最後更新: 2023-04-20

Support Backup OS

• win7sp1 ~ win11
• s2008R2 ~ s2022

Download

https://archive.synology.com/download/Package/spk/ActiveBackup/

• ActiveBackup-x86_64-2.6.0-3032.spk # DSM 6.2.3-25426 Update 3
• ActiveBackup-x86_64-2.0.4-0621.spk # DSM 6.1.7(15284)

Firewall

5510/TCP

Changelog

https://www.synology.com/en-global/releaseNote/ActiveBackup

My Summary

2.6.0(2023-04-13)

Added support for VMware vSphere 8.0

2.5.0(2022-12-22)

Added support for Linux kernel 5.15 and the following distribution: Ubuntu: 22.04
Added support for automatically discovering new VM and including them in backup tasks
Added support for Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V
Added support for the following macOS versions:
(Catalina 10.15.7, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13)

2.4.1(2022-07-06)

Added support for Windows Server 2022
Added support for Linux kernel 5.10 and the following distributions: Debian: 11, RHEL: 8.4、8.5
Added support for bandwidth throttling on personal computers and physical servers within a specific IP range
Supports notifying users 24 hours after a scheduled backup for computers or physical servers is missed
Supports restoring files and folders to personal computers or physical servers other than the backup source

2.3.0(2022-02-17)

Added support for Windows 11
Supports controlling the bandwidth consumption for each PC and physical server task and
    throttling the bandwidth of all PC and physical server tasks.
Supports preventing Windows devices from entering sleep when backing up.
Supports shutting down Windows devices after scheduled backup tasks are done.

2.2.0(2021-06-01)

Supports
 Ubuntu: 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
 RHEL: 6.10, 7.8, 8.1
 Debian: 8.0 to 10

Added support for VMware vSphere 7.0.0.

Supports migrating instantly restored VM on Virtual Machine Manager
 to VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V.

Supports customizing pre/post scripts for physical server backups.

Supports backing up disks with the virtio_blk driver on Linux physical servers.

Supports automatically checking if the required services on
 VMware vSphere/Microsoft Hyper-V are properly configured
 when adding a hypervisor or creating a backup task.

Supports skipping duplicated files when backing up personal computers and physical servers.
(pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys, and swapfiles.sys)

 

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Activation

 

Xpenology 激活 "Active Backup for Business"

DSM 6 Offline 激活方法

[1]

https://IP地址:5001/webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=登陸用戶名&passwd=登陸密碼

# 必須是這 output 才下一步

{"success":true}

[2] 序列號 = a valid serial number in your grub.conf. 可以在 "Control Panel" > "Info Center" 查看

https://IP地址:5001/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=set&version=1&activated=true&serial_number="序列號"

JSON

{"data":{"activated":true},"success":true}

 

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Backup Agent

 

平時在 Taskbar 有 icon

ui-agent.exe

Backup 時會使用 Service

backup-service.exe 它執行時只用 Ram: 27M

Note:

 * Manual backup cannot be performed by the agent, but only Active Backup for Business on DSM.

 * One device(agent) only can connect to one sever.

 * CBT (Changed Block Tracking) is mainly supported by VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) service originated on a Windows device that supports VSS service.

 * The Active Backup for Business Agent service will be running in the background and not be terminated after closing the window.

 

 

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Restore Personal Computer

 

Granular (file/folder level) restore:

Personal computer backup supports granular (file and folder-level) restore through Active Backup for Business Portal.

Admins are able to delegate the restore permission to each end user through DSM Control Panel.

Entire device restore:

Entire device restore is available with a recovery media.

To restore the entire device or the backed-up volume, please create a recovery media in advance.

To have a personal computer backed up as a physical server:

好處

Instant Restore to VMware or Instant Restore to Synology Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

You may change the device type and have a personal computer protected as a physical server

Step: Select a device and click More -> Click Change device type.

Setting

maximum quantity of concurrent backup devices

Global 設定來, 指 NAS 同時最多 backup 多小隻 VM

Backup 份數

Synology 是用 GFS policy keep backup 的

Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) retention policy:

i.e. such as daily, weekly and monthly

Keep only the latest versions

means the maximum number of the recent versions you may keep.

The exceeding versions will be rotated based on the GFS retention policy or

will be deleted when no other retention policy is configured.

Restore 的權限

Only administrators users are allowed to perform Instant Restore and Full Virtual Machine Restore for virtual machine backup tasks.

Other users who are enabled in this step can only perform Guest Files (Windows / Linux) Restore from Active Backup for Business Portal.

 

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Recovery Media

 

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator

功能: create a boot image in USB or ISO format in just one click.

 * 它會安裝 Win10 ADK 去建立 PE