DSM 7.2 Now Live!

Synology has officially released DSM 7.2, the latest version of its operating system for NAS devices. The new update brings several improvements, enhancements, and important changes to the Synology DiskStation Manager. Let’s take a closer look at what DSM 7.2 has to offer.

Important Note: Before proceeding with the update, please note that after installing DSM 7.2, it will not be possible to downgrade to a previous version of DSM. Additionally, the update will restart your Synology NAS.

One significant change in DSM 7.2 is the removal of the “Automatically create port forwarding rules” option from QuickConnect advanced settings. This change aims to increase network security and provide users with better control over their network configurations.

Users now have the ability to create a Btrfs volume of up to 1 PB on specific Synology NAS models. This update automatically converts existing volumes that use the Btrfs (Peta Volume) file system to Btrfs. However, note that creating a volume larger than 200 TB still requires a RAID 6 storage pool and at least 64 GB of system memory.

For the RS2423+​/​RS2423RP+ models, the maximum single volume size has been adjusted to 200 TB, with a minimum system memory requirement of 32 GB.

Starting from DSM 7.2, Windows Server 2008 domains will no longer be supported. After installing this update, current Windows Server 2008 domains will be unavailable.

In terms of new features, DSM 7.2 introduces support for WriteOnce shared folders. This feature, based on Write Once, Read Many (WORM) technology, allows users to prevent files from being modified, deleted, or renamed for a specified period.

Volume encryption is now supported in DSM 7.2. Users can set up the Encryption Key Vault on a local Synology NAS or via KMIP on a remote Synology NAS to store all volume encryption keys securely.

Synology has expanded support for M.2 NVMe SSD storage pools and the M2D18 adapter card. The RS822RP+, RS822+, RS1221RP+, and RS1221+ models are now compatible with the M2D18 adapter card.

Other notable enhancements include additional options for SSD cache group management, support for inline zero-block removal to improve data deduplication efficiency, and improved presentation of drive information in Storage Manager.

DSM 7.2 also brings various improvements to notifications, including the ability to send DSM notifications via additional webhook providers like LINE and Microsoft Teams. Custom notification rules for system events can now be created, giving users greater control over the notifications they receive.

Furthermore, DSM 7.2 addresses several security vulnerabilities by updating various components such as Mbed-TLS, Libksba, SQLite, Certifi, Node.js, cURL, PHP, Sysstat, OpenSSL, Expat, Libtirpc, GnuPG, OpenVPN, libxml2, GMP, ImageMagick, FFmpeg, and more.

Please note that there are some limitations and changes in DSM 7.2. S.M.A.R.T. testing for M.2 NVMe SSDs is no longer supported. Additionally, Virtual Machine Manager will no longer support creating clusters with older DSM versions.

To learn more about the new features, improvements, and limitations of DSM 7.2, visit Synology’s official website and consult the release notes.

Update your Synology NAS to DSM 7.2 now to take advantage of these new features and enhancements. Remember to back up your data before performing any updates.

Please note that some models require downloading the upgrade patch from the Synology Download Center, as notifications for this update will

Version: 7.2-64561

Important Note

1. After installing this update, you will not be able to downgrade to a previous DSM version.
2. This update will restart your Synology NAS.
3. Starting from this version, logs for drives will no longer appear in Storage Manager > HDD and will be available only in Log Center.
4. Removed the “Automatically create port forwarding rules” option from QuickConnect advanced settings to increase network security.
5. Users can now create a Btrfs volume of up to 1 PB on specific Synology NAS models. This update automatically converts existing volumes that use the Btrfs (Peta Volume) file system to Btrfs. However, to create a volume larger than 200 TB, a RAID 6 storage pool and at least 64 GB of system memory are still required.Learn more
6. The maximum single volume size supported by RS2423+​/​RS2423RP+ has been adjusted to 200 TB (with a minimum system memory requirement of 32 GB).
7. Starting from this version, Windows Server 2008 domains will no longer be supported. After installing this update, current Windows Server 2008 domains will be unavailable.
8. For the models below, you can only download the upgrade patch from Synology Download Center because you won’t receive notifications for this update on your DSM.
   • FS Series: FS3017, FS2017, FS1018
   • XS Series: RS18016xs+, RS4017xs+, RS3617xs+, RS3617xs, RS3617RPxs, RS18017xs+, DS3617xs, DS3617xsII, DS3018xs
   • Plus Series: RS2416RP+, RS2416+, DS916+, DS716+II, DS716+, DS216+II, DS216+, DS1817+, DS1517+, RS2818RP+, RS2418RP+, RS2418+, RS818RP+, RS818+, DS1618+, DS918+, DS718+, DS218+, RS1219+
   • Value Series: DS416, DS416play, DS216, DS216play, DS116, RS816, DS1817, DS1517, RS217, DS418play
   • J Series: DS416slim, DS416j, DS216j, DS418j, DS218j, DS419slim, DS119j

What’s New

1. Added support for WriteOnce shared folders. This feature is based on the Write Once, Read Many (WORM) technology and can be enabled to prevent files from being modified, deleted, or renamed for a specified period.
2. Added support for volume encryption. All volume encryption keys are stored in the Encryption Key Vault, which can be set up on a local Synology NAS or via KMIP on a remote Synology NAS.
3. Added more Synology NAS models to support M.2 NVMe SSD storage pools. Learn more
4. Added more Synology NAS models to support the M2D18 adapter card: RS822RP+, RS822+, RS1221RP+, and RS1221+.
5. Added more SSD cache group management options, including changing the RAID type and replacing a drive.
6. Added support for inline zero-block removal to increase the efficiency of data deduplication.
7. Adjusted how drive information is presented in Storage Manager. Users can now quickly check the condition of their drives by looking at the “Drive Status” field.
8. Users can now view the amount of used and free space for each storage pool and volume in Storage Manager.
9. Added a warning notification for when the available shared folder quota is low.
10. Supports deleting individual desktop notifications.
11. Supports sending DSM notifications via additional webhook providers, including LINE and Microsoft Teams.
12. Supports creating custom notification rules for system events, giving users greater control over what notifications to receive.
13. Supports exporting a list of users and of groups.
14. Added support for SAML to integrate DSM with external SSO servers.
15. Added the option to allow non-admin users to safely eject USB devices.
16. Users can now manually input the IP addresses or FQDNs of one or more domain controllers in the trusted domain. This allows Synology NAS to sync domain data directly with the specified domain controllers.
17. Users can now enable Synology’s email server to send DSM notifications directly to their Synology Account.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where adding drives to a JBOD storage pool did not expand its capacity.
2. Updated Mbed-TLS to version 2.28.2 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-36647, CVE-2022-46392, CVE-2022-46393).
3. Updated Libksba to version 1.6.3 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-3515).
4. Updated SQLite to version 3.40.0 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-46908).
5. Updated Certifi to version 2022.12.07 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-23491).
6. Updated Node.js to version 14.21.1 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-43548).
7. Updated cURL to version 7.86.0 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-27774, CVE-2022-27775, CVE-2022-27776, CVE-2022-27781, CVE-2022-27782, CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CV E-2022-32221, CVE-2022-35252, CVE-2022-42915, CVE-2022-42916).
8. Updated PHP to version 8.1.9 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-11043, CVE-2021-21705, CVE-2022-31625).
9. Updated Sysstat to version 12.7.1 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-39377).
10. Updated OpenSSL to version 3.0.7 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-2068, CVE-2022-2097, CVE-2022-2274, CVE-2022-3358, CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786).
11. Updated Expat to version 2.5.0 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-43680).
12. Updated Libtirpc to version 2.87 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2021-46828).
13. Updated GnuPG to version 2.2.39 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-34903).
14. Updated OpenVPN to version 2.5.8 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-0547).
15. Updated libxml2 to version 2.9.14 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-23308).
16. Updated GMP to version 6.2.1 to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2021-43618).
17. Updated ImageMagick to version 6.9.12-61 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-25664, CVE-2020-25665, CVE-2020-25666, CVE-2020-25667, CVE-2020-25674, CVE-2020-25675, CVE-2020-25676, CVE-2020-27560, CVE-2020-27750, CVE-2020-27751, CVE-2020-27752, CVE-2020-27753, CVE-2020-27754, CVE-2020-27755, CVE-2020-27756, CVE-2020-27757, CVE-2020-27758, CVE-2020-27759, CVE-2020-27760, CVE-2020-27761, CVE-2020-27762, CVE-2020-27763, CVE-2020-27764, CVE-2020-27765, CVE-2020-27766, CVE-2020-27767, CVE-2020-27768, CVE-2020-27769, CVE-2020-27770, CVE-2020-27771, CVE-2020-27772, CVE-2020-27773, CVE-2020-27774, CVE-2020-27775, CVE-2020-27776, CVE-2020-29599, CVE-2021-20176, CVE-2021-20224, CVE-2021-20241, CVE-2021-20245, CVE-2021-20246, CVE-2021-20309, CVE-2021-3574, CVE-2021-3596, CVE-2021-39212, CVE-2021-4219, CVE-2022-1114, CVE-2022-1115, CVE-2022-28463, CVE-2022-32545, CVE-2022-32546, CVE-2022-32547).
18. Updated FFmpeg to version 4.1.9 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-20892, CVE-2020-20902, CVE-2020-21688, CVE-2020-21697, CVE-2021-3566, CVE-2021-38114, CVE-2021-38291).
19. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Netatalk (CVE-2022-45188).
20. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Python3 (CVE-2020-10735, CVE-2021-28861, CVE-2022-45061).
21. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding iproute2 (CVE-2022-3527, CVE-2022-3529, CVE-2022-3530).
22. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding D-Bus (CVE-2022-42010, CVE-2022-42011, CVE-2022-42012).
23. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding syslog-ng (CVE-2022-38725).
24. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding inetutils (CVE-2022-39028).
25. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding DNSmasq (CVE-2022-0934).
26. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding BusyBox-udhcp (CVE-2019-5747).
27. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Linux Kernel (CVE-2021-22600, CVE-2021-38209, CVE-2021-4037, CVE-2022-0168, CVE-2022-1016, CVE-2022-1729, CVE-2022-1786, CVE-2022-20141, CVE-2022-20368, CVE-2022-2078, CVE-2022-2639, CVE-2022-2905, CVE-2022-29581, CVE-2022-32250, CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3566, CVE-2022-3567, CVE-2022-36879, CVE-2022-36946, CVE-2022-42703).
28. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Nginx (CVE-2022-3638).
29. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding ghostscript (CVE-2023-28879).
30. Fixed a security vulnerability regarding curl (CVE-2023-23916).

Limitation

1. S.M.A.R.T. testing for M.2 NVMe SSDs is no longer supported.
2. Starting from DSM 7.2 Beta, Virtual Machine Manager will no longer support creating clusters with older DSM versions. Please update each host in the cluster to the same DSM version or above versions for the Virtual Machine Manager cluster to operate properly.

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FEEDBACK SO FAR AFTER INSTALLING DSM 7.2

Based on the feedback provided, here is a thorough analysis of the user feedback on the Synology DSM 7.2 update:

1. Issue with NVME Storage Pool: Some users reported that after the update, the NVME storage pool created through the CLI was missing. However, it was possible to repair and recover the data. It was recommended to back up the NVME pool before updating.
2. Problems with NVME RAID: Some users experienced issues with NVME RAID after the update, and online assembly did not work for them. They mentioned attempting to back up the NVME directly before further troubleshooting.
3. Compatibility with Docker Containers: One user asked if the update caused any problems or if everything continued working as expected, especially for Docker containers running from the NVME storage pool. No specific issues were reported regarding Docker containers.
4. Script for Fixing Disk Support Warning: Users discussed a script that could potentially fix the warning related to unsupported disks. The script referred to was hosted on GitHub.
5. Notification for Older Models: Users questioned why some older models did not receive a notification for the update, particularly models like DS918+. Some speculated that Synology might have implemented a phased rollout, while others suggested the exclusion of older models due to potential support issues.
6. Additional Updates and Changes: Users highlighted various changes and additions in DSM 7.2, such as adjustments to maximum single volume size, dropped support for Windows Server 2003 domains (changed to 2008), the need for manual updates for some models, fixes for expanding capacity in JBOD storage pools, security vulnerability fixes, and the availability of Hyper Backup in Beta.
7. Support for Windows Server Versions: There was some confusion and discussion about the support for different versions of Windows Server. Synology clarified that Windows Server 2008 R2 was still supported, but support was dropped for the base 2008 release.
8. SAML Integration and Azure AD: Users expressed interest in testing the SAML integration with Azure AD and commented positively on the new features introduced in the update.
9. Concerns about Telemetry: One user humorously questioned if the added SSO integrations involved any added telemetry and speculated about potential intentions from Microsoft. No concrete concerns or issues related to telemetry were reported.
10. Functionality of Transmission BT: A user inquired if Transmission BT was still functioning in DSM 7.2. Another user confirmed that Transmission BT was working.
11. Support for NFS 4.2: A user asked if NFS 4.2 was supported in DSM 7.2. Another user responded that only NFSv4.1 was available in the File Services settings.
12. Update to FFmpeg: A user expressed excitement about the update to FFmpeg.
13. Full Volume Encryption and Local-Only Keys: A user raised a question regarding full volume encryption with local-only keys and whether the keys were available in plain text. Another user responded that local-only keys were stored in the DSM key manager and were likely not in plain text.
14. Issues with Manual Update File: One user reported that the manually downloaded update file for a DS3617xs was not being accepted during the update process. The user later found a different file that was accepted.
15. Success with Update: Several users reported successful updates with no issues encountered. They mentioned the completion time for the update and the subsequent functioning of various packages and services, such as snapshot replication, Docker containers, and VM.
16. Verification of Encrypted Volume: A user asked how to verify if a volume was encrypted after enabling encryption. Another user suggested looking for a padlock icon on the volume and checking the Encryption key section in the settings.

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