Full backup

[hestia]

Hi
I have a Z-Wave Plus Z-Stick Gen5 with domoticz and I'd like to know what to backup to able to make a full restore in case of issue (loss of the stick and / or the hard drive).
I read several topics and it seems that the z-wave network is on the stick, but I also read that it is duplicated in domoticz.
My goal would be to make a automated full BK of the system monthly for instance, the DB is already hourly and I copy the domoticz folder to a NAS daily (with another DB BK)

To backup the stick, I only found a Windows tool, and as I'm with RPI, and so linux, it is only possible manually because I'll need to remove the stick from the RPI to plug it on a PC

On the other hand, if I want to change the stick for another brand, would it be possible directly thank to the ozwcache ?

[sancla]

Hey Hestia,

Just read your post and I think I found a good backup solution for you:
How-to: Backup Domoticz with Duplicati
https://www.sancla.com/domoticz/how-to- ... duplicati/

This way, not only can you make a daily backup to your NAS system but also to a cloud provider as Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
Let me know if you need any more help ...

Tip!
Do not forget to enable the automatic backup in Domoticz

[bramski]

@hestia,

I am also very interested to know how to backup the Zwave stick automatically. Right now I am doing with the windows tool once every few months.
Also good question how to restore zwave network topology to a stick from another vendor.

[hestia]

Hey Hestia,

Just read your post and I think I found a good backup solution for you:
How-to: Backup Domoticz with Duplicati
https://www.sancla.com/domoticz/how-to- ... duplicati/

This way, not only can you make a daily backup to your NAS system but also to a cloud provider as Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
Let me know if you need any more help ...

Tip!
Do not forget to enable the automatic backup in Domoticz

Thanks Sancla for your answer.
I had a look at Duplicati and it seems to me that I could only make a backup of specific folders and not a full backup of the hard drive.
For specific folder I've already got a simple script that runs every night, included the folders of the automatic backup

I'd like to improve this backup with 2 points:
1/ make a full backup of the hard drive, perhaps something like
https://www.hackviking.com/single-board ... ete-image/
2/ secure the z-wave network

[sancla]

That's a great backup script, didn't know about that one yet, thanks! But indeed, Duplicati does not provide a full system level backup. For that you need to work with either such a script combined with a local NAS of with an imaging solution.
Duplicati does however offer you access to cloud providers, giving you a free/cheap off-site backup solution.
Perhaps we could combine best of both worlds...

For the zwave part, I know others that are using multiple zwave sticks. That also provides in turn a certain redundancy. Would that also be an option?

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[hestia]

Tests done so far:

1/ make a full backup of the hard drive like https://www.hackviking.com/single-board ... ete-image/

=> in the crontab and I could restart another server with another drive
=> I had bought a new z-wave stick, but it remained empty on this new config

2/ secure the z-wave network
=> I've made a backup of the active z-wave stick (Z-Stick Gen 5) with the tool (zwave_500.exe) on Windows and restored it on the new one. I could find my z-wave network, not so bad... The issue is that I could not automate this z-wave backup because I'm on RPI instead of Windows