How to Backup one Synology NAS to Another Synology for an Offsite backup using HyperBackup
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- The easiest way to create an offsite backup is to deploy a separate Synology as an offsite backup and use it as a Hyper Backup destination. Synology makes this process incredibly easy by installing Hyper Backup Server and using the built in DDNS server.
This tutorial covers how to use a remote Synology NAS as a Hyper Backup destination in order to create an offsite backup. This is even accessible for home users by purchasing a cheap J series NAS and leaving it at a friends house! This is very important to do to save your data from fire, water or theft.
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your tutorials are so helpful! So much easier and clearer than going through all the synology documentation.
This is actually the best howto for this purpose. Worked like a Charm and even with remote site backup. Thank you very much.
your tutorials are the best. very well organized and quick. love your whole channel it's really helped me get my synology set up the way i want!
Hey thanks! Glad you like them!
Ive watched several of your videos and I find all of them so far have been extremely helpful. I am just confused why your videos don't have a lot more views. Thanks for making these awesome videos
Hey thanks! They channel is growing a ton so I can’t me mad!
Note: YOU MUST HAVER Hyper Backup Vault installed on the TARGET Drive or you will NOT BE ABLE to connect to the target. Only took 24 hours to figure that out. Just trying to save someone else. Thanks for the vid Rex....
Kudos to you for this brief (thank you!) and very clear explanation of the steps to take.
Awesome videos. Very helpful and clear to the point. Very much appreciated.
Thanks for this. I struggled a bit with this using Synology help / tutorials. You make it very easy to understand.
Happy to help!
This was a super helpful video, thanks so much for putting this video together!
You are one of the best on TH-cam that I have the privilege to watch. Your tutorials are easy, your explanation thourough. Big thanks for the great job.
Super helpful! Thanks so much for the great video!
Glad it was helpful!
Great summaries! Suggestion to make some money and really help users long term. You’ve taken significant time to understand Synology. The main problem is users set up their equipment then when a catastrophic failure happens to their computer or Nas 1 year later, they scramble to figure out what procedures are needed to institute a recovery. Why not take your knowledge and build instruction templates for these different videos. This will allow users to enter their specific configuration information and passwords and document exactly how they set up their device for hyper or other applications. Then have an instruction template that explains exactly how to restore data during a recovery. Put your business contact information on it and ask for a donation. They can print the information out, put it in a binder next to their Nas, and never have to worry about what to do when they start a recovery or want to reconfigure their NAS. THANKS AGAIN!
I had a older Synology (a DS213) in storage when I was inspired by this video to do an offsite backup. I had a “static” backup on SD card elsewhere, but a dynamic backup like this is much better. Since I had recently put a new HD in my main Synology (DS718+) so that I would be running one new drive, I had the pulled drive to use in the DS213, so no initial cost to do this. When I get the remote NAS to its ultimate destination and running, I will get a second drive for the remote NAS. The initial in-LAN backup went smooth as glass, now I just have to do the remote phase. It would be helpful if a video were made on the various options to accomplish a remote backup besides DDNS, e.g. a VPN, Direct Connect, etc.
Excellent tutorials - thank you.
Great video, very helpful, thank you!
Thanks!
A good idea is to have an offline backup too. Tape is great for that. Great video.
Thanks for this video - very helpful - allowed me to use two old Synology devices I had doing nothing and will save me >$2000 per year in cloud costs!
Thanks for this video! Do you suggest any additional security, such as setting up a VPN?
If you have multiple, incremental (daily backups and you select the most recent backup to restore a folder(s), does it restore evry file in the folder or only the ones that were changed or added to the last backup?
I want to backup my NAS entirely, including the software configuration so I can reset the NAS. I formatted the drives with SHR-2 and want to now change to just SHR. Then I want to restore all the data and configuration. So I want to make sure everything is accurately backed up so I can recreate the NAS and data on the new SHR formatted drives.
Very useful, thanks!
I've watched so many of your vids an circled back to this one. You are the best!! What is the best way to backup two "source" NASs (at different locations) to the the same "backup" NAS? I'd imagine each source can be backed up locally at their respective locations. I'll walk through the steps in this vid to backup location #1 locally, but then I bring the backup NAS to location #2 and.... anything special I need to do? How do I connect the backup NAS to location #2s network after it was already set up at location #1?
And all the same DDNS and port forwarding rules still apply. Both sources can use the same port 6281?
Hi, great videos! I have a question. Can you keep your backups in sync from one NAS to another NAS using "Active Backup for Business"? So it will be an Off-site backup? (Using Quick Connect) Should I use Snapshot Replication maybe?
God bless you for all your work 🙏🏻
I really thanks you for your videos !
Got a few questions too.
To begin, sorry for my English ...
I have seen you made videos about security too.
I have several questions about backups and security :
If you choose client side-encryption, wil it be It really impossible to find the key without the passphrase, I mean by accessing through SSH for example?
So without the key if you don't have access to the remote NAS, you can't erase files ?
On the target server will you consider creating a user per Nas backed up ? (with only read/write access to the folder used as destination)
Will you consider Hyper Backup more secure than Active BAckup and Snapshot Replciation ?
Will you use Active Backup for Files Server using Rsync though Wan ? I have seen your tutorial about rsync on raspberry . Will it be enough using 873 port and a user which has only access to the destination folder and rsync rights ?
On Snaphost you can't enable client-side encryption. Do you consider it enough safe even through the Internet? (with using secure connection on partner server) ?
Thanks !
I really love your tutorials. I bought a new DS1522 based on this video. In trying to set up the backup,The Backup Destination Settings page is a bit different. Authentication just has a "Log In" button that does nothing when clicked.If I click on Shared Folder, it says I need to be logged in first. Thanks again for your great content.
Fantastic videos. New subscriber
So you port forward the router at the remote location?
Very helpful.... Thanks
Hi Will. Great tutorial again!
Question and a video I would like to see is...
Once the Destination NAS (Tod) has the Hyper Backup Vault task,...
and the Source NAS (Tank Local) needs to be rebuilt completely,...
how do we restore from the Destination NAS Hyper Backup Vault, to the newly rebuilt Source NAS?
Hi (SpaceRex), Thank you for all the great and easy to follow tutorials, seriously the best on the internet!
I did run into a problem though, I followed your tutorial on the reverse proxy, and was hoping you are going to discuss it here with the remote backup.
I made the right reverse backup domain, and everything else is working perfectly fine (going into DSM and stuff with reverse proxy), but the Hyperbackup wont work for some reason, it keeps saying offline. Do you know if it is possible to do a remote Hyperbackup with a reverse proxy?
that is really interesting. Did you open up the remote port?
Glad you like the channel!
Is there a way to do an integrity check on every single file you have? I want to make sure no files are corrupted, however it is impossible to go through every single file and checking all of them. Thanks for any help.
Merci à toi pour toutes ces informations !
Hey, thanks for your tutorials they are great! How would I go about backing up to a remote TrueNAS? Thank you in advance.
I have one on “backup synology to TrueNAS” to make that one remote I would connect them with a VPN server
Thanks for the video. Is it advisable that you also set vpn connection between the 2 NASs?
I’m unable to successfully login to my backup nas using correct credentials. Possibly permission issue. Any ideas ?
does it need to be an admin user on the target nas?
since that kind of violates the security boundaries between the two systems...
using a remote admin user means the backup user can be used to completely wipe the target device.
So you just bring the remote NAS back to the main site and the files are readable or do you have to put the hbk/backup data through a restoration? I dont understand how the files sitting in the backup repository could be useful without being restored…?
Can the destination folder be a USB HDD? My friend's Synology HDD space is already full and allocated. But I wanted to put a USB drive in the remote location for my backups
Thanks a lot for all your tutorials on Synology NAS systems. I have a question if I may, my NAS is 10 years old, it's a DS213+ two-bay. The operating system is DSM 6.2.4.
I would like to get a newer one with more storage capacity and use the old one for offsite backup. Question is, is it possible to do this? The new NAS uses DSM 7 and btrfs file system the old one uses ext4 system and DSM 6.2. So, can I use the old NAS as backup target? I hope you can help me out here. Thanks in advance! Wim
The family member I am going to send my nas to does not want open ports. Can I have the destination nas connect to my source nas through VPN and then avoid port forwarding?
Can this be done if the onsite drive to be backed up isnt a NAS but rather just a local drive on my desktop?
The tutorial for setting up DDNS and firewall ports for hyperbackup, do you have a link?
How / Possible edit the excel & document created by Synology office using Android native app?
if I've already encrypted the shared folder the NAS, then checking "client-side encryption" when using Hyper backup to send all files to the offsite NAS. Will it be double encrypted? Which encryption key would I use if I need to restore files from the offsite NAS?
If you are backing up an encrypted folder it is first decrypted then reencryped with the client side key. If you do not enable client side encryption then the backups will not be encrypted
Hello,
Great tutorials about Synology. I watched the majority before buying one to replace my 6..7 years old NAS.
I have a question regarding the backup: is it possible to use my old NAS (Seagate) for backup of the new Synology?
Thank you in advance and keep making videos explaining Synology.
So you can use HyperBackup with Rsync, WebDAV, or S3. Basically you need to make sure your old NAS can take in one of those protocols
Awesomne, but, seems I cant hyper bcakup storgae pool 1 to my new single drive storgae pool 2? Any way around it? I added a new 12tb in the NAS in order to avoid USB HD.. :(
Hi @spaceRex I've just done this in place of another tutorial which advised to use tailscale (That didn't connect despite setting the task to overcome DSM7 limitations). However if i try to set up a new backup task and link into my created DDNS it doesn't allow me to enter the NAS username and password and says it can't connect. However editing pre created tasks (all created when the 2 NAS were on the same network) seems to work. Any advice?
I love your tutorials and they have been extremally helpful over the years. Recently upgraded my NAS and of course plan to use the old one for an offsite backup. My question is whether Synology's quickconect & DDNS safeguards/protections are sufficient or should I use a better router like Tplink's Omada router to provide another layer of protection or even a VPN. The off site location only has a crapy ISP router with next to no firewall services. I have watched your synology security video's as well.
Where to forward a port at home or at remote location? Can you further explain that - show at your router...
That completely depends on your router. You'll need to google "forward port routername routermodel" with the name and model of your router.
Do you have this for DSM 7? My situation is Synology NAS to Nas locally.
How safe is the ddns on the remote Nas? And if someone exploits the remote Nas can they make their way back to your local Nas?
Thanks for the video! It would be helpful to also hear how to do this process remotely the first time, even if that's not the optimal way of doing things
I think the key bit I'm stuck on is how to set up the port forwarding when the backup task doesn't yet exist
Hello SpaceRex, is this still the best way to secure offsite NAS in 2023 please?
any way i can test the port being actually open on the offsite backup?
Is it possible to do this with two NASs vice versa? My brother and I are thinking about getting a NAS from Synology each (same model). The idea is having one at his place and one at mine. My data should be backed up to his NAS and his to mine.
Clear what I mean?
Is it possible using the same method?
Thanks.
Yes completely!
I want to have my Photos on the NAS with the SSD(2TB)(running photo backup from all the phones in the family) and to back it up on my other NAS that is full of HDD(12TB in hybrid RAID... so about 8,5)... is the vault the best or only option?
I don't care about multiple copies of the data... the 2 of them would be enough.
what would be the best option?
BTW, your videos are about the only option for Synology stuff, so thanks
Here is what I have done so far and not sure what my next steps should be. I set up an additional NAS on my home network and successfully ran Hyper backup to it and created my first backup. Right now the two NAS's are on the same network and the backup NAS was initially set up on my home network. Now I want to take it to a family member's house and set it up there so I can run Hyper Backup remotely. I am not clear on all that is needed to be done both at the remote site and on my home based NAS. If I plug in the backup NAS into the network at the other house, do I assign a new IP or let DCHP run?? On my home base unit, what do I need to change, and what info do I need to change in the Hyper Backup package so that the next time it backs up, it will do so on the remote NAS. I am sorry for such a long question, but I don't want to mess this up.
If I use my old NAS as target to back up, I get "version incompatibility problem" message. My target NAS is a DS213 so it has an old DSM (6.2.4)and my origin NAS is a DS220+ (DSM 7.2.1). How is het possible to back up to an old NAS if they have different DSM?
is it possible to set up a (hyper backup) from a remote location? Synology nas to Synology nas.
Do you recommend setting the remote (and local) NAS up as RAID or SHR? Or is this just waste of space. I want to run backups 2x a week, syncing two synology NAS systems.
It's probably best to use SHR everywhere to take advantage of the benefits of SHR in both locations.
I have two Synology NAS next to eachother. My old one and a new one. I'm using this to backup my media files from my new one to my old one on a weekly basis. Do I still need to do that DDNS, etc....then?
No. Just the local IP
@@SpaceRexWill Maybe another question but...I have hyper backup doing multiple jobs. One of them is to backup to C2 cloud storage.
I tried this yesterday and I noticed it is incredible slow. 100GB took 8 hours to backup to the C2 Cloud while doing a hyper backup of 2.5TB from NAS to NAS took me 3 hours.
Seems like many people have this with the C2 storage...are you aware of this?
Very insightful tutorial, will I need to have quickconnect enabled on the remote nas in order to have backups succeed?
You would need to actually setup port forwarding on the other end. you cannot use quick connect
@@SpaceRexWill makes sense, thanks!
.....you mentioned this might take hours or days & local backups.....during this time, is there a computer (laptop) that needs to be running in order to maintain this process.....or can the two NAS devices sort this out on there own (if connected to the same router)?
After you setup the backup you can turn your computer off. The synology itself runs the backup
is it recommended incremental backup ?
On the NAS used as ‘vault’, do you enable normal settings such as ‘snapshots’?
Yes! If your files never change the snapshots take zero space
Rex
I followed your many videos. When the NAS was on the same network, this worked. However, now the NAS is offsite in a different country.
How to fix the IP address? I have tried to use the quick-connect server name, and it failed. The same thing is happening with the shared sync folder.
Any heads up on how to get sorted if a NAS is already offsite?
Quick connect should work. If you are using DDNS you will have to setup port forwarding
@@SpaceRexWill . I spoke to Synology support, quick-connect would not work. I have created a DDNS with Synology.
Apparently, the ports will need to open on the offsite router. That was the problem, the offsite router is not a modern router. At least now, I know what to do.
Thanks, Rex, you are the number one Synology Techie, easy to understand.
I've been bing watching your videos. They are fantastic. In your security video you talked about using openvpn to ensure secure communication. Is it worth running hyper backup over openvpn? I connected two synology over openvpn but got stuck trying to set the destination for hyperbackup because openvpn assigns ip addresses dynamically. How do I set a reliable destination when the backup vault machines up address is dynamic and inside a vpn? Openvpn is running on the hyperbackup nas; destination nas is openvpn client.
So if you do client encryption (your files are encrypted at your home NAS) then its not crucial to use a VPN (though it is always much more secure) as at worst what a hacker would be able to do if they somehow broke into the remote NAS would be to delete your backups. Overall its very secure.
As for getting the static IP through openVPN I think there is a line you can add to the vpn config file
@@SpaceRexWill Thanks. That's cleared things up. Much appreciated!
Thanks for the video - pretty new to all of this and I was hoping to see the video you said you would link to, about setting up a DDNS name. Ca you please point me in the direction of where to find it? Thanks
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My brother in law each have our own DS1019+ devices in our homes, each populated with qty 5 4TB drives, running SHR2. That gives ea of us about 12TB of useable storage.
We just pooled our money together and went in on a RS819 (4 bay) to keep in a rack at our shared cabin. We plan to both use this RS819 to backup both of our NASs. I assume we can partition the RS819 somehow so that we each get 12TB of data and make it so one of us doesn't "hog" more than our allotted 12TB? We are planning on populating the RS819 with qty 4 8TB HDs, SHR, which should give us 24TB useable space. Does this sound like a good plan? Any steps I'm missing or things I should consider? I plan to watch this video during setup to guide me through the process!
Thanks!!
A backup question to my question above. What's the best way to split the dats of our shared RS819 NAS? Create two different volumes during set up? Create 2 different storage pools?
And if we ea currently have 4TB of data, will that translate to exactly 4TB of data on the backup NAS too?
So the best way to do this would be to create two shared folders, 1 for you 1 for him. Then give them a limit of 12 TB each. Then with hyper backup just choose the destination for each to be your own shared folder. It will not let you go over 12 TB
Does anyone know if you can do this with a flashstation and a diskstation that is in a separate city?
you can
If you can make a video about Hyper Back up Error Restore Only status. That would be greate.
Great video as always. We'll see how long 13Tb takes to back up! haha. Also, a lot respect for the number of videos you've been able to put out! I'm starting my own series - accounting and finance for creative professionals, and it's going to be a few years before I can catch up to how much content you've produced 😂
Hey thanks! they are not too bad as its a tutorial, one way to do it
Argh. I can't choose the shared folder although I got one (on the remote NAS). Any ideas what's going on?
Is there anyway to setup one of these as a solo unit remotely, that backs up files on a server? So only owning 1 nas, thats not local but works as if it is on site remotely.
You could, kinda. If you were to setup a VPN on your router (or a raspberry pi) at your home network. Then setup the Synology to auto connect to it.
you could then use Active Backup for Business / any other backup software on it as if it was local. It would take being decently tech savvy
@@SpaceRexWill I bought one for a small business, the owner wanted to see if I could set it up at his house and it back up the server at the office, I'm decently tech savvy but I don't want the headache. Is there any justification to just buy another synology nas over trying to make that work, honestly looking for an excuse to not have to deal with all the set up of a single nas that way.
Thank you for the fast reply btw.
I have the two NAS devices on the same network, but from the main NAS when I click on the "Server name or IP address:" dropdown in Hyper Backup, it just does not find anything. On the target NAS I have Hyper Backup Vault installed and running. When I manually type the server name or IP address of the target NAS, it does not work either. How do I solve this?
Yup, I have the same situation, except the two NAS devices are on different networks. Both show in the TailScale Dashboard and I can get into both from a Mac running the TailScale client. Firewall is not running on either NAS
Rex, as always, thanks for the fantastic video. A couple questions about the HyperBackup, HyperBackup VAULT offsite backup methodology:
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@@SpaceRexWill Rex, as always, thanks for the fantastic video. A couple questions about the HyperBackup, HyperBackup VAULT offsite backup methodology:
@@SpaceRexWill 1) On SOURCE in Hyperbackup do you have to enter an ADMIN user on Destination? Or can it be a non admin user with HyperBackup Vault Permission?
2) On Destination, in the case of a full source Synology crash, can you RESTORE all Backups Shares in ONE command via HyperBackupVault? And can it then automatically create shares as needed for the full restore?
3) OR do you have to select ONE SHARE at a time to restore and also manually first creation a new share to hold the restore for each Share in the Hyper Backup Vault?
I have a question nobody seems to have covered so far. If I had the money to buy another nas and populate it with even more drives, should I still use a raid configuration on the backup nas or should I go JBOD?
You can just use it as JBOD!
@@SpaceRexWill Thank you, and in the case of the backup NAS, can I use normal PC hard drives, non NAS quality (since they're going to be turned on once a week at most)? Will the NAS even allow them to run?
Thanks for this video! I've got an SFI as well as a couple questions.
SFI: for demo purposes I recommend changing the Desktop background color on the two devices so it's super clear which device you're on (even rename the devices to match the colors). I've done this on my own two NAS devices to reduce my own frustration :)
Questions:
1) Am I supposed to be able to see the actual files in the .hbk file on the destination server? (e.g. browse it via File Station as I can on the original server?)
2) I originally encrypted the destination server shared folder but I assume I should not do this in favor of using the encryption during the back-up task? It originally seemed logical to me that I'd want to encrypt the destination shared folder so this is counter-intuitive to me...
Hey that's a really good idea!
1) no, the way that Hyperbackup works is somewhat like a zip file. You could view the files by restoring it, but do DSM its just a bundle
2) So if you encrypt server side that means that the data is already encrypted by the time it reaches the remote NAS. Therefore you can leave the volume unencrypted as the data you are putting in there will be encrypted. This server side encryption ensures that even during transit the data is encrypted
At 5:05 you say you'll link a video that expands on the creation of the DDNS but the two in the description have no information regarding this...
What happens If you want to backup to a backup server that is not a synology But a ubuntu server, Do you type in the Ip address with the port follow by username and password?
You would setup an RSYNC server, I have a video on backing up to a Pi that would be the same steps for ubuntu th-cam.com/video/-dhnkncnLWs/w-d-xo.html
@@SpaceRexWill so Xpenology and synology both would work with rsync?
Anyone else have an issue with their off-site NAS resetting itself? I've successfully setup an off-site backup, however it keeps resetting itself and needs the DSM reinstalled everytime. Pretty frustrating, would love to know any solves out there. Keep up the good work Space Rex, best NAS vids around.
That sounds like your disks or unit must be corrupt. I have never seen this
@@SpaceRexWill yes, it's strange. I've moved the off-site backup onsite and tested backing up locally and its been working fine. It's just when it's off-site that the issue happens
Thanks!
I was fighting my DS118 and the DS720+ they use different apps. I thought hmm Rex has video for everything. I just typed back up ds118 and you popped up 2nd video under Synology's own.. thank you as always easy video walkthru.
haha happy to help and thanks for the tip!
Hey can you explain what access rights someone offsite could have by poking around the remote NAS?
1.) Can someone just pull out the remote/offsite NAS drives and hook up to another computer -- is data at risk?
2.) What about if someone just connected to the local network of the remote/offsite NAS? Or even directly to the NAS?
3.) Did you have this set up on the same Synology account?
Thanks Rex, just getting into this and really enjoying your videos.
1) data is only at risk, if you do not enable the encryption
2) the owner of the NAS could see, the backups, if they are not encrypted
3 you do not
Time: 1:35 , Server name and IP address: "Textfield **can enter remote site Synology NAS DDNS in this textfield ?
My probem. Both NAS are the same Network .When I create HB task on NAS 1 I enter my remote credentais to NAS 2 and login sucessful but no shared folder are not listed /drop down arrow menu/. but when second NAS 2 i create HB task enter credentails to NAS 1 everything is ok i can see shared folder on NAS A.
What can I do to see in HB NAS 1 the share folder NAS 2 ? perrmission to share folder looks ok . HB NAS 1 Not see share folder NAS 2. BUT NAS2 HB can see share folder NAS 1. PING ARE OK NAS1 RO NAS2 AND NAS2 TO NAS 1
I've had issues with Hyper Backup with failed integrity checks after only one incremental backup, are you aware of this? Wondering about using rync instead of Hyper Backup
I have setup hyper backup for 100+ clients and never had a failed integrity check. I would make sure the drive you are backing up to is ok.
@@SpaceRexWill Thanks for the reply, this was migrating/copying files from an old DS213J to a new DS920+ in order to then unpack and migrate them. Full backup worked fine, but then when I did a second/incremental backup and did then integrity check, it failed. Seems really weird.
Does this use your internet upload or download?
Upload for the home NAS. , download for the remote
"Synology makes this incredibly easy?" Same local domain but consistently getting "incorrect password" errors. Even though I can log in directly without fail. DM923+ to DM215J both 7.1.1-42962 Update 6 for 923+ and update 5 for 215j. My intent was to deploy the older unit offsite but this seems not worth the aggravation.
forgive me - what do you mean bring the drives back to the source location rather than restore remotely? if you have raid on your nas - how can you just bring back the drives?? cool if that works but how, batman?
Many thanks for these well paced tutorials. hope your business flourishes. thank you
I keep getting "Unable to connect to the remote server. Please check your network settings." when I try to select Shared Folder.
Got it
What is the purpose of "client side encryption"?
Encrypt the backup files before they ever leave your NAS. Means no one can recover your backup but you
@@SpaceRexWill Thanks for your reply! If someone has acces to the encrypted files doesn't that mean they already are in possession of the login credentials of my offsite Synology? Or are the files accessible as long as they have physical acces to my offsite NAS?
Skiped over the DDNS set up AND failed to put the link to the video as you said you would.... thanks
Which Synology is best suited for offsite backup?
Really depends on how much storage you need.
If you are looking to be ultra secure I would get a unit with btrfs so you can do snapshots as well on it. Unless your family / friend (wherever you end up putting it) want to use it as a NAS as well I would just buy whatever is cheap on ebay that fits your storage needs & is not too old. Performance really does not matter too much as its going to be limited by internet speeds
Any reason to use this vs DriveSync?
This is a much more robust backup, driveSync is an ok 'backup' but if you really want to make sure you can recover from losing everything hyperbackup will be 10x better
@@SpaceRexWill grazie
I'll be delighted if you're still monitoring questions on this several month old video. I've been making nightly backups from the office to a remote NAS. Hyper Backup, on the office NAS, reports 391 GB backed up. The Backup Explorer, associated with the task on the office NAS, lets me browse the individual folders and files - presumably residing on the remote NAS. On the remote NAS side, Hyper Backup Vault reports the same 391 GB.
I'm trying to figure out how I would recover the backup files on the remote NAS should the office NAS fail. Logged onto the remote NAS and running File Station, I can see the main folder associated with the backup task. It contains a single file with the extension .hbk. Expanding the directory tree for the .hbk file offers >Config, >Control, >Guard, >Pool, and >Versionlog. None of these have my backup files and I'm at a loss trying to find the files on the remote NAS.
391 GB of backed up files are somewhere on the remote NAS. Any tips on where to find them or what I might be doing wrong?
Ah all of those files are in the .hbk file. What you would do is interface with that file using hyper backup
@@SpaceRexWill Thanks for the quick response. Very much appreciated.
Which is better, Hyperbackup or Snapshot Replication?
Snapshot if you need to be able to failover, hyperbackup for everything else. (It’s better for backups)
Can't we use QuickConnect name?
Quick connect here should work!
The issue is that it doesn’t work if the target NAS is an older version.
guy, why would I be backing up to a nas server on the same network? That is not even a common use-case, we need to backup to an offsite synology that is connected to thier connect cloud.
Love your stuff but this was not your best video. You didn’t say where to get the port that was going to be forwarded, I slowed it down and watch it several times. It is located in hyperbackup on the original NAS under Tasks