I have two H A greens and want to have a separate login for each.
I created a second server then backed up my Green 1
Restored Green 2 with the Green 1 backup but it also give the same credentials as Green one
I really need the backup due to all settings and devices are set up.
How can archive a solution?
Thank you.
Hi, welcome to the forum!
What do you mean by:
Are you talking about 3 HA servers?!
It’s not clear, at least to me, what you are trying to achieve.
Just go into one of the servers and create a new user. Use that to login.
And remember to rename the server under Settings → System → Network or the two servers will fight over the name on your network.
Beware that some devices do not allow multiple controls, so only one server can control and get sensors data from these, which include Zigbee and Z-wave devices.
I have a h a green all working. But i have purchased a second green the i want to use on my boat. I backed up Green one the restored to Green two. i think it may have been better not to restore
but treat it as a complete seperate item.
I have some knowledge but not all that much.
Thanks
Thanks I have just tried your suggestion, I am able to login to the original green but not on the second one on windows but can log them both on an ipad obviously not logged into both at the same time
If you restore a backup, the system with the restored backup will be exactly the same as the first.
They will have the same hostenames, IP addresses, users, configuration, …
You will not be able to address both of them on the same network since there is no difference and you will have a IP address conflict.
If the devices have a static address from your router (DHCP) one of them will eventually get another IP address but you still will have the same hostname on both.
I don’t know how HA handles these duplicate hostnames.
You probably meant it right, but the text came out a bit mumbled.
If the device have set a static IP in the network settings, then it will have the same IP and you will have issues.
If it is set to DHCP, then the router will issue a new IP for the second device, because it has another MAC address then the first one.
The problem with DHCP is that you have to go into the router and find the IP of the second device and use that to connect to it, because homeassistant.local or whatever you have in the network settings as name will not work, due to both devices having the same name.
So in other words you need different static IPs or DHCP selected on the devices and you need different network names.
The easiest way is probably to make a backup, then change the network settings on the first one, so IP and network name is different, then restore the second one.
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