HomeSeer-pi Backup.md

Create Network Backup for HomeSeer

Summary

This is a simplified set of instructions to mount a network share that can be used to backup HS4-pi

Details

1. Create NFS share on desired server.
2. log into the terminal on HS4 and mount the NFS share a. mkdir /mnt/sharepoint b. mount :/nfs/sharepoint /mnt/sharepoint b. mkdir /mnt/sharepoint/backups
3. Add the NFS share to /etc/fstab on the HS4
4. Update the backup send to on HS4 web console to new path /mnt/sharepoint/backups
5. Test backup by running manual backup
6. ensure new backup exists

sudo rsync -azh --no-perms --no-owner --no-group /usr/local/HomeSeer /mnt/sharepoint/HomeSeer