Task List

In Task List, you can create and manage backup tasks and view the detailed statistics and backup versions of each backup task. Before creating a backup task for your device, you need to connect your device to Synology NAS with Synology Active Backup for Business Agent. For more information on how to add the device, please refer to this article.

To create a backup task:

Once the agent is installed on the PC already connected to Synology NAS, a backup task will be created according to the matched template. You can also create more than one backup task for each device.

  1. Do either of the following to start the backup creation wizard:
  2. Select Target Device:

    This step only appears if no device is selected before you click Create. A list of PCs already connected to the server will be displayed in this step.

  3. Configure Task Settings::
  4. Backup Destination:

    Select a shared folder in Btrfs file system as the backup destination. During the package installation, the Btrfs shared folder "ActiveBackupforBusiness" will be created automatically.

  5. Backup Destination Settings: When creating the first task in a backup destination, you can configure compression and encryption settings of the backup destination in this step.

    Note:

    • If you have also configured traffic throttling on the Settings page, the actual data transmission rate will depend on distributed bandwidth.
    • If your device is Modern Standby-capable, Active Backup for Business cannot wake the device from sleep to perform backups due to the operating system's limitations.
    • The compression and encryption settings of a backup destination are not changeable after the first backup task is created. If you wish to use different settings for future tasks, please create a task in a new destination.
    • Backup verification is not supported when compression or encryption at backup destination is enabled.
    • Instant Restore to Microsoft Hyper-V or Synology Virtual Machine Manager is not supported when compression or encryption at backup destination is enabled.
  6. Schedule Backup Task:
  7. Select Retention Policy:

    In this step, you can choose either one of the following retention policy to apply to the created task:

  8. Backup now:

    The wizard allows an immediate backup regardless of the schedule.

Note:

To edit one or more backup tasks:

After creating the backup task, you can edit (or batch edit) the tasks. Except for backup destination, most of the settings can be modified. Please note that, when batch editing the tasks, the task name and the destination cannot be changed.

  1. Go to Task List.
  2. Select a task you wish to edit and click Edit. You can also edit tasks in batch by pressing Ctrl when selecting multiple tasks, and then click Edit.
  3. Click OK after editing the settings.

Note:

To run a backup task:

You can run an immediate backup regardless of the schedule in Task List.

  1. Select the backup task you wish to run.
  2. Click Back up.
  3. The system will start to back up your device according to the task settings.

To cancel a backup task:

You can cancel an ongoing backup task in Task List.

  1. Select the ongoing backup task you wish to cancel.
  2. Click Cancel and the system will cancel the selected backup task.

To delete one or more backup tasks:

Go to Task List to select the task, and then click Delete. After confirming the action, the selected task will be removed and the backed up data will be deleted from the destination.

The device would remain connected to the server even when no task attached to it. This device can always be found on the Device List, and you can create a task for the device at any time.

To check the detailed information of a backup task:

In Task List, select the backup task you wish to view more information on and click Details. The following information will be displayed:

To browse or delete backup versions of a backup task:

  1. In Task List, select the desired backup task.
  2. Click Version to browse the backup versions.
  3. If you wish to delete a backup version, please select the version and click the icon.