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Soo, someone was backing up their on its own local disk, instead of something outside the VM which runs HA ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ (mastodon.raviteja.computer)
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Soo, someone was backing up their @homeassistant on its own local disk, instead of something outside the VM which runs HA ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

#homelab fails

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[โ€“] oranki@nord.pub 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pro tip: use symlinks instead of copying files, the backup is near instant!

[โ€“] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer reflinks.