What exactly does backing up do?

Think of it this way, essentially the hub has 5 regions of “data”

  1. Firmware/OS
  2. Application/Driver code
  3. Local Storage
  4. Zwave Radio Data
  5. Zigbee Radio Data

A normal backup will cover regions 2 & 5, a Hub Protect backup will cover all regions but 3 (region 4 only on C5 and C7s) but zigbee devices will need to be re-paired to become active again. Region 1 is recoverable from the diagnostics page.

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