Hi, I want to backup my DS923+ to my old DS415+ but since they are on different DSM versions, Backup Vault won’t allow me to. Can I just install Virtual DSM on the DS415+, which will be on the latest thus same version as my DS923+ and backup to this Virtual DSM machine?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there, I decided to test it and can confirm it works! So older devices such as the DS415+ are perfectly capable of running the latest DSM, albeit in a VM. This way we can overcome the versioning issue (Hyperbackup will only backup to same version on other NAS) preventing tools like Hyperbackup to backup to a somewhat older NAS. Any downsides to this I should take into account?
Greetings,
Kris
I am curious about which versions of HB / HB Vault and DSM you were using. I tested these not so long ago and did not find any compatibility issues.
Hi Paul, I always keep my versions up to date with the latest releases. Hyper Backup on DSM7.2 used to work with Hyper Backup Vault on DSM7.1, but since the latest update, it requires Hyper Backup Vault to be on version 4, with my backup NAS (DS415+) does not support.
I hate Synology taking out stuff all the time, and wish I didn’t always update to the latest and greatest, which seems to be downgrading functionality lately.
Maybe I should re-install DSM 7.1 on both my DS923+ and DS415+ to get this functionality back?
I reran a test of HB 4.1.1/DSM 7.2.1 to HBV 3.0.2/DSM 7.1.1 and it still works.
Package Center, Download Center, and Software Archive do not offer a later version than HB/V 4.1.1. However, the release notes mention version 4.1.2. I suspect you have that version of HB on your DS923+.
Version 4.1.2 of HB and HBV seems to be retracted. Perhaps due to the issue you encountered.
I suggest that you uninstall HB without deleting task settings and install it again. You should get version 4.1.1 again. Please let us know who this works out.
Thanks for your effort and finding out the root cause. In the meantime, I had setup HyperBackup with rsync, which is working fine. Are there any advantages of switching back to HB Vault please? As the secondary NAS is in a different house, I guess it would first have to backup everything from zero again over the internet while now, with rsync, it just updates what’s changed since the latest backup already in place…