Hassio 0.61 Snapshot Service

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Ahh yes - thats why it wasn’t working for me also… I don’t know why I didn’t try it direct through the yaml file…

Thank you

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Hi, my goal is to do a backup only of the configuration files (without the a couple of files: the log and database since combined they are above 1GB).

Is this possible with the partial snapshot?

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@Klagio Maybe is that what you’re looking for? Configuration Backup to GitHub

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Oh ok did not know that. I was trying to use this as i wanted to test it before using it within my automation.
As i am not using the normal configuration for my automations but node red i think i need to figure if that is even possible to work out the way i wanted to have it.

I have created the sensor before doing the test as i thought the version would be a good idea as additional info :slight_smile:

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Nice link, that’s a good idea, need to make a better use of the secret file though. I have so many files to fix for privacy issues, ultimately I will do it. Hope for a different solution in the meantime

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2nd Option : look at NotoriousBDG answer on partial snapshot

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Hi. I have been using the (full) snapshots & Dropbox Addon very successfully for some months, but now I have started saving motion video and I have a huge “shared” folder that I need to exclude… can you point me to any docs or tell me how to do that? I guess what I need is a partial backup that includes all (config, ssl, addons) EXCEPT the “share” folder.

Thanks in advance…
ET

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i would like to recommend this for google drive users https://github.com/samccauley/addon-hassiogooglebackup#readme

i installed it yesterday, and it works great for Gdrive

full credits to the creator sammccauley

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I’ve got a question about “keep_last” argument - it indeed deletes snapshots that are over the given limit, but is it possible to reflect this change also on dropbox?

I mean - it’s cool that my microsd card isn’t going to fill up, but I’ve noticed, that the deleted snapshots are still on dropbox, and slowly are filling it up over there.

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I’ve got the same question, using Plex and Motion with their files in the share folder.

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Hey guys,
any idea how to make this partial snaptshot work?

- alias: Backup H 3.00AM
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '03:00:00'
  action:
  - service: hassio.snapshot_partial
    data_template:
      name: "test partial {{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}"
      addons:
        - 03d23610_dasshio
        - 7be23ff5_dropbox_sync
        - 3833edd4_googlebackup
        - a0d7b954_ide
        - a0d7b954_logviewer
        - a0d7b954_ssh
        - addons_local
        - core_duckdns
        - core_rpc_shutdown
        - core_samba
        - fe49a976_google_assistant_webserver
        - homeassistant
        - share
        - ssl

What I want to do is partial backup of everything except for the mariadb database (not really needed), but there isn’t a filter option afaik. And this automation only saves plugins data but not

- homeassistant
- share
- ssl

Any Idea?

Happy new year fellows :partying_face:

EDIT: Got it to work!

- alias: Backup H 3.00AM
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '10:28:00'
  action:
  - service: hassio.snapshot_partial
    data_template:
      name: "test partial {{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}"
      addons:
        - 03d23610_dasshio
        - 7be23ff5_dropbox_sync
        - 3833edd4_googlebackup
        - a0d7b954_ide
        - a0d7b954_logviewer
        - a0d7b954_ssh
        - addons_local
        - core_duckdns
        - core_rpc_shutdown
        - core_samba
        - fe49a976_google_assistant_webserver
      folders:
        - homeassistant
        - share
        - ssl

We need a documentation page though.

Also, what is the addons_local.tar.gz file? It’s just a blank archive. Is it needed?

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Do you know if an event is raised when the snapshot is finished ?

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Asking again as Hassio 0.61 Snapshot Service…

Is there any way to know if a snapshot service call fails?

Thanks

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Thanks, that did my day but I used persistent_notification.create as notifier which needed som extra citation marks

action:

  • service: hassio.snapshot_full
    data_template:
    name: Aut Backup {{ now().strftime(’%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M’) }}
  • service: persistent_notification.create
    data_template:
    message: “Created backup named Aut. Backup {{ now().strftime(’%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M’) }}”
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Hi,
Is it possible to have the snapshot filename matching the snapshot description ? The filename is completely random, and I have modify it manually.
Is there a HASSIO service capable of reading the snapshot name, and can we use a script to rename the .tar file automatically ?
Thanks for your advice!

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Try restoring a snapshot you renamed and find out why you shouldn’t do it.

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Thank you for this information, that’s something I didn’t know… I guess all my backup are unusable now. It would be worth being written somewhere on the snapshot creation/restore page.