Activate Synology Active Backup on VMWare

Just activate it:

In your browser open the following urls one after another:

Replace the following: URL, PORT, USER, PASS, SERIALNUMBER (don’t replace any other symbols like: oder “)

  1. https://URL:PORT/webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=USER&passwd=PASS
  2. https://URL:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=set&version=1&activated=true&serial_number=”SERIALNUMBER”

To get the current activation status call the 1. query above and then

  • https://URL:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=get&version=1

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Example for

url: server,

port: 5001,

user: admin,

pass: admin,

serialnumber: 123400

  1. https://server:5001/webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=admin&passwd=admin
  2. https://server:5001/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=set&version=1&activated=true&serial_number=”123400″
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