How to FULLY BACKUP Synology DSM (System Image) with Hyper Backup to Another Synology NAS

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Video Chapters
00:00 - The Start
00:45 - Disclaimer - THIS IS IN BETA ATM
01:11 - Installing Hyper Backup and Hyper Backup Vault
02:45 - Connecting the two Synology NAS in Hyper Backup
05:42 - Setting Up Your Target/Destination Synology NAS (2)
06:42 - Creating Immutable Backups of DSM System Images
08:33 - DSM Backup Schedule and Rotation Configuration
09:44 - Restart Your Primary Synology NAS (Source)
10:42 - Perform an initial DSM Image Backup
12:15 - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT SPACE ON THE TARGET NAS!
13:31 - How to Restore a Synology DSM Image Backup
17:58 - Successful DSM Image Restoration
19:44 - Important - One Issue Regarding Hyper Backup DSM Image Backup Compatibility!

The NAScompares Podcast - Let's Talk Data

[dencio]

been looking for a guide on hyperbackup between 2 synology and your the only one mention that hyperbackup vault is needed. Subscribed and liked the video more power!

[jacobwells]

For anyone following along trying to configure Hyperbackup to a a remote NAS, it is doable. If you aren't using a VPN, you will need to create a port forward on the remote end for both TCP port 6281 and 5001 (used in newer DSM for authentication) on the remote router, to the local LAN IP of your remote NAS. Then when you configure the backup job you would specify the WAN IP as the destination.

[SKcdman]

tx for this feature introduction. i hope its transferable to another NAS model - in case of NAS burn/damage it could be impossible to get the same model from supplier so recovery to dissimilar NAS model would be perfect. BTW the feature I miss the most is logging Active Backup jobs in Active Insight. WE pay that for our customers but it checks only Hyperbackup jobs missing their best backup APP - Activebackup.

[Prodiy]

Just want to add that I have bought a DS223j and was able to do Hyper backup of my DS1522+. So J series NAS is now supported :)

[PaulLawler]

After you have done an 'Entire System' backup, are you then able to restore a single file or folder? Or can you only do an 'Entire System' restore?

[Amerona]

Many qustions down here but no answers!? What about if the source have a lot of Maria db data, Webstation with lot of settings, docker containers and more. And supose the source crasched completely, could you then do restore from the target? Or do you have to install Hyperbackup first on source?

[mali]

Great video!

When I click restore and verify that the local nas will be erased it asks me for a file path the latest DSM software. After the 'Creating volumes for the restoration' is complete I get a new window saying welcome back and give me the option to 'Re-Install' the DSM. It then asks for the file path to the latest DSM software and brings me back to the Welcome to DSM 7.2 page and gives me another opportunity to 'Restore your device'. Which leads me back to the Hyper Backup wizard and then I'm stuck in Groundhog day.

Any idea how to break out of this loop and restore my NAS?

[peterwellmann]

Can I restore on a different, eg complete different Synology, NAS?

[marekvaclavik]

So which solution for full-NAS backup is better? Hyper Backup or ActiveBackup for Business? Which one is faster and more reliable? Also, I suppose that both packages do an incremental backup, is that true?

[hyperion]

Hi,

If I save my entire nas with ext4 file system, can I restore all the data on brtfs file system?

[pnddesign]

Thank you very much for this. Appreciated :)

[tfLoN]

I wonder if DSM rebuilds the array before restoring, that could explain the time..

[engineeringVirtue]

What happens if NAS A is backing up NAS B, and NAS B is backing up NAS A... Anyway to exclude the backups of the other unit or avoid recursion where it ends backing up the backup if itself on the other NAS which gets added to next backup ...etc.

[andrewdatar]

5:55 "Select a volume that has sufficient space for at least one system image backup". How do I know this number? Is it the size of the volume where DSM being backed up is installed? Or what size?

[exter]

Im getting transfers lower than 1MBps on hyperbackup.... its horribly slow

[steveyg]

How can i backup my full system of i only have one nas, a dx517 and a usb drive? If it's not possible then it really should be synologys priority to make this an option!

[claywhitenack]

How much space does the full system backup image take up on the remote nas?

[giovannifrancesco]

Both my DS220 and DS1522+ on latest 7.2 are not showing any Beta packages for these; I see Synology Drive, Office and Universal viewer betas. Nothing else =/

Any tricks or manual downloads of the package links?

[maxbarko]

To give you an idea how important backups are. My DS918 crashed and I had to buy a DS923. I inserted the HDDs and started it. As it was impossible to update DSM upon migration I contacted support.
The problem is that the DS918 was originally installed with DSM6 which I upgraded to 7. Originally DSM6 had less OS space allocated and the update is not possible. I now have to make a factory reset which also is not possible as I have immutable snapshots. It is a nightmare.

[iamnotapoet]

As usual, thanks for ALL the AMAZING videos. Is there any reason to use Active Backup for Business instead of HyperBackup for a full BARE METAL DiskStation restore. Are are they IDENTICAL in end results? thanks for your words of wisdom. - Eric ZORK Alan & Sweetie [ Professional Poets & Bed Vloggers ]