To exit NAS Navigator2 click the NAS Navigator2 icon while holding down the control key and click Quit Cl...

Page 13: ...ularly Use Windows Update as described below Note The TeraStation must be connected to the Internet to use Windows Update 1 In Windows Storage Server click Control Panel System and Security Windows Up...

Page 14: ...chapter 5 for details Note To launch RAID Builder you must be logged in as a member f the Administrators group in Windows Storage Server Buffalo Dashboard Buffalo Dashboard displays system information...

Page 15: ...ks default gateways LAN port numbers and status I m here Causes your TeraStation to beep Drive Displays the status drive numbers names capacity and physical sector sizes of each drive Refresh Updates...

Page 16: ...resh Dismount drive Options Email Notification Your TeraStation can send you email reports when settings are changed or an error occurs See chapter 7 for more details LCD Display Settings TeraStation...

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Page 18: ...e added to the volume Some space on each drive is not accessible because it is used by the system The amount used on each drive is below Drive 1 50 MB Drive 2 50 MB Drive 3 100 GB 150 MB Drive 4 100 G...

Page 19: ...f the TeraStation are each used as individual drives If a hard drive fails the data on the failed hard drive cannot be recovered Deleting Volumes An unallocated area on a drive is required to create a...

Page 20: ...2 Click Disk Management 3 Right click the volume that you want to format and select Format Creating a RAID 5 Volume 1 In Windows Storage Server click RAID Builder 2 Select Create RAID array from the...

Page 21: ...RAID 5 array the available space is n 1 n times the total drive space A RAID 5 volume will be created Next create a shared folder on the volume as described in chapter 7 Creating a Mirrored Volume RA...

Page 22: ...ored volume will be created Next create a shared folder on the volume as described in chapter 7 Creating a Striped Volume RAID 0 1 In Windows Storage Server click RAID Builder 2 Select Create RAID arr...

Page 23: ...0 GB x 4 drives 200 GB A striped volume will be created Next create a shared folder on the volume as described in chapter 7 Creating a Spanned Volume 1 In Windows Storage Server click RAID Builder 2 S...

Page 24: ...50 GB 80 GB 58 GB 100 GB 288 GB A spanned volume will be created Next create a shared folder on the volume as described in chapter 7 Creating Simple Volumes JBOD 1 In Windows Storage Server open Admin...

Page 25: ...25 4 Click Next 5 Enter the volume size that you want to create and click Next...

Page 26: ...26 6 Select Assign the following drive letter and click Next 7 Select Format this volume with the following settings and Perform a quick format and click Next...

Page 27: ...ted Next create a shared folder on the volume as described in chapter 7 Hard Drive Replacement Procedure Hard drives in the TeraStation show a green status LED during normal operation When a drive fai...

Page 28: ...aging the TeraStation with static electricity ground yourself by touching something made of metal before handling any sensitive electronic parts Do not change the order of the hard drives in the TeraS...

Page 29: ...e Administrator and password 4 The error message E30 will be displayed in Buffalo Dashboard 5 Click Dismount Drive X where X is the number of the failed drive 6 When the message Removal of the drive c...

Page 30: ...30 8 Push the unlock button of the failed hard drive and swing the lock mechanism out...

Page 31: ...31 9 Pull out the hard drive cartridge and remove it from the TeraStation...

Page 32: ...32 10Insert the new hard drive sold separately into the empty slot Slide the drive in with the locking mechanism open...

Page 33: ...33 11Swing the lock back down until it clicks into place...

Page 34: ...aced while the TeraStation was off power it on now Run RAID Builder 13Buffalo Dashboard will show the drive status Getting 14After the drive status changes to Normal open Administrative Tools and doub...

Page 35: ...gement 16Right click the new drive and select Initialize Disk 17Right click the initialized hard drive and select Convert to Dynamic Disk A RAID array cannot be built unless the hard drive is converte...

Page 36: ...move Mirror is displayed select the drive with its status missing and click Remove Mirror 3 In Disk Management click OK Perform steps 1 to 3 for each volume that requires RAID resynchronization 4 Sele...

Page 37: ...ord are Administrator and password 11Click RAID Builder from the Start menu of Windows Storage Server 12Select Repair the mirrored volume of the system area check replaced hard drive and click OK 13Wh...

Page 38: ...sing and click Remove Mirror 3 In Disk Management click OK Perform steps 1 to 3 for each volume that requires RAID resynchronization 4 Select the new volume where mirroring will be performed and selec...

Page 39: ...ders in Windows Storage Server Preparing a Backup Destination 1 In Server Manager click Tools Windows Server Backup Windows Server Backup will start 2 Click Local Backup If Reading data please wait is...

Page 40: ...40 4 Click Next 5 Select Custom and click Next...

Page 41: ...41 6 Click Add Items 7 Select the backup source folders or drives and click OK...

Page 42: ...42 8 Click Next 9 Specify the schedule to run the backup and click Next...

Page 43: ...kup destination and click Next 11Step through the wizard to finish Recovering Backup Data Recover the backup data to the TeraStation 1 In Server Manager click Tools Windows Server Backup Windows Serve...

Page 44: ...44 2 Click Local Backup If Reading data please wait is displayed please wait until these messages disappear 3 Right click on Local Backup and click Recover The recovery wizard will start 4 Click Next...

Page 45: ...45 5 Select the date when backing up the data and click OK 6 Select the recovery targets and click Next...

Page 46: ...are Installation 3 Select NovaBackup and click click Install 4 Click Install again 5 Check Backup Client and click Install on the NovaBACKUP installation wizard 6 Select the installation language and...

Page 47: ...is now installed To launch NovaBACKUP click the icon on your computer s desktop For more detail information click View Help in the NovaBackup Express Wizard or click Help Topics at the upper right of...

Page 48: ...time and click OK Note In the Internet Time tab click Change settings then select Synchronize with an Internet time server The date and time can be obtained automatically Server Name Workgroups and Do...

Page 49: ...49 4 Enter the computer name choose domain or workgroup and click OK...

Page 50: ...the password Changing the password for the administrator account 1 In Windows Storage Server navigate to Control Panel User Accounts User Accounts Manage another account 2 Select a user and click Chan...

Page 51: ...51 4 Click Proceed 5 Enter a new password twice...

Page 52: ...User 1 In Windows Storage Server open Administrative Tools then double click Computer Management 2 Click Local Users and Groups 3 Right click Users and click New User 4 Enter the desired settings and...

Page 53: ...ministrators group cannot be connected by the remote desktop Adding a Group 1 In Windows Storage Server open Administrative Tools then double click Computer Management 2 Click Local Users and Groups 3...

Page 54: ...54 4 Enter the desired settings then click Add...

Page 55: ...55 5 Click Advanced 6 Click Find Now 7 Select the users to be registered to the group then click OK...

Page 56: ...56 8 Click OK 9 Click Close...

Page 57: ...w the procedure below to create one or more shared folders This is an example to create a shared folder named Share in drive D which anyone can access 1 In Windows Storage Server open Administrative T...

Page 58: ...58 4 Click Next 5 Enter the path of an existing folder or a new folder then click Next...

Page 59: ...r path to create the shared folder for the first time If the message The system cannot find the specified path Do you want to create it is displayed click Yes 6 Enter a name for the share and a descri...

Page 60: ...60 7 Check Customize permissions then click Custom 8 Choose Everyone and check Allow for Change...

Page 61: ...61 9 In the Security tab click Edit Add...

Page 62: ...62 10Enter Everyone under Enter the object names to select then click OK 11Choose Everyone then check Allow for Modify...

Page 63: ...ick Users Guest 4 In the General tab uncheck Account is disabled then click OK Enable access permissions 5 In Windows Storage Server open Administrative Tools then double click Computer Management 6 C...

Page 64: ...ecified event ID logged 1 In Windows Storage Server click Email Notification 2 Check Enable email notification 3 Click New and enter an email address You may enter up to five email addresses to receiv...

Page 65: ...AMMD5 SMTP AUTH CRAM MD5 is selected select wether to use SSL or TLS Title Enter the subject of the notification email Contents Email server address Check IPv6 add add IPv6 compatibility to the email...

Page 66: ...ress cannot be changed by NAS Navigator2 To change the IP address the domain environment administrator must change it at the domain server 1 Right click on your TeraStation s icon and click Properties...

Page 67: ...u installed the TeraStation with the TeraNavigator CD NAS Navigator2 was installed automatically NAS Navigator2 will run in the system tray when the computer is on To launch NAS Navigator2 double clic...

Page 68: ...and default gateway Browse Opens the TeraStation s shared folder Refresh Searches for NAS devices on the network again I m here Causes your TeraStation to beep Right click your device s icon to show t...

Page 69: ...pen Remote Desktop to open Windows Storage Server IP Address Check Use DHCP to assign an IP address automatically If there is no DHCP server in the network you cannot use this function Check Renew IP...

Page 70: ...Mbps full duplex Disk Space Used HDD USED Bar graphs are shown to indicate the used space for the C D E and F internal drives of the TeraStation When a hard drive is full it is indicated by Hostname...

Page 71: ...Dx Broken E30 Replace the DISK An error occurred so hard drive X was removed from the RAID array Replace hard drive X SYSTEM I10 TOO HOT A rise in the system temperature may have exceeded the allowabl...

Page 72: ...tiation 100 Mbps full duplex half duplex autonegotiation 10 Mbps full duplex half duplex autonegotiation Number of Ports 2 ports supports Auto MDIX Connector Type RJ 45 8 pin USB Port WS5600DR2 WS5400...

Page 73: ...or DriveStation series Troubleshooting If you can t access your TeraStation Typical problems and when you are unable to search using NAS Navigator2 and when the Remote Desktop screen does not open ar...

Page 74: ...When TeraStation shared folders suddenly do not open If the TeraStation shared folder is assigned and used as a network drive access to the TeraStation may suddenly fail if network settings such as IP...

Page 75: ...then press the power button This executes the recovery process 4 The TeraStation shuts down automatically when the recovery process is complete 5 Remove the USB device set the boot mode switch to HDD...

Page 76: ...ual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct...

Page 77: ...els WS5200D WS5200D0202WR2 WS5200D0402WR2 WS5200D0802WR2 WS5400D WS5400D0404WR2 WS5400D0804WR2 WS5400D1204WR2 WS5400R WS5400R0404WR2 WS5400R0804WR2 WS5400R01204WR2 WS5400R0804SR2 WS5400R1604SR2 WS5600...

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