Hello all: Likely moving to MR for primary back ups: I plan to back up 3PCs to Synology NAS using incrementals x 30 and then Full Synthetic. Couple of questions: ?? just want to check the exact settings in the imaging task for that plan ( Heh: depite MAcrium kb, the options can be a bit bewildering !) ?? What does "Create Synthetic if possible" option mean/imply ?? Can MR run 3 backups into different folders on Synology NAS at the same time or overlapping I will then back up the NAS to an Ext USB with Synology Hyperbackup weekly and to the cloud monthly: ?? what happens if Macrium is writing to the NAS when the Hyperbackup or cloud client routine starts ? Obviously I will try and stagger the run times, but I have noted times for doing the various backups can vary subject to disc changes and there could be overlap. Happy to take any comments re my "plan": good or bad Thx
Greetings @Longboard - some of your questions... ?? What does "Create Synthetic if possible" option mean/imply This is the option that activates the "Incremental Forever" mode. ?? Can MR run 3 backups into different folders on Synology NAS at the same time or overlapping I do not believe so (without testing anyway)... but if I'm wrong, I will be corrected ?? what happens if Macrium is writing to the NAS when the Hyperbackup or cloud client routine starts ? Macrium uses a TEMP file in its target directory while the backup file is in progress. Your HyperBackup routine may copy that file but it will not be identified as a REFLECT backup image until its done.
