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In this video I show you how to backup and restore an entire server or computer using Windows operating system
This is the server I use in this video, it's called sv1 and has an ip address of 192.168.1.254
My Synology NAS has an ip address of 192.168.1.251
To back up a server or any other computer I install Active Backup for Business
You need a Synology account to activate the Active Backup for Business application
If you don't have one, create one
On a Windows server or computer, I install the agent to connect to the Synology NAS
I download the 64 bit version suitable for the server's Windows operating system
After installing the agent, I connected to Synology using the ip address
You will be asked to enter your Synology NAS admin username and password
Successful connection
A new managed device will appear in the Active Backup for Business app
That's my server
Active Backup for Business creates a default task for me
You can use it or create a new task of your own
Here I create a new one and customize it to my liking
I schedule my backup at 4am every Sunday
This is the time when everyone is sleeping and it is the right time to back up the server
You can also back up manually if you want
I will immediately backup the entire server and the next step will restore the server based on this backup image
Synology will back up and create different versions at different times
That way I can restore the server to my server's best time
So the server has been successfully backed up, but how to restore
I will go to the Synology download center and download the Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard
A rather long name, its purpose is to help me create a usb that can restore the server when problems occur when the system crashes
This tool helps you to boot from a USB stick and connect to your Synology NAS and restore your system
So I need a USB stick
USB stick only needs 1GB minimum, but I only have 8GB USB stick so I use it
To create a recovery USB stick your Windows computer is required to install Windows ADK
Windows ADK will help you create Windows PE
Since my server does not have the Windows ADK installed, I will download and install it
You can create a recovery USB stick on another computer, and it's not required to create it on the computer you want to recover from
After installing Windows ADK you just need to select the USB stick and create a recovery toolkit on it
You wait patiently for about 5 minutes to complete
And here is my recovery USB stick
I will make some changes on the server to check the results after the restore
I delete a user and delete an organizational unit group named New York
If after restoring this username and group are restored, it means I'm successful
Now I will restart the server and access the boot order setting
Here I set up the server to boot from the recovery USB stick
Some notes before restoring
I connect to Synology NAS using ip address, admin username and password
If I'm backing up to multiple servers or computers, the list will be larger
I choose sv1 server to restore
I restore the entire server because I consider the server to have crashed the entire system
If the server is backed up multiple times, a list of different versions will appear for you to choose from
But here I have only backed up once so I only have one option
Where does my server recovery start
It will take a while to complete so please wait patiently
Done, I restart the server
I will set up the server to boot from the hard drive and be able to remove the USB stick
You can use this method to backup and restore Windows 11 or Windows 10 computers
I think the restore is successful
Although I deleted the username and group from the org unit called New York, after the restore the deleted username and group were restored
So I have introduced how to backup and restore an entire server or computer using Synology NAS
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