Backup Destination

Under the Backup Destination tab of Backup & Replication, you can define a local, network, or cloud backup destination before creating a backup task.

To create a local backup destination:

A local backup destination is required for backing up data from DiskStation to a local shared folder, volume, or an external USB/eSATA drive. The backup destination must be different from the source, and the capacity of the destination must be larger than the total size of the data to be backed up.

  1. Click Create, select Local Backup Destination, then click Next.
  2. Name this backup destination, select the destination where the backup data will be stored and whether you would like to keep only the most up-to-date backup copy or retain all backup versions.

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To create a network backup destination:

A network backup destination is required for backing up data from DiskStation to another DiskStation or rsync-compatible server over the network. Various options are available when creating a backup task with network backup destination, such as transfer encryption, compression, block-level backup, as well as others. Please note that some options, like transfer encryption, might reduce the speed of backup task.

  1. Before creating a network backup destination, please log into the destination server first, go to Backup & Replication > Backup Services and enable network backup service and/or network backup volume destination.
  2. Back on your DiskStation, go to Backup & Replication > Backup Destination. Click Create, select Network Backup Destination, and follow the wizard to complete.
  3. With Network Backup Destination (DiskStation server), you may store backup data in a shared folder to keep the most up-to-date backup copy, or store backup data on a volume to keep multiple versions of backup copies. With Network Backup Destination (rsync-compatible server), you may only keep the most up-to-date backup copy.

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To create an Amazon S3 backup destination:

An Amazon S3 backup destination is required for backing up data from DiskStation to an Amazon S3 server.

  1. Click Create, select Public Cloud Backup Destination, then Amazon S3 Backup Destination, then click Next.
  2. Name this backup destination, enter the login credentials and then fill in all the required fields to set up backup task.

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To create an Microsoft Azure backup destination:

A Microsoft Azure backup destination is required for backing up data from DiskStation to an Microsoft Azure blob server.

  1. Click Create, select Public Cloud Backup Destination, then Microsoft Azure Backup Destination, then click Next.
  2. Name your backup destination, enter the login credentials, and then fill in all the required fields to set up your backup task.

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To create an hicloud S3 backup destination:

An hicloud S3 backup destination is required if you are going to back up data from DiskStation to an hicloud S3 server.

  1. Click Create, select Public Cloud Backup Destination, then hicloud S3 Backup Destination.
  2. Name this backup destination, enter the login credentials and then fill in all the required fields to set up backup task.

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To create an SFR NAS BACKUP backup destination:

An SFR NAS BACKUP backup destination is required if you are going to back up data from DiskStation to an SFR NAS BACKUP server.

  1. Click Create, select Public Cloud Backup Destination, then SFR NAS BACKUP Backup Destination, then click Next.
  2. Name this backup destination, enter the login credentials and then fill in all the required fields to set up backup task.

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To manage backup destination:

Select an existing backup destination and click one of the below buttons:

Backing up to Shared Folder

This type of backup destination will only keep the up-to-date backup copy. By default, after initial backup is complete, files that have been removed from the source are removed from the destination when a task is next performed. However, if you would rather keep files at the destination even after they are deleted from the source, please enable the Reserve the backed up files at the destination option when creating backup tasks.

Backing up to Volume

This type of backup destination has to be a local or network volume on a DiskStation device (excluding external storage devices). It will archive multiple versions of backup copies, so you could easily restore any folders from any given time.

To delete the stored data of a backup task:

  1. Go to the Backup Destination tab and expand the backup destination containing the task you want to delete.
  2. Click the delete icon on your selected Backup Task and then Delete in the dialog box.

To delete the stored data of a backup version:

  1. Go to the Backup Destination tab and expand the backup destination containing the version of the task you want to delete.
  2. Click the Backup Version Information icon on your selected Backup Task.
  3. Select the backup version you want to delete, and click the delete icon.

To lock a backup version to prevent it from being removed during backup rotation:

  1. Go to the Backup Destination tab and expand the backup destination containing the version of the task you want to lock.
  2. Click the Backup Version Information icon on your selected Backup Task.
  3. Select the backup version you want to lock, and click the lock icon.

To manage the privilege of a backup destination:

  1. Select a backup destination associated with a local volume, click Edit.
  2. Click Allow List and then Add to add the user or the group into the list.

To set up a backup destination with an owner:

  1. Select a backup destination associated with a local volume, and click the Property icon on your selected Backup Task.
  2. Under Backup Privilege, select an Owner in the drop-down menu.

To allow a user or group on DiskStation to read and restore the stored data of a backup task:

  1. Select a backup destination associated with a local volume, and click the Property icon on your selected Backup Task.
  2. Click Allow List and then Add to add the user or the group into the list.

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