#Better backup procedure?

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spark pebble
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so I did my backup before I proceeded to update HA and added Bubble card via HACS, did a restart and I no longer have access to HA page on computer or phone. I restarted the Rpi and I can still ping it and the remote switch still turns on/off the lights. I did have SSH enabled but that did not work, how am I suppose to restore the backup?
I wish I had a cloned SD card, is there a better backup system ?

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of course I can make a new Rpi HA image SD card, but for the future , what other options?

primal lion
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Backups left on the computer you're backing up aren't yet backups. What you should do is ensure that all backups are copied off automatically (there's add-ons to help with that, and the new 2025.1 features too)

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If the remote still works though that suggests HA is still working, just maybe not on the same IP as before. Have you checked the console (keyboard + monitor)?

spring wigeon
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https://community.home-assistant.io/t/alternatives-to-automatic-backups-ways-to-do-it-yourself/824436

Home Assistant Community
Alternatives to Automatic Backups. Ways to do it yourself

There have been a lot of questions on how to do a backup if you want to run it manually, not using the awesome automatic tools. This is a bunch of ways to back-up your system and not use the new 2025.1 introduced automatic stuff. Choices are good to have. Make sure you are making the right choice. Now while I do like the new method and do sug...

spark pebble
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That I have done, I have it backed to to NAS. so I created a new SD card, when it booted it took me to page to upload backup, I drag and dropped the backup file and put encryption key in. it uploaded but got errors. yes I am sure IP is correct, I can scan my network, I see it and ping it, my router sees it by name.

primal lion
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What errors?

spark pebble
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looking at SD card now, looking for file

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which one ?

image.png
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can't seem to read either file

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I don't like this encryption on the backup, I can't work with file on PC.

primal lion
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That's not the HA logs, you want to look for configuration.yaml and there you'll find home-assistant.log, though that may not be the log you need

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Keyboard + monitor may be a lot simpler

spark pebble
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so its not something I can access off SD card?

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have to got fetch the Rpi, brb

primal lion
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It'll be there, probably, but I've no idea where to find the various files, where on the console it's easy

spark pebble
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ok, back, got the rpi on my desk and also using the original SD card . booting now

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at CLI, connected ethernet after it booted, forgot, so IP address not displayed right now, but it says OS ver. HA OS 14.1 and core is 2025.1.0

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ok, i see , did banner, ip address is correct.

primal lion
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Can you type login and then ping your router?

spark pebble
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yes, ping is alive

primal lion
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Then ha core log should have something about HA, hopefully

spark pebble
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i just found the command to put in safe mode. was looking for instructions on using this console, not sure whats it's called

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log , is yikes, but I have no way of cut and paste to show you

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half the screen is red and orange

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how do we disable stuff to narrow it down, looks like hacs and reolink ,esp can not connect

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errors everywhere

primal lion
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Well, that could be network problems, including DNS

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Safe mode is the good starting point

spark pebble
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ouch, so Safe mode loads Home Assistant Core, but no custom integrations, no custom cards, and no custom themes. If the issue does not persist in Safe mode, the issue is not with Home Assistant Core. Before reporting an issue, check if the issue persists in Safe mode.

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so the problem persists in my case

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how do shut down properly in HA CLI?