Knowing that a C-8 version is on the horizon, I would like to request migration tools to help consolidate multiple hubs into one. I started with the C-3 in February 2018 and found it couldn't handle my large setup so I deployed multiple hubs. Since my network closet is in the center of my 4k 2 story house, I setup a hub per protocol (Zwave, Zigbee, and LAN) plus a 4th "Coordinator" hub that all (really most) devices are meshed to. I still have this setup today with 3 C7s and 1 C5 along with external antennas setup on the Zwave and Zigbee hubs. I have 282 devices on my coordinator hub but will admit it doesn't have every device on the "protocol" hubs.
With plans to purchase a C-8, I would love to consolidate to 2 hubs where the C-8 is the workhorse and I will have chatty LAN interfaces on a separate C-7 hub. But my struggle will be consolidating my separate Zwave and Zigbee hubs into 1 especially since the Zigbee radio isn't included in the cloud backup. Open to thoughts here and knowing that I can migrate my Zwave backup plus radio database to a new hub, I could start with that database restore on the C-8 but my large Zigbee deployment will be a huge pain to add to this hub.
Zigbee devices will "fall into place" if a device record in the database matches its Zigbee network ID. It would be awesome of we could export/migrate device records from one hub to another to save time. Wishful thought would be to export my Zigbee device list from my Zigbee hub and import into the C-8 and then reset the Zigbee devices and pair to the C-8. Name, room, preferences, etc would all be there from the export. I could also do the same with rules setup on my Zigbee hub too and match with the new devices on the C-8.
@gopher.ny knowing what you work on, this seems to fall into your domain. Open to any thoughts and feedback on this feature request. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
