 Hello everybody! Watch this video to find out how to install RediNAS operating system on a VMware virtual machine and how to recover data from a RAID 50 built-in virtual machine with RediNAS operating system. RediNAS is an operating system used for Netgear network storage devices, which offers a wide range of features to manage and protect your data. Installing RediNAS OS on a virtual machine lets you use this operating system on any computer having a virtualization manager. This is very convenient for testing, debugging and getting acquainted with this operating system. Also, a RediNAS virtual machine can be used as a form of backup to preserve important data which can be restored easily if the RediNAS physical device fails. In today's video, I'll give a detailed coverage of how to install the operating system on a virtual machine and how to configure it properly. In the end, I'll show you how to recover data from a RAID system built on this virtual machine with the example of a RAID 50. For installation, you need to download a virtual disk image containing RediNAS. And I'll put the link below this video. After that, start VMware and create a new virtual machine. File – new virtual machine. Click Next here. And choose to install the operating system later. Click Next. When selecting a guest operating system, choose a 64-bit Linux distribution and click Next. Type a name to this virtual machine and specify its location. Click Next and continue. Leave the number of processors as it is and make sure that your machine has at least 512 MB. In the network settings, choose Bridge Networking and click Next. Now, add the disk image that you have downloaded to this type, SETA. Choose an existing virtual disk and give the files to your RediNAS image. Open Next and keep existing format. Review all the settings and click Finish. All you need now is to add a few disks, start the machine and begin the installation. Open virtual machine settings, click the Add button below, hard disk, SETA, create a new virtual hard disk. However, if you need to add physical disks, choose the corresponding option below. Give the disk size, choose to store it as a single file and click Next. Choose the destination folder if necessary and click Finish. In the same way, add as many disks as required. When you are finished with the configuration, click on this button to start the virtual machine. If you see a window like this, click Yes to confirm. After that, the RediNAS installation begins. At this stage, you can see your device in a radar app. As you can see, the installation is underway. If it's successful, you will see the version of the operating system installed and the device name. To learn the network address of your storage device, open the radar app. You can see that its status has changed. Open any browser and type the IP address of your device into the address bar. Otherwise, click on the Setup button in the radar app. The device is using an unprotected protocol, and that's why you can see this message. Follow the link to sign in. After that, enter your data. By default, they are admin and password. It unlocks access to the management panel. And you will see the welcome screen. Click Next. Choose your time zone, set a new administrative password, click Next, and apply to finalize the configuration. To access the storage, enter the new sign-in data. That's all. The RediNAS configuration is over. During initial configuration, the system creates a raid automatically. If you want to change this type, this raid should be deleted and then reconfigured. To do it, open the Volumes tab and click on the gear wheel button. Then click Destroy. In the pop-up window, type Destroy and click on the button with the same word. When a volume is destroyed, all the data will be erased from its disks. Now, you can create a new array. Select the disks and click New Volume. Give it a name and choose the raid time. Then click Next and create. It starts the process of building the array and we're syncing the disks within it. When it's complete, you'll be able to upload data to the shared folder. I'll create a new Shouts folder. Use the File Explorer to access the network and open the storage. If you accidentally removed data from a virtual machine already in SOS or lost access to the machine or it doesn't start and the raid system is destroyed, you'll be able to retrieve the information with the help of a specialized tool – Hetman Raid Recovery. This program supports all popular raid types and most file systems. It also supports data recovery from virtual machines. The program will automatically rebuild the raid with the available hard disks, regardless of how it was created, with the network storage device, a dedicated controller or by means of a software raid. Download and install Hetman Raid Recovery to your computer. If your disks are physical, the program will automatically scan them and rebuild the crashed raid. If your disks are virtual, they should be mounted in this program before you proceed. Open the Tools menu, mount disk, choose the image type and click Next. For that, specify the path to your virtual machine or, to be more exact, to the virtual disks which make up your raid. Select the folder and click OK. You can uncheck the disks which you don't need to scan and then click Next. Now the program will scan the virtual disks, similar to the case with physical disks and build a raid system. This is where you can see detailed information about the disk away. Right-click on the volume and choose Open to start searching for files. In the next window, choose the scan type. For starters, recommend running a fast scan first. It will take less time and it works fine in most simple scenarios. If the program can't find the missing data, then go for Full Analysis. To do it, return to the main menu, right-click on the volume and choose Analyze again. In the window that opens, select Full Analysis, specify the file system of the disk and click Next. When the scan is over, open the folder where your files used to be stored, select the ones you want to recover and hit the Recovery button. After that, choose the Disk & Folder where to save the files and click Recovery again. Finish. In the end, you will find the recovered files in the folder you have chosen. To quickly find a specific file, there is a search by name feature. Also, this utility lets you save a copy of the entire disk and then work on it instead of addressing the actual disk all the time. Such feature allows you to protect the disk data from being overwritten. From an accidental disk failure or from other mistakes that users could make. It should be noted that recovering data from a RAID can take up quite a lot of time, especially if the array was damaged. Also, 100% recovery cannot be guaranteed. However, using Hetman RAID Recovery can considerably improve your chances for successful restoration of your files. To sum up, we can say that creating a virtual machine with readiness operating system and recovering data from a RAID based on readiness could become necessary in various situations related to loss of data, hardware failures or when you need to test and use this operating system. Regardless of your reasons, it is always important to know how to restore critical data with specialized tools like Hetman RAID Recovery. We hope that you find this video useful and it will help you both with installing readiness OS on a virtual machine and with recovering any loss of data. And that is all for now. Don't forget to click the Like button and subscribe to our channel. Leave comments to ask questions and share your opinion. Thank you for watching. And good luck.