Synology Hyper Backup Quick Startup Guide: Meaning and Use
Are you one of those tech geeks who are always hungry to feed their brains with technical knowledge about various networking devices and systems? Yes? Well then, this blog post is penned down just for you. Here, we have shed light onSynology NAS set up by users via find.synology. Particularly, we have talked about one of its aspects i.e. Synology Hyper Backup.
Now, the main query is, what does it mean? Hyper Backyup is a backup solution that is used to retain copies of the data. It also helps one to restore apps as well as system configurations.
Along with this, you should also know that Hyper Backup supports the backing up of the days on the NAS system. The same gets done to local shared folders, as well as external storage devices which are connected to the system.
We have given you a basic of what is Synology Hyper Backup. Keep reading and get a better understandingof this topic. For example, the uses of Hyper Backup, creating backup tasks, and much more.
What are the Uses of Synology Hyper Backup?
- The first use is that you can back up shared folder data, LUNs to a number of diverse backup locations, packages, and much more.
Backup locations include public cloud services, cloud backup service, external devices, rsync servers, local shared folders, etc.
- You can also schedule backup task in order to function automatically or repeat at a time that you prefer for the same.
Now the time has come for you to learn to learn how the Hyper Backup tasks can be created. For this, go through the information given in the next segment.
Here are the Steps to Create Backup Tasks
- Start the process by clicking the + icon. You will find that it is located at the left panel. Select the Data backup task to launch the Backup Wizard.
- Once done, it is recommended that select the desired type of backup destination. Done? Good. Now, select the type of backup task.
- In order to create a new task, you need to click the Create Backup Task button. Then, you need to reuse the existing backup data.
- For this, select the Relink to Existing Task option. This will help you to leverage the backup data from a different task.
- At last, you need to read and execute the steps given on the screen in order to complete the Synology Hyper Backup tasks creation process.
Important Notes
- The task will you are backing up cannot perform deletion of the version of backup concurrently.
- The destination folder of the backup for relinking should not be renamed even by mistake. The reason being, the process will come to a stop.
- By any chance, if the backup task is suspended, then the backup version which is not complete will get discarded after relinking.
- The stored backup data can only be read with Hyper Backup, Hyper Backup Vault, and last, but not least, Hyper Backup Explorer.
How to Restore Hyper Backup Data?
Along with the info given above, another thing that you should get a hang of is how theHyper Backup data can be restored. Are you keen on learning how to execute this process? Well, here are the guidelines that should be read by you:
- Go to the Hyper Backup section.
- Locate the Restore button.
- Once you locate it on the left panel, click it.
Restore Data or LUN Backup
- Click the Restore icon located on the left panel.
- Choose Data or LUN and then, select a backup task you want to restore.
- Can you see some instructions? Follow them to finish the process.
Things to Remember
- When you are restoring a package, in case it does not get installed properly, the system will install the latest version of the app.
- In case the app which is installed, but its version is older than the backed up version, the system will upgrade it to the backed up version.
- As soon as the restoration gets complete, not just block-level but file-level LUNs will also get restored into the LUNs belonging to the file-level.
- At last, if the files are modified a bit during the data backup process, such files will automatically get skipped during the restoration process.
The Bottom Line
After reading the information based on Synology Hyper Backup given in this blog post, were you able to satisfy your geek brain? Yes? Well then, visiting the blog section of this website every now and then will be good for you. We are certain about it because every week, you will find something new or the other, whether it is about a particular feature, or topic related to Synology.
