[question] Backup NVM regularly?

[LordMike]

Hey,

I'm considering switching z-wave stick, and in that process I realized that the memory of the stick isn't backed up at all, when backing up the store directory. Clicking the "NVM Backup" creates a NVM_.....bin file in the store directory - but is there any way to:

• Create this file regularly? (every month/week/night/on include/exclude f.ex.)
  • I think the current API call is through websockets, which I don't want to automate in curl :P
• Remove old bin files, so there is a rolling set of N files
  • Alternatively overwrite the same one always, then my own backup program can show me snapshots

Note: The warning says the z-wave radio is disabled while backing up, so I can understand why you would not want to do this backup immediately after inclusion/exclusion... Maybe a compromise could be that every night, a backup job runs that checks if anything has changed since last backup. I imagine the NVM backup won't contain stuff like states -- although it might contain neighbor/route maps, which can change once in a while..

Mike.

[kpine]

See discussion #2068

[robertsLando]

@LordMike Hi Mike! Join the discussion on #2068 :) We are speaking about that.