A watchtower is basically a second node to deal with some of these issues 

https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs%2Fwatchtower.md

Even if everything goes perfectly in a recovery scenario, closing channels and replacing them can get expensive, so it's best to make sure the node environment is a resilient one so it doesn't come up... I suggest an Nvme with a laptop battery at minimum

justin_shocknet

bitcoin

lnd backups

ChrisS

Thanks for your help. I was able to test backup with the seed phrase and static channel backup and everything worked as expected.  What would the next step be to back up the node in such a way as to not have to trust the peer to not try and steal your funds with an old state and to be able to recover funds if peer is offline?  I understand there’s a lot of things that can go wrong if your backup is not completely up to date and your accidentally broadcast an old state.  But there must be some way to safely do it.