Jon00 Backup Config Utility for Homeseer 3

[jon00]

This utility enables you to backup Homeseer configuration files using an event rather than manually pressing the "Backup Config" button on the Setup/General tab page. By default, 10 copies of previous backup files are stored.

Works both in Windows & Linux.

As always, it is available from my site (Click on my banner below).

[langenet]

Jon,

I thought HS 3already creates a number of backup files.

Though I have a number of hsd files, I'm uncertain at the interval at which they are backed up

Robert

[jon00]

That is only for the database. The backup config button zips up the Config, Data & scripts folders as 3 zip files.

[Guest]

I've got this error showing up in the log. Setting is Para = 3

Error in Main Block 2: System.IO.IOException: Directory /usr/local/HomeSeer/ConfigBackup/3 is not empty at System.IO.Directory.Delete (System.String path) [0x00000] in :0 at scriptcode2.VBWrapper.Main (System.String Data) [0x00000] in :0

I think it is suggesting that the last folder can't be deleted. Seems to be writing the latest backup OK.

Any ideas why this error is showing up?

[jon00]

I don't have a Linux copy of Homeseer working at the moment, however I have made a small change which should resolve the issue.

Would you try the version I sent you via PM.

[Guest]

I don't have a Linux copy of Homeseer working at the moment, however I have made a small change which should resolve the issue.

Would you try the version I sent you via PM.

Thanks for the quick work on this. That has fixed the problem. Logs are clean now. Thanks again, Jon.

Andrew

[Bill Brower]

Jon,

I thought HS 3already creates a number of backup files.

Though I have a number of hsd files, I'm uncertain at the interval at which they are backed up

Robert

What if the hard drive dies? Use Jon's backup utility to back up somewhere else including all of your scripts, plugin configs and so forth.

[Bestgear]

Error

Hi Jon

Been running your config backup for a while, and now have this error:

Error in Main Block 2: System.IO.IOException: The directory is not empty. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean throwOnTopLevelDirectoryNotFound) at System.IO.Directory.Delete(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean checkHost) at scriptcode10.VBWrapper.Main(String Data)

Any thoughts?

Plenty of disk space and no permission changes - happens at every run.

Thanks in advance

David

[jon00]

Are you using the latest version (V1.0.1) which was released in December?

[Bestgear]

Hi Jon

Possibly not... I do check from timer to time, but I dont think I can look at file properties of the script to see a version as you could an exe, so will go get it from you site and report back.

Thanks

David

[jon00]

For this one it would be in the documentation.....

[Bestgear]

Glad to report all now OK Jon - thanks for the pointer.

David

[TechFan]

I grabbed your Backup script last week and the script is dated 11/26. Hopefully that is the latest.

On linux the directories are case sensitive, so I am not sure which folder is getting backed up by this script. The zip for this script of yours has Scripts in the zip, but some of the older versions had scripts (so I now have both). Same thing with Docs (in current zip) and existing docs folder. I would assume it would be better to use all lowercase, but I can adjust either way, but consistency is probably important.

So, I was going to setup this script, but I haven't tried to set events based on long periods of time before, so not sure how I set it to run once a week? It seems like the hours field will take numbers up to 59, but then it complains it isn't formatted correctly? Is there a way to set the script to run weekly?

Also, chance of another parameter that lets you choose to store the backups outside of the main Homeseer folder? I already do full directory backups and I would rather not be backing up backups of the backups in that process. I would keep more versions of the backup, if they weren't in the same folder.

Maybe I will eventually automate ftp'ing these backups to another box instead of manually remembering to do this.

Thanks for creating this script. . .it will help get some better automated backups started.

[jon00]

All this does is simulate pressing the "Backup Config" button on the Setup/General tab page. The code carrying out backup is built in to HS3. Any changes to that would have to be addressed to HST.

For events to trigger on a specific day, take a look here: https://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=172746

[TechFan]

All this does is simulate pressing the "Backup Config" button on the Setup/General tab page. The code carrying out backup is built in to HS3. Any changes to that would have to be addressed to HST.

For events to trigger on a specific day, take a look here: https://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=172746

Yeah. . .I realized that after I got it setup. I'll have to create my own scripts to just move that folder out. . .or maybe just customize the full folder backup to exclude certain things. . .

Ah, now I see why I didn't find a date option. . .it has to be the second condition in the event. Thanks.