Restore HA (from RPI4) to VPE PROXMOX and SLZB-06

Installation
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Hello, I have successfully installed PROXMOX on a new NUC along with the required HA version.

My HA production environment is on a RPI4. I plan to gradually migrate everything to a PROXMOX environment and install high availability. In the meantime, I’d like to carry out a number of tests.

My question is as follows:

  • Can I upload an HA backup to the new HA environment running on the VPE?

I’m also looking for a guide on how to connect to my SLZB-06 (LAN connection). In fact, to share its use with the RPI4 HA.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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Yep, restoring a backup is pretty much all you need to do.

Can’t answer the question re how to connect the SLZB-06, but if it’s via lan, you don’t need to connect it to your pi at all.
Set it up using your preferred ZigBee integration, but you might as well do it after you do the proxmox migration

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Thanks for these clarifications, I’m going to restore my environment from the RPi backup. Certainly, some features will not be operational. My first intention is to validate the procedure.

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That’s the entire procedure in a nutshell. I know because I moved from a Pi to proxmox around 3 years ago. I also had a Lan coordinator for zigbee (Tube’s, not SMlight) and it was seamlessly migrated during the restore.

The only thing you really need to watch out for is your HA IP address. Other than that, you should be done in less than 30 mins.

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Thanks for the details.
I have a sub-question. Have you experimented with sharing a Zwave coordinator with more than one PROXMOX instance each running an HA?

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At the same time? Or like a main and a replicated instance? If it’s USB you will have a hard time.

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My intention is to increase the level of HA availability by using a VPE environment on one NUC and another environment on another NUC. With PROXMOX in particular, it’s easy to switch from one environment to another, while sharing the same files and therefore the same configuration. My ZIGBEE coordinator is connected to the LAN and is visible from both VPEs. I’m looking for a solution that will enable the ZWAVE coordinator to be visible from both (3) VPEs, so I won’t have to make any manual interventions, and thus achieve an availability level in excess of 92 to 93% HA.

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Sure, I have a similar setup myself. If you get an ethernet based Zwave coordinator it should be easy, but I don’t know if such device exists.

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This product exists (Z-Wave & Zigbee Interfaces – tagged "Connection_Network" – HomeSeer). I’m looking for a cheaper solution using the current Zwave coordinator.

Maybe there is a way to install a VPE with only one interface for Zwave and access the IP address of this VPE via MQTT?

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I believe Tube’s is also making zwave lan coordinators nowadays.

I haven’t personally used them, but I can vouch for the quality of his work based on my experience with his ZigBee stuff