# If I Had 2 Hours for My Home Lab This Weekend, I'd Do These 7 Things

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Author: Brandon Lee

Published: 2026-09-11T12:53:06Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Virtualization Howto](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/virtualization-howto.md>)

Topics: [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxmox.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-compose.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-compose.md>), [home-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-lab.md>), [home-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-server.md>), [proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxmox.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtualization.md>)

## AI overview

A practical two-hour home lab maintenance plan covering selective updates, backup verification, storage health, reboot checks, and focused remediation. It discusses Proxmox hosts, Docker images, Docker Compose stacks, and optional automatic updates.

## Source excerpt

Let's face it, our time in the home lab among other things we have going on in our lives and families may be hard to come by and there are... The post If I Had 2 Hours for My Home Lab This Weekend, I'd Do These 7 Things appeared first on Virtualization Howto.