So I've done a bit of testing with he RaZberry PI Board on a PI 2 and the UZB stick on a Linux box. Using the Z-Way software both of these options allow the backup of the network + controller info, but when I try to restore the backup it kills the Z-Way server process and deletes a bunch of config ...

@BakSeeDaa you are correct, Vera does support this capability, as does the Z-Wave.me UZB stick and RaZberry PI Z-Wave board. Both the UZB stick and RaZberry PI board support back-up and restore through the Z-Way app (look at the top of page 12 in this doc: http://www.vesternet.com/downloads/dl/file ...

I'm coming to the conclusion that there is a fundamental limitation in Z-Wave due to the way that the protocol and most implementations work. Z-Wave Controllers have unique Home IDs which are set at the factory - the Home ID is a 32-bit identifier which uniquely identifies an individual Z-Wave ...