NAS disk name changed - HELP!

I use a NAS for backups and external storage. At some time in the past week, my backup operations stopped working, and I think I have tracked down the source of the problem. Somehow, an "extension" got added to the disk name (I did not do this and I am not sure how it happened). The disk name (Cosmos) has not changed, but when right click and choose "get info", in the "Name and Extension" section, the disk shows up as Cosmos-1. Unfortunately, the name is greyed out and I can't change it. Does anybody know how I can remove the -1 extension and change the name back to Cosmos so that my backups see the disk again? HELP!

Open up Applications > Utilities > Terminal
Type in
cd /Volumes/
("Change Directory to /Volumes/")
and then
ls -a
(list all the files in this directory)
and you will probably see Cosmos and Cosmos-1, among others. Eject the Cosmos volume if you haven't already, then go back to Terminal. Type in
rm Cosmos
("remove the file called Cosmos")
Now mount the drive again and it should be able to take the name "Cosmos" without adding the '-1' suffix.
These phantom volumes can sometimes appear when a command tries to copy files to a volume without actually mounting it first. It is likely that wahtever you are using to make backups isn't properly waiting for the drive to mount before it tries to do a backup.

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