Backups fail after NAS ip address change
I have recently changed my home router, as a result the ip addresses of all connected devices have changed including the ip address of my NAS server.
I have been through a couple of articles on how to point acronis true image at a new server ip and in the gui I can see the new ip address of the nas server.
How ever when I start up a back up the process the back up runs for a few minutes and then stops telling me it cant find the share at the old ip address. I have changed the ip address in the registry and in the script files.
Any suggestions as to where else I can find the place to change the ip address.
See attached screen shot.
Please see forum topic: Change destination of backup after IP change where another user hit a similar issue and shared his solution to resolving it.
I don't know what router you are using, but another possibility is to use your router's configuration to assign the NAS to a fixed IP address.
BrunoC wrote:I don't know what router you are using, but another possibility is to use your router's configuration to assign the NAS to a fixed IP address.
The doc provided by original poster shows a switch from 192.168.0.27 to 192.168.1.40. Assuming default subnet masks, that's a change from subnet 0 to subnet 1. Assigning the NAS a static IP address from the original subnet would make the NAS unreachable by everything, not just ATI.
If the NAS has moved to a different subnet then there is no way ATI's use of the old address can be made to work.
Most routers will allow you to change the subnet on it - doing so, will assign IP's in that subnet to all devices to be part of it as well. If you're able to, change the router IP to 192.168.1.1 and a subnet of 255.255.255.0
Then, if you can, assign static IP's to your devices (or give them DHCP reservations which is almost the same thing) so that they match what they were before, or so at least they don't change at some point in time.
The only things to be aware of if you do this..
1) Once you change the router IP and it reboots, the default web page you access it with will change too (192.168.1.1)
2) Most times after you do this, you'll need to reboot the devices on the network so they pick up a new DHCP address or you'll need to do an ipconfig /release and ipconfig/ renew to get a new IP address on the same subnet.
I also bought a new NetGear router and the IP addresses of all connected devices have changed including the IP address of my NAS server.so I use my router configuration to assign the NAS to a fixed IP address.
As a rule, I assign fixed IP addresses to all my devices through the router.
After years of supporting networks in mainframe environments, I have a pathological dislike for static IP addresses (even though they should cause no problems if I'm the one controlling them). I have not had problems accessing my NAS devices using their host names.