Do you have a second hub installed in your location?
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It’s both backup and migration for hubs with 50.X+
Hi all! I wanted to provide some quick context on how hubs that may not be online function with the Hub Replace feature to hopefully answer some questions here.
Hubs with software supporting the Hub Replace feature periodically create encrypted backups of information like network keys for its supported mesh networks, driver state, and other key pieces of information. So if a replacement is requested and the “source” hub is offline the most recent backup available will be used for the replace operation. If the hub is online a fresh backup will be created and used. Replacing an offline hub is “best effort” and may miss some changes that occurred between the most recent backup and when the hub went offline, so we recommend performing a replace when the source hub is still online if possible. …
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jjmucker
(John Johnston)
December 21, 2023, 9:33pm
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I do not. Is that why it’s not showing?
I have the correct hub though yeah?
yes, i believe it only shows when you have 2 hubs at the same location.
Nezmo
December 22, 2023, 4:25pm
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I only have a single hub.
I have 2 locations with single v2 hubs with FW 51.02 and I don’t have the replace option.
jjmucker
(John Johnston)
December 23, 2023, 9:34am
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Weird that I can’t see that option.
I got a SmartThings Station for Christmas and installed it at one of my locations that already had a v2 hub. And the “Hub Replace” option appeared for that location after the installation of the 2nd hub.
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jkp
December 26, 2023, 1:37am
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Yes, as you discovered… the two hubs need to be in the same location for the hub replace feature to show: https://community.smartthings.com/t/new-hub-replace-feature-for-smartthings-hubs/271726
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