Chapter 8 Settings Backup/Restoration
Saving and Applying Settings
The TeraStation’s settings can be saved to a USB drive (the capacity is no more than 2 TB) and applied to another
Buffalo NAS device of the same series. Use this feature to back up or copy settings to a new Buffalo NAS device.
Save
Settings &
Firmware
Settings &
Firmware
Settings &
Firmware
Settings &
Firmware
Restore
Restore
Restore
Write down the drive configuration (number of drives, RAID, LVM, etc.) of the Buffalo NAS device whose settings
were saved. Make sure that any Buffalo NAS devices that you apply these settings to have the exact same drive
configuration before you apply the settings. If the drive configuration is different, you may get unexpected results.
The following settings are not saved or applied:
Category Settings
File Sharing
Subfolders’ access restriction settings in the shared folders
All settings for USB drives
Two-factor authentication settings in “Users”
Storage
All settings in “Drives”
All settings in “LVM”
All settings in “iSCSI”
USB drive information
Cloud Storage
Job settings of Dropbox Sync
Job settings of Microsoft OneDrive Sync
Network
All settings except for service port restrictions, Wake-on-LAN, MTU size settings,
the “Services Restarted After” option, and FQDN mapping in “IP Address”
All settings in “Port Trunking”
Backup
All settings except for the Periodic Sync and Advanced Settings tab settings in
“Failover”
Management
The TeraStation’s hostname
All settings in “Power Management”
All settings in “SSL”
Display language in Settings
Saving Settings
1 Insert a 1 GB or larger USB drive (not included) into a USB port on the TeraStation.
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