Zigbee and HA hardware migration

Configuration ZHA
#1

I’m not sure if this is the right place or if this has been asked somewhere else but…

I’m thinking about moving from my Raspberry Pi 4 to a small PC. I’ve seen many descriptions of how the migration process works but haven’t see much about what happens with Zigbee (I’m using ZHA without zigbee2mqtt).

Would I simply plug my Conbee II into the new PC and it would just work (once HA is restored from a backup)? Or, is there more to it?

Also, I’m unclear about how much of my Zigbee network configuration is stored in the Conbee II and how much is in HA. There isn’t a simple way to backup the Conbee II configuration and I’m worried I’ll do something that messes it up. I absolutely want to avoid re-pairing all my 70 devices.

I hope someone can advise me.

#2

Yes, should work restoring Home Assiatant backup (which should include ZHA’s Zigbee database) then move dongle. Zigbee solutions store some parts on dongle and some parts in a database + configuration.

FYI, ZHA libraries will soon be capable of supporting ConBee/RaspBee backup and restore that can be used for Zigbee network migrations, see → https://community.home-assistant.io/t/zha-libraries-will-soon-support-conbee-raspbee-backup-and-restore-that-can-be-used-for-zigbee-network-migrations/374782

PS: Consider voting for related feature request → ZHA integration to do nightly backup of both Zigbee Coordinator adapter/dongle/stick and Zigbee database?

#3

Thank you so much for your fast and informative reply. I’ve voted.

#4

I had migrated ZHA which uses a ZNP USB key from a Synology NAS using a specific installation to a NUC using HAOS.
The crucial thing I had to understand is that the ‘.storage’ directory which is ‘hidden’ in the config directory contains essential configuration data that has to be transferred.
Once I figured that out, migration was not too complicated - I did not follow any guide though.

#5

Thank you. I’ll keep that in mind.