Allow separate backup schedule per location

Feature Requests
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Thanks for implementing the many new options in 2025.2 (testing in beta currently), among which the option to customize the automatic schedule time. Either set it to the optimal default, or set it to user preference.

Personally, I like the optimal defaults, for all locations, system internal and cloud.

However, I also added my Synology Nas as location, which is down during the night (power savings)

So, if I want the backup system to use the Synology, I need t adjust the scheduled backup time, to let’s say 22:00.

This would be fine, if it wouldnt also set that timing now for all other locations.

And, being called optimal for the system, that is not optimal :wink:

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I figured to try and use the action: backup.create_automatic, but that action doesnt offer the options to only select a single location.

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Leaving us with the 1 possibility left: click the Backup Now button, and select 1 location. Manually

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Long story short:

Please consider adding the option to set backup schedule per location

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right now, there is one global retention setting.

But I would like to set retentnion per destination.

so local for 100 days
NC cloud, only 1 is allowed, so 1
Onedrive for 30 days.
Google drive 7 copies because of size limitations.

and probably people using a Nas would prefer to specifiy the amount of copies there as well.

Would this be possible?

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and while on the topic of config per location:
it would be great if we could set a delete option per location too, and not per backup (for all locations ensemble)

we already have Download from this location, please add Delete from this location

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so we dont have to mess with File managers and Finder over Samba and what have you.

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Hi ,

Just updated to version 2025.2.1.
Tried to user the new backup system.

My objective here is save my backups local and on OneDrive.

My request 1 - retention: Allow set the retention by destination.
My request 2 - cancel backup execution: Notice the integration automatically triggered a backup creation before I finish my setup and there is no way to cancel it. Should be.
My request 3 - OneDrive : Appears this integration was created to be specific to backup. But not allow customize the destination folder and this is bad. Should have a way to specify the folder when add the service, so this integration can be used for multiple objectives where we can add multiple services , eachone for each folder.

To exemplify:

  • My HA run on container, over a tvbox with debian , so low disk space.
  • I want to keep a considerable history backup on my OneDrive where I plenty of space.
  • Locally , I want to keep only the last backup.
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@ceinmart 's Request 1 is important also for me.
I would add also: to be able to select included addons by destination.

My problem: the full backup is ~4.x GB (because of InfluxDB → 3.7 GB)
Additionally I would appreciate a solution to be able to do dayly a backup WITHOUT influxDB , and weekly a backup WITH influxDB and somehow be able to make use of the backup retention by keeping last few days but also last weekly full backup

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if a FR is to be given any chance, make it about 1 thing, and not keep adding requests/features.

Nr 1 was already requested, so it would be great if you could +1 that, please have a look before writing a new one.

the other request would be new features, so if you want attention from the devs, create individual FR’s for those

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Hi @Mariusthvdb ,
Thank you for the explanation.

I looked for these requests and didn’t found. If you saw another request for this, please reference it here to allow us to vote too.
About making them separated, you are 100% right, this was my first request and don’t pay attention to the operational of votes here…

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sure, sorry I didnt do that…

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I suppose we could ask a moderator to merge these now? @tom_l please?

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I see one problem in the backup location. If I use Samba Backup and I can place the backup in a subfolder. With the new HA backup and network location settings, this is not possible. The problem arises if I set the path to one location. Production HA and test HA how do I know which backup belongs to one or the other HA if it is not possible to place each HA in a subfolder separately.