It's gotta be my luck, but everytime I leave for business, HS goes down one way or another.
I have the HS PC on a WEMO switch which allows me to power cycle it in an emergency situation like this. Today it just wouldn't come back on.
So now, I know I'll need to figure out how to have a redundant system.
Option 1, buy another Homeseer USB stick and install it an instance of HS on my Blue Iris PC that's already always on and has been extremely stable. When the other one goes down, I'll grab the nightly backup from my NAS and drop it in the backup PC
Option 2, run HS in a VM on the BI PC, periodically clone the VM when I make changes to the system. If something happens to the VM, just switch it to the clone and still be able to use the same USB stick...
Is option 1 even possible, two different USB stick with the same Zwave network (only one will be running at any given time). This option is more ideal as it provides true redundant of independent hardware.
Fortunately, I'm only away for a week this round. If I'm out of the country for much longer, this will be a problem.
I have the HS PC on a WEMO switch which allows me to power cycle it in an emergency situation like this. Today it just wouldn't come back on.
So now, I know I'll need to figure out how to have a redundant system.
Option 1, buy another Homeseer USB stick and install it an instance of HS on my Blue Iris PC that's already always on and has been extremely stable. When the other one goes down, I'll grab the nightly backup from my NAS and drop it in the backup PC
Option 2, run HS in a VM on the BI PC, periodically clone the VM when I make changes to the system. If something happens to the VM, just switch it to the clone and still be able to use the same USB stick...
Is option 1 even possible, two different USB stick with the same Zwave network (only one will be running at any given time). This option is more ideal as it provides true redundant of independent hardware.
Fortunately, I'm only away for a week this round. If I'm out of the country for much longer, this will be a problem.
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