Comments on: Backup Synology to Unraid

By: DigitalMinds

DigitalMinds — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:25:58 +0000

Thank you very much for the full detailed steps , I was finally able to setup the backup.

By: Mike Maloney

Mike Maloney — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 14:37:55 +0000

This still works once you get past the Linux newbie problems and typing errors! Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

By: Abdel;

Abdel; — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:48:35 +0000

In reply to Thomas. You have to select rsync (single-version) when you create the hyperbackup task. That's the one that will copy files over 1:1 instead of making them into hyperbackup's .hbk format

By: Valery Letroye

Valery Letroye — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:47:17 +0000

In reply to Valery Letroye.

One more piece of info: Hyper Backup is creating a file named .bkpi under
This files “describes” the backup.

You can open it with the application “Hyper Backup Explorer”, which is available on the website of Synology.
This is the way recommended by Synology to explorer their backup.
But it works only to open a “local” bkpi or a backup on their Cloud Storage “C2”.

In my case, the folder /mnt/user/Backups is accessible from any Windows PC, as it’s a shared folder of my unraid server.
So, I can open the file bkpi using the path \\\Backups\.hbk within “Hyper Backup Explorer”

And just in case: via that way, I confirm that I can see all my backup files within Hyper Backup Explorer 😉

By: Valery Letroye

Valery Letroye — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:43:36 +0000

In reply to Thomas.

To be honest, I didn’t try myself (And I am far from my PC, being on holidays). I think this is due to the way Synology is backuping it’s files.

Try to restore some files to be sure the backup is properly done.

By: Valery Letroye

Valery Letroye — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:41:02 +0000

In reply to Laurent. Great! (Sorry for not answering earlier... I am enjoying some holidays far from my PC )

By: Laurent

Laurent — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:05:35 +0000

In reply to Laurent.

Hey,

I found the problem : the backup directory was not created on the Unraid server…
Everything is now working perfectly.
Thanks once again for this guide.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 19:43:47 +0000

Hey,
Thanks for the post. I’ve followed the instructions and everything seems to be OK but i’m not able to finish the configuration with HyperBackup : in the first window, i’m able to reach the Unraid server and i’m able to see the “Backups” directory but when i select the directories to backup in the Hyper Backup and i click to the next button, the connection fails.
Do you have any idea to solve the problem ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Here is my configuration : Hyper Backup v3.0.2 / DSM 7.1

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 30 May 2022 16:44:00 +0000

Hey! Thanks for the guide first of all – used with a DSM 7.0 and Unraid 6.10-rc3 and everything seems to be working.

Now, please excuse the the newbie question. I can see in DSM that the task is finalized and all the data is backed up. When I open the corresponding folder in Unraid, I see a Folder.hbk folder which if I open it contains a lot of files, but not the the ones that I am expecting. Basically I cannot see the actuall folders and files from DSM that I wanted synced. I am assuming this is correct, but my expectation was to have the actual files, so that in case my NAS dies, I have everything backed up and easily accessible on my Unraid.

What am I missing in the behaviour of rsync?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 May 2022 02:30:54 +0000

Used this guide today with Unraid 6.9.2, DSM 7.1 and Hyper Backup 3.0.2. Works like a champ! Thank you for creating this guide.