Help! Stop automatic deletion of backups!

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I am in the middle of of a C8 problem. I don't want the C8 to automatically delete my oldest backups until I sort this out.

  1. How can I stop automatic deletion of my oldest backups on my Android until I sort this out?

  2. If I open Hubitat on my PC will it instantly zap my older backups stored on that device to sync with my Android or is that a separate collection of local backups?

Thanks!

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The hub doesn’t normally control anything on your PC unless you have specifically created a script on your PC to do so. The local/cloud backups on the hub may be removed from the hub/cloud, but it doesn’t affect those stored elsewhere.

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It holds the last 6 local and last 5 cloud backups. The oldest gets bumped during backup...If you want to keep older, you can manually download them to your pc

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There are up to 5 backups saved locally, on your hub, and in the cloud for Hub Protect subscribers. The newest replaces the oldest. There are unlimited backups that can be saved on a personal storage that Hubitat has no control over, like @thebearmay said.

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Download all the local backups to a PC, then you will have them for safe keeping. You can download them from the normal UI or the diagnostic tool. Thats is the first thing I tell people to do when something really goes sideways.

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What? The local backups are saved on the hub, there is no syncing with anything. Do you have them downloaded to your phone or PC?

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These backups don't take up that much room, do they? How about making the number kept greater, or selectable?

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A "backup" kept on the device itself isn't really a backup. If the hub dies, what good does it do? Download what you want to another location.

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If you want to retain the backups yourself you could use a NAS or Pi with a script to perform a backup and download the backup from the Hub nightly. I use Unraid for example. I keep backups on that for months, sometimes years as they are fairly small.

You can use this to create your backup

wget --content-disposition -P /mnt/user/Backups/Hubitat-Prod http://192.168.x.x/hub/backupDB?fileName=latest

Just update the IP with the IP for your hub. Then update the first value of /mnt/user/Backups/Hubitat-Prod to a local storage location to retain the files.

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Thank you for all of the thoughtful replies!
I am set on this.