Windows Server Backups with Synology

We have had a problem performing backups of our Server 2008 R2 servers to our Synology Diskstation. For once, Windows actually had some good information on the problem.

Windows Server Backup failed with error "The version does not support this version of the file format" - Microsoft Reduce Customer Effort Center - Site Home - TechNet Blogs:

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For those not familiar with Synology, it is a NAS device that basically runs on a pre-installed flavor of Linux and has a web-based desktop you can log into.

To apply the fix suggested by Microsoft:

1. Login to the Synology box via Putty (login is as root)
2. Copy smb.conf prior to making any changes
1. cp /usr/syno/etc/smb.conf /usr/syno/etc/smb.conf.sav
3. Edit the smb.conf file
1. vi /usr/syno/etc/smb.conf
2. Press i to enter insert mode
3. Enter strict allocate = yes to the end of the [global] section
4. Press Esc to exit insert mode
5. Enter :x to save your changes
4. Restart Samba
1. Enter /usr/syno/etc/rc.d/S80samba.sh restart
5. Run a test backup

References: Microsoft error, Synology Forum, Synology Commands