To maintain a backup with a clean database, the database should be automatically purged before the backup process:
- Automatic database purging before backup
- Automatic purging should be configurable as an option
To maintain a backup with a clean database, the database should be automatically purged before the backup process:
This already occurs with the new backup system. The backup occurs after the nightly purge.
The cleaning of the database occurs at a hard-coded time. Only then is the backup performed with a clean database – also at a hard-coded time. At that time, my NAS is shut down to save power. For this reason, I would like:
This could be made configurable, for example, with a checkbox in the dialogs. If checked, Home Assistant should save the settings separately for automatic and manual backups.