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    Move HS4 to new PC

    What's the best way to move my HS4 to a new PC and keep all my plugin's, licensing, and programming?

    -Tim

    HSPro - 3.XXX - Dell mini W7 x32
    Way2 Call
    Elk M1 Gold
    UPB HAI switches
    HAI RC2000 Thermostat

    #2
    Backup/copy your HS4 directory. On new PC, install HS4. Shutdown, then copy over top the installed HS4 your HS4 folder, then restart.
    HS3PRO 3.0.0.500 as a Fire Daemon service, Windows 2016 Server Std Intel Core i5 PC HTPC Slim SFF 4GB, 120GB SSD drive, WLG800, RFXCom, TI103,NetCam, UltraNetcam3, BLBackup, CurrentCost 3P Rain8Net, MCsSprinker, HSTouch, Ademco Security plugin/AD2USB, JowiHue, various Oregon Scientific temp/humidity sensors, Z-Net, Zsmoke, Aeron Labs micro switches, Amazon Echo Dots, WS+, WD+ ... on and on.

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      #3
      Make sure you shutdown HS on the "source PC before making the backup/copy. Otherwise, there may be locked files that don't get into the backup. This is particularly troublesome for plugins that use databases as they seem to keep them locked for writing.
      "if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." --Sir Isaac Newton (1675)

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        #4
        This begs the question- does BLbackup work with HS4? How does it handle open files?
        HS3PRO 3.0.0.500 as a Fire Daemon service, Windows 2016 Server Std Intel Core i5 PC HTPC Slim SFF 4GB, 120GB SSD drive, WLG800, RFXCom, TI103,NetCam, UltraNetcam3, BLBackup, CurrentCost 3P Rain8Net, MCsSprinker, HSTouch, Ademco Security plugin/AD2USB, JowiHue, various Oregon Scientific temp/humidity sensors, Z-Net, Zsmoke, Aeron Labs micro switches, Amazon Echo Dots, WS+, WD+ ... on and on.

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          #5
          Originally posted by langenet View Post
          This begs the question- does BLbackup work with HS4? How does it handle open files?
          Yes, it works under HS4. It doesn’t handle 3rd party databases at all. While I still use BLBackup so that I can get individual files easily, my real goto is Macirum Reflect. It uses Microsoft’s volume shadow copy. It takes a snapshot and properly copies in use files. It also provides file by file or an entire partition restoration. Acronis also offers the same.

          Windows 10 still supports and offers “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)” which supports volume shadow services. You could use that and setup a Windows task.
          HS4 Pro, 4.2.19.0 Windows 10 pro, Supermicro LP Xeon

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            #6
            Great. Thanks!
            -Tim

            HSPro - 3.XXX - Dell mini W7 x32
            Way2 Call
            Elk M1 Gold
            UPB HAI switches
            HAI RC2000 Thermostat

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